About / Chicago
Hi, I’m mager.
I'm a software engineer in Chicago. I work on the AI team at Uber, focusing on skills and efficiency.
Personal software is my specialty. I built prxps, loooom, and kotsu, and I write about what worked, what broke, and what I learned along the way.
Tech ↗
Most of what I care about right now sits around agents, context, and software that feels alive. My Mac mini is my always-on box for agent workflows.
I'm interested in harnesses, memory, evals, workflows, and how you make AI useful inside a real product stack.
Life ↗
Outside of code, I post the occasional travel note, family story, or thing I want to remember. I've been getting back to trying new products early and bringing readers along, something familiar from writing The Web Life at ZDNET.
Cooking ↗
I cook constantly. Soups, braises, rice, pasta, whatever I'm iterating on that week. Cooking and software scratch the same itch for me: small decisions compounding into something better when you pay attention.