Xinjiang Shao I build healthcare platforms that can't afford to fail — and grow the teams behind them.

Architected the foundation of a multi-tenant, scalable commerce platform and led the Gatsby→Next.js migration that launched WellNow — TAG's first multi-tenant application. The same work took key TAG brands, ClearChoice among them, to green Core Web Vitals.

A single-binary Rust CLI that tells you which of your Claude Code and Codex sessions is waiting on you, on what, and for how long. Hooks push events into a local SQLite file; nothing leaves your machine.

A native macOS menu-bar screen recorder and screenshot tool. Record a window, screen, area or a connected iPhone or iPad to a small MP4, WebM or GIF, or mark up a screenshot. Signed, notarized, on Homebrew, and in App Review.

Six store brands plus Peapod on one omnichannel engine — a strangler migration off Oracle ATG, 40+ engineers across four pillars, 20M+ weekly shoppers.

This very site, rebuilt from a static Hugo blog into an AI-native Next.js platform — three AI providers each on one job, an integrated chat assistant, and full English/Chinese support.

PrepHero, built from scratch — an athlete recruitment and camp-registration platform connecting athletes, coaches, and college programs.

Titles don't define leadership — trust and competence do.

I led five brand teams before I had a single direct report. Influence came from being the go-to on the system, tying every technical call to a business outcome, and refusing the "do it all" trap in favor of delegation and shared ownership.

Share packages, not applications.

Three years modernizing five healthcare brands taught me where the boundary goes: share infrastructure, the API layer, and code — own the deployable. Consolidate first, run it long enough to see the coupling, then split apps, not packages.

Build the systems that build systems.

Vendor matrices, a public technology radar, one observability standard across every brand. Not because the tools matter, but because alignment happens when every team sees the same metrics and the same trade-offs.

Inside a product org, engineering's job is translation.

A technical bet and a governance bet shouldn't compete for the same roadmap slot with the same estimate. Name which instinct a proposal came from — top-down portfolio or bottom-up problem — before you review it.

The Blog

Deep dives into system architecture, engineering practices, and lessons learned building scalable products — with the occasional detour into life beyond the terminal.

Think Inside of the Box

A podcast of in-depth audio articles on technology, software engineering, and career development. Perfect for the commute or the run.

Speaking & Talks

Conference and lightning talks on healthcare platforms, performance, and AI in the web space. Based in Chicago, available for 2026 events in person or virtually.