What I'm Doing Now
What Daniel is focused on right now—updated regularly.
This is a /now page—a snapshot of what I'm focused on right now. Updated whenever my focus shifts.
Work
- → Building integration platforms
Focused on making integrations that scale. Currently working on webhook reliability, rate limiting strategies, and developer experience improvements.
- → Leading infrastructure modernization
Migrating legacy systems to modern infrastructure patterns. Docker → Kubernetes, monolith → services, manual → automated.
- → Growing the team
Mentoring senior engineers, improving our incident response playbooks, and documenting tribal knowledge.
Learning
- → Systems thinking for engineering leaders
Reading about feedback loops, leverage points, and how to diagnose system problems. Applying this to team processes and technical architecture.
- → Platform engineering patterns
Deep diving into self-service platforms, developer portals, and internal tooling that makes teams 10x more productive.
Writing
- → Publishing playbooks
Documenting migration processes, incident response checklists, and engineering onboarding guides. Check out /playbooks.
- → Leader's Log entries
Quick reflections on leadership lessons—usually 50-200 words, written to learn in public. See /log.
Not Doing (Right Now)
Saying no to: consulting projects, conference speaking, open source maintainership. Focus is the hard part.