Kevin McAllister

I build software, and I spend an unreasonable amount of time working out why the thing in front of me isn’t doing what it should.

Twenty years of it, mostly backend and infrastructure — right now a white-label communications platform, plus whatever side project currently has its hooks in me. The rest of the time I’m pulling apart a network, a circuit, or a piece of gear that used to work on Tuesday.

I write the second part down at Logical Disconnect, because the useful thing isn’t the answer. It’s the order you ask the questions in.

Kevin McAllister at a workbench, mid-sentence, a disassembled access point in front of him.
At the bench, explaining something nobody asked about.

Three things I’m building

  • Quizbowl

    A live quiz app for rooms with bad Wi-Fi and one projector. Buzzers on people’s own phones, scoring on the big screen, nothing to install.

  • Fix It Shack

    A circuit-puzzle game that teaches you to read a schematic by breaking things on purpose. A book is growing alongside it.

  • Sidequest

    A builder for scavenger hunts and self-guided walking tours. Drop pins on a map, write the clues, hand people a link.

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Where to begin

Four doors, depending on why you’re here.