about

Cody

Hello! My name is Cody (he/him). I’m passionate about progress via technology. Engineer by education & practice, product manager by title.

Lead Product Manager at Ascend building the Agentic Data Engineering platform.

Previously a Senior Technical Product Manager at Voltron Data focusing on data interfaces and awesome OSS like Ibis. Previously a Product Manager at dbt Labs focusing on OSS (Python models) and Cloud (internal platform). Previously a Product Manager II at Microsoft (AI Platform | Azure ML) focusing on data, MLOps, and v2 developer experiences. Summer engineering internships at Convergent Engineering and Texas Instruments.

Background in electrical engineering (digital logic, signals and systems, embedded systems, mechatronics, VLSI, electronics, etc.) and data science (classical machine learning, neural networks, etc.). Generally technically proficient with a focus on modern data & ML/AI technologies and best practices.

See my GitHub and/or LinkedIn for more details on my experience.

I care about (w.r.t. work):

  • OSS & scale
  • beautiful design
  • elegant engineering
  • delightful user experience
  • efficient engineering process

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posts

a CLI for MotherDuck

I built a CLI for the MotherDuck REST API.

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Rust CLIs via uv (Python)

Shipping fast, lean Rust CLIs via Python (uv).

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I've switched to Zorto!

My website now runs on my own static site generator.

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how this website works

I’ve tried everything!

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welcome to dkdc.dev

Welcome to dkdc.dev! This is the Nth iteration of my website.

Beer's mind map model

What size map do you need to model terrain perfectly?

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what size company could an earth-sized computer run?

A company with about 300 people (or rather, “variety”).

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the first phase was amazement

How computers were written about in 1972.

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the AI architect analogy

The Seattle Central Library was architected (in part) by Rem Koolhaas, who has a notably European architect-y name. The most striking feature inside the building is this weird escalator.

Seattle Central Library escalator
Seattle Central Library escalator
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dkdc-links: bookmarks in your terminal

I’m excited to introduce dkdc-links: bookmarks in your terminal.

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