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Work
I'm Dave, co-founder and VP of Engineering at Kinde, a developer platform that takes care of the boring but essential stuff like auth, billing, and feature flags so founders can move faster. I’m a frontend-leaning generalist with a deep love of clean systems, intuitive UX, and building tools developers actually enjoy using. I’ve been in startups for over a decade, and got into tech through the DIY world of band websites. I now split my time between leading product direction at Kinde, raising three kids in Byron Bay, and writing about the overlap of engineering, creativity, and sustainability in modern work.
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Writing
I ramble about frontend, start-ups and architecture over on the Kinde blog. My last post was: Why we built an all-in-one dev platform.
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Speaking
I speak about building developer platforms, startup infrastructure, and product development.
- - Code, Melbourne
- - Web Directions, Sydney
- - Engineering Sydney, Sydney
- - SydCSS, Sydney
- - Scotland CSS, Edinburgh
- - CSS Conf, Budapest
- - SydCSS, Sydney
- - BreadTalks, Sydney
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Side hustles
My main passion project is Stake Social - an app for playing football prediction games against friends.
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Contact
I don't have any social stuff really. You can find me on LinkedIn and X @dave_or_dead as a necessary evil. Or you can email me at [email protected]