Builder of better conversations — brewer of weekend coffee — stargazer with a 10″ Dobsonian.
Software engineer with the soul of a philosopher and the heart of a community-maker. I build spaces, physical and digital, where people think more clearly together.
After trading espresso for APIs, I learned the tools changed but the work didn't. The best ideas still emerge when people feel welcome, heard, and challenged in equal measure.
Today I build spaces for human connection in two complementary ways. Physically, I host Tony's Nolo Coffee Corner — Saturday morning salons in my apartment where neighbors and friends gather over free coffee for genuine conversation. Digitally, I'm building ReasonSmith — a platform that helps people engage in structured, good-faith discourse by evaluating argument quality and promoting intellectual humility.
Whether I'm pulling shots or writing TypeScript, designing systems that evaluate reasoning quality or staring up at globular clusters, I'm driven by the same mission: helping people connect authentically and think more clearly together.
Through a 10″ Dobsonian, contemplating our place in the cosmos and the humbling scale of the universe.
Studying how arguments work, what makes reasoning sound, and how we can have better disagreements.
Questioning my own assumptions, staying curious about perspectives different from my own.
Experimenting with new ways to bring people together — online and offline — for authentic connection.
Epistemology and practical ethics. How can we think more clearly about complex issues?
All of these threads run back to the same question: how do we create conditions where people think more clearly and connect more meaningfully?
Happy to chat about building communities, structured discourse, coffee, or what's visible in the night sky this month.