The Developer
I don't consider myself an expert at anything. What I am is someone who learns fast, delivers quality work, and doesn't put his name on something he's not proud of.
I didn't take the typical CS degree route. I got a psychology degree, spent five years as a U.S. Army logistics officer, and then went through a coding bootcamp where 2 out of 16 people graduated. I was one of the two. From there I got trained in Pega, earned two certifications, and was contracted to EY. After a couple years as an embedded developer, they brought me on full-time.
Now I'm a ServiceNow Developer and Administrator at Ernst & Young. I pivoted to ServiceNow because I saw where the industry was heading, got my CSA certification, and started building custom applications right away. These days I'm working across Flow Designer, Service Portal, UI Builder, playbooks, widgets, and whatever else the project needs.
The Builder
Everything I build outside of work started with one question: can I make something like Open Claude, but safer and running on my own subscription? That turned into Butler Bearald, which turned into everything else.
- Butler Bearald was my entry point into AI development. 12 fantasy-themed bots on Telegram, each handling a different part of life. Innkeeper Ilka manages groceries and recipes, Healthkeeper Hathren tracks nutrition, Financier Fulnir handles budgets. They all share memory so nothing falls through the cracks.
- Dudley is the evolution of Bearald. A full PWA that consolidates all 12 roles into one app with real interfaces. Grocery list builders, recipe imports, AI-generated content that adjusts in real time. Everything Bearald could do, but without Telegram's UI holding me back.
- Ballads & Baubles (coming soon) is Foundry VTT plugins and homebrew content for making virtual D&D sessions more immersive. Built for my own campaign, designed to share with the community.
- Lore & Hearth (coming soon) turns D&D session recordings into interactive choose-your-own-adventure chapters. Narrated audio, branching outcomes, a living journal of your campaign.
They all connect. Bearald was the gateway, Dudley is the evolution, Ballads & Baubles builds the immersive tools, and Lore & Hearth tells the stories they help create.
The Person
Every Monday night I sit down with my friends for the Kaldrosa Campaign, a homebrew D&D world I built from scratch. It's dark, gritty, and industrial. My players aren't chosen heroes. They're regular people who keep getting dragged into things. I've been DMing for a few years now and it's one of the things I look forward to most each week.
Before all of this, I was DJing and producing music in college, competing in Call of Duty tournaments, and generally chasing whatever interested me. That hasn't changed much. When I pick up something new, I go all in on it.
When I'm not coding or rolling dice, I'm probably cooking something, reading fantasy novels, or trying to catch up on whatever show everyone's talking about.
At the end of the day, I just like making things that make people happy. Code, food, D&D sessions, this website. Same energy.
The Stack
- ServiceNow is where I spend most of my time. Custom apps, Flow Designer, Service Portal, UI Builder, playbooks, widgets, record producers, ACLs, notifications. I've touched most corners of the platform and I pick up the ones I haven't pretty quickly.
- JavaScript across the stack. Business Rules, Client Scripts, Script Includes, GlideRecord on the ServiceNow side. It's my go-to language for personal projects too.
- PEGA before ServiceNow. Certified Senior Systems Architect with two and a half years of enterprise app development. This is where I really learned how to be a developer.
- AI-Assisted Development is how I build my personal projects. I use Claude Code as a development partner and I'm building tools that push what's possible with AI assistants. My side projects are as much about exploring the technology as they are about solving problems.
- Learning Fast is honestly the skill I'm most confident in. I don't memorize syntax. I figure out what needs to happen, research it, and implement it. I was building custom ServiceNow applications within months of getting certified, and I pick up new areas of the platform the same way.