I'm Bradley. Australian, dad, space enthusiast
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Lego
builder,
Ferrari
and
McLaren
Formula
One fan, and someone who's spent over two decades creating software products and the teams around them.
I still love it, which probably says something.
The craft is changing fast. From manually typing every line to now directing teams of AI agents and figuring out entirely new ways to build. I'm spending a lot of time on that bleeding edge right now, alongside cloud architecture, security and the challenge of shipping in regulated industries. I write here about what I'm learning along the way. If any of that resonates, I'd love to hear from you.
Great developer experience and strong compliance aren't opposites. The key is making the compliant path the easy path.
After 23 years shipping software, I've learned that the best leaders are simultaneously impatient and patient. Here's how I think about balancing the two.
A debugging war story. Cross-account S3 access was failing with a cryptic access denied error. The culprit? An archaic ACL default that's easy to miss.
Security breaches in healthcare are all too common and PHI is a hot commodity on the dark web. Here's an overview of SOC 2, HIPAA and what I've learned leading compliance in a MedTech startup.
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