I build reliable systems and teach other people how to build them. Currently jumping from building platforms to building the platform that teaches people how to build platforms. Meta.

I'm working toward my dream of a interactive Khan Academy for adults in technology. Senior-level knowledge shouldn't cost $15k or hide behind gatekeeping technical writing. I mentor mid-level engineers leveling up to senior roles and write practical reliability guides.

Right now I'm open to senior SWE/SRE contracts while launching my edtech startup and finishing my CS degree.

Learn with O.J.
Tech education that doesn't waste your time. Clear explanations, hands-on labs, real mentoring. No fluff.

MathBliss
Math for adults who want to actually understand the concepts we pretended to know in college.

#TechTuesdays
DevOps and SRE guides for people who'd rather build the thing than read about building the thing.

Also working on

• Platform reliability (containerized apps, golden paths, paved-road tooling)
• Observability systems (SLO-minded dashboards that cut MTTR)
• IaC modules (Terraform patterns and GitOps that scale)
• Study labs (public materials for engineers entering SRE)

• Multi-region cloud migration that didn't wake anyone up at 3am (the real measure of success)
• Dashboards that made latency and errors obvious before they became incidents
• Test automation that increased release confidence and decreased Slack panic
• SRE Study Map with spiral learning (cramming doesn't work for distributed systems)

Ask me about pragmatic reliability, platform engineering, observability that helps, or mentoring engineers from mid to senior level.

Cloud AWS • GCP • Azure
Infra Terraform • Helm • Kubernetes • Docker
CI/CD GitHub Actions • ArgoCD • GitLab CI
Observability Grafana • Prometheus • OpenTelemetry
Languages Python • Go • Bash • TypeScript • Node.js
Testing Playwright • pytest • k6 • Make • pre-commit

Cloud-agnostic with a preference for AWS and GCP.

• Learn with O.J. for practical tech education
• MathBliss for math foundations
• Reliability guides at learnwithoj.com
• LinkedIn posts about SRE, platform engineering, and career growth

Volunteer mentor through CodingCoach and Girls Who Code.

I help mid-level engineers move to senior roles by focusing on system design, portfolio projects that impress, and building confidence.

If you're working toward senior DM me what you're building. I probably have a lab or resource that helps.

B.S. in Computer Science (WGU) starts Mar 1, 2026 • target graduation Sept 2026
Focus on systems, distributed computing, platform engineering. Building public labs alongside coursework.

Next OMSCS at Georgia Tech (targeting 2027)

• Publishing comprehensive SRE Study Map with hands-on labs
• Capstone project on distributed systems and chaos engineering
• Expanding Learn with O.J. into a full learning platform

Website oj.codes
Learn with O.J. LearnWithOJ.com
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/learnwithoj
Email oj@learnwithoj.com

🥁 Rock/metal drummer. I map rehearsal like load testing.
🌱 Hydroponics hobbyist. Turns out plants need observability too.
🥾 Hiking in Vermont to clear the mental cache.