Hi, I’m Tyler.

I work on software from Boulder. Previously at Apple and JibJab; now I run Accent Labs, Inc. and build Backlight for engineering leaders.

Experience

A short version.

2026 – now
Founder · Accent Labs, Inc.Building Backlight for engineering teams measuring AI coding spend, adoption, and quality.
Boulder, CO
2015 – 2026
Engineering Leader · Apple, Inc.Shipped platform software across major product releases and helped scale teams from early product work through launch.
Cupertino, CA
2012 – 2015
Technical Lead · JibJab Bros. StudiosBuilt real-time mobile video systems and offline-first content delivery across client and server data layers.
Los Angeles, CA

Full experience →

Now

What I’m working on.

Founding Accent Labs, Inc. and building Backlight.

Helping engineering leaders understand AI coding spend, adoption, output, and quality.

Working toward an FAA private pilot certificate.

Writing

Recent posts.

ActiveRecord's #where & SQL

2014.12

A Rails note on ActiveRecord where clauses, SQL strings, joins, and ambiguous columns.

Glass at Gold's

2014.01

A 2014 note about wearing Google Glass at Gold's Gym and the privacy concerns it raised.

Guy-Manuel Arduino Meetup

2013.04

A progress update and presentation from a Guy-Manuel Arduino helmet project.