Hi, I'm Jacob!

I'm a software engineer currently based in New York. Right now I'm working with the folks at Merge to make secure data access easy.

When I'm not programming, you can find me exploring the city, going through my indie game backlog, or practicing pickleball!

I've categorized this site into three main sections:

Curated writings on things I've built or experienced that I'm especially proud of

Writings about my experience being a software engineer in the ed-tech space at two separate startups

Still in the technical realm, but a little off-the-beaten-path

Notes on some clever tricks that I've seen game developers use that the player might not notice

Wholly unrelated to my career/software development, but stuff I'm passionate about

A review of what movies, tv, games, and books I consumed in 2025