I build things for a living — Shopify infrastructure by day, homelab rabbit holes by night. These days I'm deep in new-dad mode with our baby, logging miles for a backyard ultra, and writing about personal finance for Canadians who like spreadsheets.
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Projects
Open Source
64 repos and counting. PWAs, AI experiments, weather apps, cellular automata — mostly TypeScript, always slightly over-engineered.
github.comFrugal Nick
Personal finance writing for Canadians. TFSAs, RRSPs, heat pump math — the unglamorous stuff that actually matters.
frugalnick.caOttawa Hotdog Run
A very unofficial 55km group run through Ottawa, Costco to Costco. Pick your distance — 19km if you're sane, 55km if you're not.
imnick.dev/hotdogWriting
3 Steps to Saving Simply
A dead-simple strategy for building savings when traditional banks work against you.
Considering Opportunity Cost
The things you can do today that will set you up for a better tomorrow.
RRSP is a TFSA in Disguise
The RRSP offers essentially the same tax-free growth — with a couple gotchas.
Right now
Tech Lead on web infrastructure at Shopify
Figuring out parenthood with our little one and my partner Chessy
Training for a backyard ultra in June 2026 (send help)
Running 30+ services on the homelab (yes, it needs more RAM)