I AM BARBECUE STEVE.

I make things.

• I make software.
  • I've recently distilled my thoughts on API governance here.
  • I worked at Capital One doing IaC, distributed databases, and maintaining numerous services in a variety of languages.
  • I previously worked at Big Nerd Ranch writing (mostly) iOS.
  • I previously spent eleven years working for Accucast, which was acquired in 2006.
  • Here and there I've tried to start a few other businesses.
  • Before that I did web work for Delta Air Lines.
  • Before there really was much of a web, I was the senior coder of iCE Advertisements. I did a lot of C and Assembly.
• I make hardware.
  • I used the pictured oxy blowtorch to build a barbecue smoker trailer with my buddy Jason.
  • I've built several guitars, tube guitar amps, and effect pedals.
  • I've made numerous IoT circuits for any number of tasks.
  • I built a couple sous-vide water baths following the rough blueprints of the "$75 DIY Sous Vide".
  • I built a racquetball launcher for my ball-crazy Jack Russell Terrier.
• I make music.
  • I played most of the instruments and did the production on Shabbat Rocks.
  • A few of my songs from before 2005 are here.
  • My nerdy songs are here.
  • I gave the "Weird Al" treatment to Baby Got Back which can be experienced here.
• I make food.
  • Using the sous vide unit, I make killer steaks, eggs, cauliflower, etc., etc.
  • I roast coffee and sell it here.
  • I am an avid barbecue smoker, as my nickname might suggest. My wife and I were formerly professional BBQ judges.
  • At various points I have made beer, cheese, and other long-term fermented foods.
  • I have been running a sourdough starter (named "Pierce" after my grandfather) for five years.

• my gmail address
• my twitter handle
• my personal github (my BNR one has a lot of content)
• my facebook page
• my payment handle on stripe, cashapp, venmo