I'm Dostain. I work on civil projects, fabricate things on the side, and keep this site as part portfolio, part working notebook — mostly so I can remember what I learned on the last project before I start the next one.

I care about the boring middle of engineering: the spreadsheet that keeps the schedule honest, the QA checklist nobody wants to write, the standup that catches a slip a week early. Most of what makes a project ship lives there.