A short version

I’m an elected city council member who also builds things. The two halves keep each other honest. What I learn in the chamber shapes what I build, and what I build shapes how I think about governance.

I founded CivicWork, where I publish open-source AI infrastructure for local government. I write occasionally about what works, what doesn’t, and what we should be careful with.

Day to day, I’m a Coda developer at Western Governors University.

I write occasionally about AI in local government. Those essays are here.

This site was co-built with Claude. I’m disclosing that here and in the footer because it feels like the right thing to do.