Conf talk: observability

Recorded session on tracing in event-driven systems, and why dashboards lie to you.

Vector search service

Sub-50ms p99 across 12M embeddings. Demo includes the index tuning that got us there.

CI pipeline rebuild

Cut build times 34m → 6m. Video breaks down the caching layer and where the wins actually came from.

Query engine from scratch

Parser, planner, vectorized executor. Screencast of building the cost model, mistakes included.

Realtime collab editor

CRDT-backed editing with offline sync. Walkthrough of conflict resolution under bad network conditions.

Grey Finance – Cross-border payment infrastructure

Core money-movement backend for a fintech serving ~3M users across 70+ countries, regulated by FinCEN & FINTRAC. I own the wallet & ledger systems, payment-provider integrations, reconciliation, and virtual accounts & cards — where a mismatch isn’t a bug, it’s someone’s money.