I writesoftware theway some peoplewrite ghoststories.

Patient.
A little obsessive.
With the lights low.

Marquis
Nobles

Software architect at TED.

10+ years · React & Next.js · Est. 2008

The work

I fix
what's broken.
I build
what lasts.

Open source

Thirty patterns I copy into every project. So you can too. No dependencies. No lock-in.

Open source · Live ↗

A terminal that watches my repo and hands what's broken to AI.

Open source · Live ↗

Recent runs

Portable cocktails. The kind a glass bottle won't survive.

Handcrafted lighting from Melbourne, Florida.

Cloud shoe-fit analysis. Boston. Vietnam. Portland.

Disney vacations. Built for Torie.

Records. Studios. Radio.

What I believe

1. Ship it. Then improve.
2. Simplicity over cleverness.
3. Failure is data, not identity.
4. Make every day remarkable.

The shelf what feeds the foundry

I read.

• Stephen King
• Joe Hill
• Grady Hendrix
• Chuck Wendig
• Stacy Willingham
• Joe Abercrombie
• Karin Slaughter
• Matt Dinniman

CurrentlyThe Fireman, Joe Hill.

I build.

Miniatures, painted at the kitchen table.

I grow.

A garden, in the Lowcountry heat.

Currently in the beds

• Tomato
• ·
• Blueberries
• ·
• Blackberries
• ·
• Peppers
• ·
• Basil
• ·
• Oregano
• ·
• Peppermint

I write.

The Obtainer, a novel in progress. Fantasy. Sci-fi. Slow, on purpose.

I watch.

Columbo. Just one more thing.

Favorite episode

Columbo Goes to College (1990, S10E1)

I listen.

On a loop, while I work.

Husband.
Father of
four boys.

I work from home.
Low stress is medicine.
That's not a preference.
It's how I stay healthy.

How we'd work

For teams who need
senior architecture
judgment, not just hands.

• Retainer

  A few select clients, ongoing. Architecture, direction, and the hard calls — on a steady cadence.

• A sprint

  Fixed scope, fixed end. Fix what's broken, or build the thing that has to last.

• Advisory

  Direction and review. The senior set of eyes, without the hands-on build.