Ecosystem

A working network of illustrators, painters, librarians, gardeners, engineers, entrepreneurs, and authors — people I met, worked with, and stayed in touch with.

The group formed after a layoff, when several of us were rebuilding at the same time. It's become a quiet collective: people trade work, vouch for each other, and share release rhythms. I want this page to do two things: let you find the person you actually need, and let people reach out who'd like to join.

^"how_it_works"

How It Works

The Shape

About thirty people in active orbit. A few dozen more in looser contact. Skills stretch from illustration and editing through data engineering and gardening. The overlap is attention — everyone cares about paying real attention to the work.

How Referrals Go

If you send me a project I can't do alone, or can't do well, I'll suggest one to three people. You take it from there. I stay available for context if useful, and step back if not.

The page stays visible so a referral is really a bookmark, not a handoff.

What This Isn't

Not a directory. Not a marketplace. Not a certification scheme. People are added to the network by working together, not by signing up. That keeps the signal high and the door warm.

*"release_cadence"

Release Cadence

Release days are the 13th and 26th of each month. Twenty-four releases annually — at least one step more than doing nothing.

The cadence exists so that "I'm going to do something" has a real landmark attached. Two intentional ships a month is modest enough to keep, cumulative enough to matter. People in the ecosystem use it as a shared rhythm: some ship writing, some ship code, some ship dinners.

13th — mid-month. Often the smaller of the two releases: a polish, a migration, a note published.
26th — pre-end-of-month. Often the larger: a feature, a book chapter, a client deliverable.
24 per year — two dozen landmarks. Most yearly goals are tractable in that many steps.

You are welcome to adopt this cadence without asking. If you want to, I'm happy to pair you with someone else already on it — accountability is easier in parallel than alone.

~"join"

Join a Group

I know engineers, entrepreneurs, authors, and makers who'd like more of a village around their work. If that's you, reach out.

The groups are small (usually four to eight people), genre- or craft-aligned, and run at a steady low simmer. Some are project-based, some are practice-based, some are just "once a month, we show each other what we made." I'm happy to match you to one that already exists, or help you start a new one if the shape you need isn't here yet.

Engineer cohorts — especially for senior folks thinking about what's worth paying attention to as automation changes the floor.
Author cohorts — genre-aligned where possible; writers who actually read each other's work.
Entrepreneur cohorts — founders who want peers who don't pretend to have figured it out.
Makers & caretakers — illustrators, gardeners, cooks, librarians, anyone who works with physical materials.

@ reach out about a group @ email directly

There's no fee, no formal membership. The ask is that you show up for the people who show up for you.

^"visible_work"

Where You Can Watch the Work

The clearest way to know someone is to watch them think in public. These are the places where my work is visible — and by extension, where the ecosystem shows up.