Hi, I’m Paul Jacks.
Senior engineer · Team lead · Available for hire
10+ years building web software across a wide range of domains. I specialize in leading developer teams, architecting maintainable systems, and shipping product that actually lasts.
Most recently I’ve been heads-down on team leadership: mentoring engineers, driving technical decisions, and making sure complexity doesn’t compound over time.
Latest Blog Articles
ONNX: The Model Exchange Standard That Actually Stuck
What ONNX actually is under the hood, how the graph format works, and why it became the lingua franca for ML deployment.
Running Your Own AI Is Actually Good Now
Open WebUI and Qwen changed what local AI actually feels like to use.
The Layoff Math Doesn't Add Up
What Jevons Paradox tells us about AI and the engineers being shown the door.
Running SmolLM as a local service with FastAPI
A tiny LLM, a simple API and a surprisingly nice developer experience.
Frontend Testing shouldn't be hard
Want to make frontend developers really uncomfortable? Ask them about their test suite.