About Me
I'm Kendrick — a data engineer with 19 years of experience turning messy, unreliable data into systems that actually work. I've spent my career across healthcare, fintech, e-commerce, and startups, building the plumbing that powers real business decisions.
I believe the best data engineering is invisible. If people are talking about your pipeline, something is broken. My approach is simple: understand the business problem first, pick the simplest tool that solves it, and build something that runs without anyone knowing it exists. I'm skeptical of over-engineering and allergic to complexity for its own sake.
Beyond the Terminal
Things I write about when I'm not writing about data.
3D Printing
Designing and printing functional parts, enclosures, and the occasional toy.
Guitar
Playing, building pedals, and occasionally recording something decent.
Home Automation
Smart home setups, Home Assistant integrations, and making things talk to each other.
Home Lab
Self-hosted services, Proxmox clusters, and networking experiments.
Books
Technical reads, sci-fi, and whatever catches my attention at the bookstore.
Snowboarding
Chasing powder days and pretending I'm better than I am.
Places I've Been
Mostly Colorado, if we're being honest.