Chorizo con Papas (with Seared Jalapeño Salsa)
Crispy potatoes and chorizo with seared jalapeño salsa, melty Oaxaca, sour cream, and cilantro on warm tortillas. Fast, loud, zero boring bites.
French Onion Beef and Noodles
French onion soup comfort meets hearty beef and noodles. Slow-braised chuck roast, caramelized onions, rich broth, and egg noodles all come together with a golden cheesy bread topper. This French Onion Beef & Noodles recipe is cozy, hearty, and perfect for a cool evening — with a step-by-step video to guide you through every bite.
Building Precision Far From Home
Startup week in Arizona. Chain-on-edge conveyor, infrared preheat, TAK cure ovens, automated fluid handling — the works. This project has been on the books for months, and seeing it come to life is one of those moments where all the engineering, planning, and late nights finally click into place. Startup setup in Arizona: laptop, tools, […]
Arizona Startup: Miswires, Leaks, and Missing Magnets
It’s Always Something Arizona’s hot. I expected that. What I didn’t expect was spending the first day of startup elbows-deep in an infrared oven because the electricians miswired it. Not a loose connection — we’re talking full-blown miswire that required tearing apart the panel and tracing every damn wire until we found the issue. Once […]
The Rainbow Crystals of Arizona – A Story for Tommy and Evie
After a business trip to Arizona, I came home with a story for my kids—about rainbow crystals, desert cats with jetpacks, and a hidden cave behind a taco-shaped rock. AI helped me bring it to life… a little too literally.
Field Testing From Coast to Desert
North Carolina to Arizona, and everything that broke (and didn’t) There’s a moment in every project where the drawings are done, the checklists are green, and you think the system is ready. Then you show up for field testing, and reality pulls a steel-toed boot back and kicks you square in the PLC rack. That’s […]
Real-World Testing > Perfect Drawings
Commissioning a coating system in North Carolina turned into a crash course in real-world problem-solving — from overly viscous paint to a full robot controller lockup. CAD drawings don’t prepare you for jammed thermocouples and overflow bugs.
A Stubborn Curiosity
From blowing up shotgun shells as a kid to rebuilding ERP systems from scratch, my path wasn’t traditional—but curiosity was always the fuel. This is the story of how I learned to solve problems the hard way—and why I wouldn’t change it.
Dry Runs and Delays
Startup Testing a Robotic Spray System in North Carolina In mid-2025, we were on site in North Carolina to begin dry run testing on a robotic coating system built for painting motor rotors. No parts were sprayed on this trip—this was all about powering up the system, verifying integration, and shaking out the bugs. And […]
So… What Exactly Do You Do Again?
A personal breakdown of everything I need to know to build industrial finishing systems People sometimes ask me what I do for a living. I never really know how to answer.“Engineering,” I say. Or “Automation.” Or sometimes just “I build stuff.” But none of those really explain it. Because the truth is, I design and […]