I've spent eighteen years building software, designing the interfaces people use, and leading the teams that ship it.
For years I kept a team's engineering knowledge in Confluence. Tesria is the wiki I wanted for that work: one I run on my own hardware, with backups I've actually restored.
How it's built: Tesria is developed with AI assistance. I design it, direct the work and review every change, and Anthropic's Claude writes much of the code. Every change is tested and security-reviewed before it ships, and the repository keeps the plans and the reasoning behind them in the open.
1990s
Player oneFlorida
- A Nintendo Entertainment System at five
- Gaming websites with my brother at ten; C at thirteen
HS
Networks and pixelsHigh school
- Four years of Cisco networking, the CCNA track
- Photoshop, After Effects and TV production
2003
Full Sail University3D animation
- Modeling, rigging and compositing
2008
Software engineerM&M Carnot
- UI architecture for a client/server monitoring product
- 50+ custom WPF controls with live equipment visualization
2013
UX DesignerITEL Laboratories
- The company’s first UX designer
- Insurance claims from 2–3 days to under 30 minutes
2017
Architect and technical leadM&M Carnot → Johnson Controls
- Built and led an eight-person team
- Led a .NET 4.8 → .NET 8 migration hands-on
- Zero high or critical findings in third-party penetration testing
2026
TesriaOpen source
- A self-hosted wiki with tested backups
- Apache License 2.0
Oct
Team leadJahnel Group
- Starting October 2026