CTO at Zipper — St. Louis, MO

Coding is a
commodity.
Thinking is not.

I talk and write about the stuff that actually matters in software - the business side, the people side, and the product side. Not just the code.

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Ex-Microsoft
Z CTO at Zipper
3-Book Series
8 Open Source Projects

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Essays

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September 21, 2026

Running 35B MoEs on a 6GB Laptop GPU

Four Qwen 35B MoEs, one 6GB laptop GPU, and a Fireship prompt. The base model, with its planner off, built the app I would keep.

September 14, 2026

Why I'm Returning My Strix Halo

The new Qwen benchmarks sit next to Opus. I ran six local models through a real software factory, and the best earned a B+. The machine is going back.

August 24, 2026

The End of "Clean Code" (Code as a Compile Target)

I still think clean systems are how codebases grow, especially under AI velocity. The literary version of clean is becoming a poor use of scarce human attention.

Projects

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Maxwell

Soon

TypeScript-powered team GUI and CLI for AI-driven development. Pick tickets, kick off agent sessions, watch tool events stream live, and manage multi-agent workflows.

Programmatic Agent Router

Rust CLI providing a unified interface across AI agent harnesses - Claude, Codex, Cursor, and more. One stable command surface that routes to the right tool.

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CruzJS

An enterprise-ready full-stack SaaS framework built with React Router 7, tRPC, TypeScript, and Drizzle ORM for Cloudflare Workers.

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Kind Words

People I've worked with.

"Kerry has been instrumental in helping me level up as an engineer. His perspective on the business side of software development completely changed how I approach my work."

Michael

Senior Software Engineer

"Working with Kerry gave me the confidence and frameworks to transition from individual contributor to CTO. His advice is practical, not theoretical."

Edgar

CTO

"Kerry's mentorship helped me navigate a career pivot that I never thought possible. He focuses on the skills that actually matter for career growth."

André

Software Developer

Book Series

Far Beyond Coding

A 3-part series about everything they don't teach you in CS programs - how to communicate, think about costs, and build products people actually want to use.

I
The Translation Layer — Communication
II
The Cost of Complexity — Business & Cost
III
The Interface is the Product — Product Design
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