About

Hi, I’m Dave.

I’m a software engineer who’s spent years building, fixing, and evolving real-world systems. Most of my work lives in the space between clean architecture and practical constraints. Shipping things that work, then making them better over time.

I work primarily with web technologies, often around backend systems, APIs, and modern frontends. Frameworks come and go. Clear thinking, good structure, and maintainable code don’t.

This site is where I write about:

• Software engineering in practice
• System design and architectural decisions
• Lessons learned from building and maintaining long-lived applications
• Occasional notes on tools, workflows, and tradeoffs

Not tutorials for the sake of tutorials. Not hype. Just things I’ve learned that feel worth sharing.

How I think about engineering

I value:

• Simplicity over cleverness
• Systems that are understandable by the next person
• Incremental improvement instead of big rewrites
• Decisions that hold up six months from now

Most problems aren’t solved by adding more code. They’re solved by stepping back and choosing the right shape for the solution.

Work and collaboration

I’ve worked across different teams and projects, often in roles where I’m responsible for:

• Designing backend systems
• Improving existing codebases
• Bridging frontend and backend concerns
• Making sense of complexity and reducing it

If you’re looking for help with a software problem or just want to talk through an idea, feel free to reach out.

You can contact me at
dave@davetorres.dev