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Building my portfolio and reputation.I'm early in my software engineering career, so my focus is on shipping real work, writing about what I learn, and taking on projects that push my skills.

• This site— Continuously improving owen-devereaux.com with new features, better performance, and more content. It's my learning playground and public resume.
• Consulting work — Taking on freelance projects to build experience and help businesses ship software faster. TypeScript, React, Next.js, and API development.
• Task systems & CLI tools — Building personal productivity tools that help me stay focused and ship consistently. 780+ tasks shipped so far.

• The Staff Engineer's Path by Tanya Reilly — Understanding technical leadership and the path beyond senior engineer. Great mental models even for someone early in their career.
• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir — Pure fun. Science problems solved with wit and duct tape. A nice break from technical reading.

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• System design— Moving beyond "it works" to understanding why certain architectures scale and others don't. Reading case studies, building toy implementations.
• Testing strategies — Getting better at knowing what to test, when to mock, and how to write tests that actually catch bugs instead of just hitting coverage numbers.
• Writing clearly— Technical writing is a skill. I'm practicing by blogging regularly and treating documentation as a first-class deliverable.

Working remotely from the East Coast, US. My timezone is EST/EDT.

I'm available for remote consulting and freelance work. If you have a project in mind, let's talk.