Orlando, Florida · Lecturer, UCF Computer Science
Software engineer, writer,
trainer, and musician.
Enterprise applications and kernel-level security at MCI, Landmark Communications, Volvo, Microsoft, Capstone, and IntraCorp. Twenty-four books. More than 190 senior design teams mentored at the University of Central Florida. Currently building The AI-Native Learning Series.
Courses
The AI-Native Learning Series
Practical, AI-native approaches to requirements, architecture, coding, testing, refactoring, and game development — written for professional software engineers who want to stay sharp, not be replaced.
TheAI-Native.com
The home of the series. Start here for the full curriculum, the reading order, and what is coming next.
Visit the series
TheAI-NativeEngineer.com
The full path — requirements, architecture, code, and tests with AI in the loop instead of bolted on the side.
TheAI-NativeRequirementsDetective.com
Requirements are discovered, not gathered. Learn to interrogate a vague request until the real one shows up.
TheAI-NativeRefactorer.com
Turn code you inherited into code you would choose to maintain, one safe move at a time.
TheAI-NativeSmellDetector.com
Spot the design smells early, while they are still cheap to fix and before they harden into architecture.
The rest of the site
Five careers, one person
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Software Engineer
Enterprise systems, kernel-level security work at MCI, and games built around genuinely difficult AI.
/software
Software
Retail and corporate products shipped across three decades, with the stories behind them.
/writing
Writing & Books
Twenty-four books and hundreds of articles, including Heartbeats of AI, a novel now out on Audible.
/music
Music
It started in the Miami Philharmonic. Hundreds of works for orchestra, small ensemble, and soloists — and ongoing research.
/blog
Blog
Notes on engineering and teaching, plus the occasional shark dive off Bimini or Jupiter.
/contact
Contact
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Latest
Recent posts
- Are You Fast or Good LinkedIn
- Some Faculty Discourage the Use of AI LinkedIn
- If You Liked It Before You Knew It Was AI, Is It Still Slop? LinkedIn
- Five of Seven LinkedIn
- The architecture decision that haunted me for years LinkedIn
- Requirements are discovered, not gathered LinkedIn
- After mentoring more than 190 senior design teams LinkedIn
- The most expensive line of code is the one you never needed to write LinkedIn
- The biggest mistake software engineers are making about AI LinkedIn
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