00Vancouver, BC

Hi, I'm David.

I build software, blog about it, and deploy tools for investing.

Software developer with eight years across startups, insurance, construction data and the public service. I like data pipelines, AI-assisted tools and interfaces that make complicated work feel simple.

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01Foundations2018 – 2021

Blueprints first.

Software Developer · Stealth Startup

Computer engineering at UVic, then a fintech startup building mortgage questionnaires, integrations and mobile apps.

• B.Eng. Computer Engineering, University of Victoria (class of 2019), with industry co-op terms.
• Built a branching online mortgage questionnaire in React and Next.js.
• Integrated third-party REST APIs, extended a Laravel API and wrote Postgres migrations.
• Shipped React Native updates and tested Node.js services with Postman and Jest.

• React
• Next.js
• React Native
• Node.js
• Laravel
• PostgreSQL
• MongoDB
• AWS
• Jest

02Marketplace2021 – 2023

Search that moves.

Software Engineer · carSHAiR · Remote, BC

Led the web team of a peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace, from search and maps to booking flows.

• Rebuilt map-based search in Next.js and TypeScript with URL state and modern data fetching.
• Modelled booking and trip-extension flows as XState state machines.
• Built REST endpoints in TypeScript and shipped React Native features for iOS and Android.
• Reviewed pull requests and coordinated releases as web team lead.

• TypeScript
• React
• Next.js
• XState
• React Native
• Node.js
• Sass
• Elasticsearch
• Rollbar

03Construction data2023

Turning permits into data.

Software Engineer · Yellowsheet Construction Data · Remote, BC

Modernizing a construction-intelligence platform and automating how permits and tenders become searchable listings.

• Built a Python and FastAPI ingestion service for 20+ BC municipalities: pdfplumber parsers, OCRmyPDF on Cloud Run, and Gemini for the hardest reports.
• Automated tender and permit collection from 20+ public sources on scheduled GitHub Actions, with AI project-type classification and alerts.
• Modernized a legacy PHP codebase with Docker, centralized logging, Playwright tests and Stripe billing.
• Added SSO and data sync with a companion permits app, plus Typst-generated building-permit reports.

• Python
• FastAPI
• PHP
• MySQL
• Gemini
• OCRmyPDF
• pdfplumber
• GitHub Actions
• Stripe
• Playwright

04Claims AI2024

Documents, unfolded.

Software Engineer · Royal Claims · Vancouver, BC

Built AI document analysis and internal tools for insurance claims.

• Integrated OpenAI to parse and analyze claim documents and pre-fill forms from email.
• Built claim forms, report generation with python-docx, and SOAP integrations with Zeep.
• Ran Django migrations and SQL Server analysis; deployed Azure Functions and Blob Storage.

• Python
• Django
• OpenAI
• Azure
• SQL Server
• Tailwind CSS

05Public service2025 – present

Software for the public service.

Software Developer (IT-02) · Canada School of Public Service · Vancouver, BC

Building and modernizing internal tools, from Vue and Laravel apps to AI search and chat.

• Migrated Laravel + Vue 2 applications to Vue 3 and Element Plus, and upgraded a Quasar app to v2 with French search.
• Worked on a LangChain chatbot on Azure OpenAI and an Azure AI Search index of federal regulations.
• Ported a scraper to a C#/.NET API published through Azure API Management.
• Maintain Power Apps tools and keep dependencies and security fixes current with GitHub Copilot.

• Vue 3
• Laravel
• PHP
• C#/.NET
• Azure
• LangChain
• Power Apps
• MySQL

Latest posts

1. Nov 7, 2026Docker and Local Dev Environments
2. Nov 7, 2026Maintaining a Legacy PHP Codebase
3. Nov 7, 2026Building Afterlight, a 2D-HD JRPG, with Claude Code
4. Nov 6, 2026Rebuilding FriendlyUser: A Three.js Homepage and a Starlight Blog
5. Jun 30, 2026Beyond the Whale: The Architecture, Trade-Offs, and Implementation of Post-Docker Container Frameworks
6. Feb 22, 2026Revolutionizing Web Performance: Using Gemini 3.1-Pro-Preview for AI-Generated SVGs

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Projects

• LaTeX DiagramsDiagrams generated for university work and collected from around the internet.LaTeX · Nextra
• vuepress-theme-coolA starter theme for VuePress, originally named vuepress-theme-school.VuePress · Vue
• Flipp flyer parserScrapes grocery flyers to track deals.Python · Scraping
• Financial news NLPNatural-language processing over financial news headlines.spaCy · NLP

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