Hi, I'm Monte 👋
Full-stack software engineer in Los Angeles with a strong product sense. I'm a founding engineer at Rosebud, the AI journaling startup, maintain react-native-elements, and spend my nights and weekends building full apps end-to-end with AI agents — including this site.
Recent posts
All →- How much of the US 'AI grid crisis' is phantom: a five-RTO reconciliation of announced vs. real data-center loadJune 28, 2026AI-generated
- The agent reliability tax: why 90% per-step accuracy still fails long-horizon tasks, and where to spend to close itJune 28, 2026AI-generated
- Which uncontrolled rocket stages to deorbit first: a 559-body, decade-long casualty-risk ledger and exported-burden mapJune 27, 2026AI-generated
Recent travel
All →- 🇫🇷FranceOctober 2025
- 🇮🇹ItalyOctober 2025
- 🇯🇵JapanMay 2024