adam.brokes
open to interesting conversations·sydney, au/33.8688°S 151.2093°E

adam
brokes.

Principal Engineer @ Atlassian · based in Sydney

I work on platform infrastructure, distributed systems, enterprise-scale apps, and web applications.

I also make useful tools and fun tools, mostly with Go, Java, TypeScript, terminal interfaces, and the practical edges of AI-assisted development.

01 / Now

Currently

what I'm learning by doing

What I'm working through.

Testing where AI-assisted development actually helps: planning, code review, handoffs, and the everyday habits around building software.

ReadingDesigning Data-Intensive Apps · re-read
Buildingworklog v2 · helmsman
Thinkingagent workflows in real projects
03 / Selected work

Work and side projects

a few projects from work and weekends

Selected work.

  1. W01infrastructureactive

    data-center-helm-charts

    Helm charts for running Atlassian Data Center products on Kubernetes. Part of the infrastructure teams use when moving from server deployments.

    KubernetesHelmAtlassian
  2. W02infrastructureactive

    data-center-terraform

    Terraform modules for deploying Atlassian Data Center on AWS. Repeatable setup for teams running the products themselves.

    TerraformAWSIaC
  3. W03toolingpersonal

    worklog

    A mode-based TUI worklog for developers. Plan, focus, and reflect without leaving the terminal.

    GoTUIProductivity
  4. W04productpersonal

    gameshelf

    Game backlog manager. Track what you own, what you're playing, and what's next.

    TypeScriptNext.js
  5. W05toolingpersonal

    fileBuddy

    Interactive CLI tool to clean up and organize your Downloads folder. The folder you've been meaning to deal with for three years.

    CLINode.jsTooling
  6. W06productpersonal

    sonar-layoff

    A small tool for monitoring and navigating company layoffs. Built because the public datasets weren't easy to read.

    TypeScriptReact