Fred's Garden
Fred Lackey

Fredrick Lackey

Software Architect, Engineer & Leader — 40 Years of Growing

This garden is growing. The site is being rebuilt, and these pages are living documents—some fully formed, others still seedlings. Wander freely; things will keep evolving.

Topic Garden

Architecture & Leadership Evergreen

Four decades of building systems, leading teams, and shaping technical strategy across enterprise landscapes.

AI Integration Budding

Exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and practical software delivery. AI doesn't replace developers—it amplifies them.

Writing & Essays Budding

Thoughts on software craft, career navigation, and bridging ecosystems. Published on LinkedIn and here.

Career Journey Evergreen

From Arcada/Backup Exec in the '90s to an ongoing CISA/DHS engagement—a path through legacy, enterprise, and startups.

Life Beyond Code Seedling

Martial arts since age five, 10,000+ skydives, motorcycles, woodworking, horology, DJing, and music.

Connect Seedling

Find me on GitHub and LinkedIn. No contact form—just genuine connections through code and conversation.

Recent Growth

Jul 2025

AI Doesn't Replace Developers Evergreen

Why the narrative of replacement misses the point entirely—and what amplification actually looks like in practice.

Jul 2025

Spring Boot from .NET Evergreen

A practical guide for .NET developers making the leap to the Spring ecosystem.

Ongoing

AI Knowledge Builder Budding

Building tools to extract, structure, and surface knowledge from large codebases and documentation.

Ongoing

AI Career Coach Seedling

An experiment in AI-assisted career guidance and professional development tooling.

Garden Map — Everything is Connected