“Technology is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral.”
—
Kranzberg’s
First Law
I’m the Technical Lead of the IAU Minor Planet Center at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. I spend most of my time designing and building astrophysical data systems. Underpinning this work is my preoccupation with all of the ways that computers could be revolutionizing science and society — but aren’t yet.
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Latest post:
One Good Tutorial at HPC Best Practices Webinar: Slides
2026 March 16
On Wednesday I’m going to present my scientific software documentation project, One Good Tutorial, as part of the IDEAS HPC Best Practices webinar series. It’ll take place at 1 PM US Eastern time. Register to attend if you’re able to watch it live, but you can always watch a recording later if you’re not. My slides are attached to this post.
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| 2026 January 21 | One Good Tutorial: Beta Release! |