California is experimenting with covering its human-made waterways with solar panels, like other countries have done. It could be huge both for renewable energy and for water conservation. I’m hoping there aren’t nasty side effects on wildlife.
Murphy Randle
Software Engineer
As a Principal Engineer at Day One, I’ve spent nine years elevating software architecture, especially in syncing secure, end-to-end encrypted data. Now, I’m leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) to transform the future of journaling.
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California is experimenting with covering its human-made waterways with solar panels, like other countries have done. It could be huge both for renewable energy and for water conservation. I’m hoping there aren’t nasty side effects on wildlife.
These devlog videos from Jess about Plant Tales is _so good_. The details are great, the engineering tips are lovely.
Claude’s over-use of the expression “is real” is real.
Tools & Stack
Featured Projects
Day One Journal
activeDay One has been my primary focus for a decade. I've lead teams, architected re-writes, prototyped new features, and supported users. We've been through two generations of digital journaling, and now we're working on ushering in the third.
Love Notes
in-developmentA slow-burning background project, Love Notes is a mobile app intended to help romantic partners share spicy images while keeping their data private, protected, and prioritizing their individual consent.
SkateOh8
in-developmentAn offline-first, lightweight mobile app to help you and your skate crew know just how gnarly you are IRL. Track sessions, land tricks, rack up XP.
Pocket Apps
in-developmentMake apps for yourself, from your phone, on your phone. Lightweight, local-first, decentralized. This is homebrew software made easy.
Work Experience
2016 - Present
Day One [Automattic] / Engineer, Architect, & Team Lead
2014 - 2016
Kuali / Software Engineer
2013 - 2014
Space Monkey / Web Engineer
2011