đź‘‹ Hi, I'm Mike!
I'm a husband, I'm a father, and I'm Catholic. I'm an Ubuntu Linux user, and I'm a staff software engineer at Strava. I've been at Strava more than five years and I continue to love working on an app I'm passionate about while solving interesting problems along the way!
Over the course of my career, I've worked for a variety of tech companies (Pariveda, SpotX, and Zen Planner), and I even taught high school math for a couple years as part of the Denver Teacher Residency. I have experience working on performance, scalability, feature development, systems architecture, and developer experience in a wide range of technologies including Linux, Ruby, PHP, Scala, Java, SQL, Redis, Kafka, Javascript, and Android. I enjoy solving diverse technical challenges, from fine-tuning database queries to improving user experience or architecting new systems that can handle our growing user base.
In my free time, I enjoy working on DIY tech projects, from 3D printing and electronics to home networking and Linux laptops. I write about these projects here on my blog, along with software development tutorials and technology reviews, to share what I learn along the way in hopes that others find it interesting and useful too!
Recent Blog Posts
How to Dual-Boot Ubuntu 25.04+ and Windows 11 with Encryption
19 May 2025 · TechnologyI’ve been writing about how to dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows with encryption for a long time. I first wrote about it back in 2020, where I described a four-part process with 19 total steps to get dual-boot working with encryption. The process was very complicated, involving manual setup of LUKS. In Ubuntu 24.04, the process got significantly easier due to a quirk in the installer that allowed you to select both the dual-boot and the LUKS encryption options in the new Ubuntu installer GUI. Now, in Ubuntu 25.04+, the GUI installer has full support for installing Ubuntu alongside windows with encryption!
How to Install Ubuntu Linux on a Nimo Laptop
27 Apr 2025 · TutorialsIn my previous blog post, I reviewed a Nimo N153 R5 6600H Laptop. In the review, I mentioned that I installed Ubuntu Linux on the laptop. As a follow-up, I wanted to write a quick tutorial about how to install Linux on a Nimo laptop. I believe this guide should work on any Nimo laptop, from the lightweight N151 to the Beefy N172 or even the mini PC DNB20. The N151 is very inexpensive and could be a great way to test the waters with a Linux laptop, and the DNB20 might make a great home server to play with!
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