Software is a living practice — four decades of building, breaking, and rebuilding things that matter.
Fredrick Lackey
Architect and engineer across the full stack — from legacy modernization to AI integration, from enterprise leadership to hands-on code. Forty years of compounding curiosity.
Currently thinking about the intersection of AI tooling and developer autonomy. The question is not whether AI replaces developers — it does not — but how it reshapes the practice of building software at the architectural level.
AI Doesn't Replace Developers
On why the framing of AI-as-replacement misses the point entirely, and what forty years of tooling evolution actually teaches us.
“The best architects write code. The best leaders build things. The distinction is artificial.”
AI Integration
Building AI-augmented workflows and tooling for development teams
Architecture
System design, distributed patterns, and strategic technical decisions
Full-Stack
From database to interface — Node, .NET, React, and beyond
Leadership
Engineering teams, technical strategy, and organizational architecture
Legacy Modernization
Migrating critical systems forward without losing institutional knowledge
Developer Tooling
CLI tools, automation, and infrastructure for builder productivity
Spring Boot from .NET: A Practitioner's Notes
Migration notes for .NET developers entering the Spring Boot ecosystem. Practical observations, not advocacy.
CISA / Department of Homeland Security
Cybersecurity infrastructure and systems for the federal government's lead cyber defense agency. Includes project work at Travelers Insurance on enterprise architecture and modernization of critical systems.
Spotless
Full-stack development and technical leadership
Arcada / Backup Exec
Early career systems engineering
AI projects in progress: Knowledge Builder and Career Coach — tools for synthesizing experience into navigable, queryable systems. More fragments to come.