Tyler Reymer
Engineering Leader & SRE Manager
Engineering reliable systems at scale. Leading teams that ship. Riding trails, playing riffs, and raising a family.
Lv.12 Engineer•Bard Multiclass•Ranger Subclass•Forever DM
Currently
What I'm up to right now
Playing
World of Warcraft — Midnight
Horde Fury Warrior • For the Horde! 🗡️
Learning
Little Wing — Jimi Hendrix
One of the most beautiful guitar pieces ever written
Reading
The Wheel of Time — Robert Jordan
The Eye of the World — Book 1
Building
XXXG-01D Gundam Deathscythe
Wing Zero is cool but Deathscythe is cooler
Last Trail
The Luge
Trabuco Canyon, CA — my favorite trail
Shipping
Cadence — Guitar Toolkit
Android app for guitar players. Tuner, metronome, key finder & more.
Who I am
A few things that define me beyond the title
Engineering Leader
10+ years in cloud, SRE, and datacenter. Building reliable systems at scale.
INT +10 WIS +8
Guitar player
Strings, riffs, and the occasional jam session.
CHA +5 DEX +4
Mountain biker
Single track, climbs, and the reward of the descent.
STR +6 CON +7
Husband & father
Family first. Everything else follows.
WIS +10 CHA +8
Latest Posts
Recent thoughts on engineering, leadership, and life
From Clarinet Kid to Jazz Chaser: My Guitar Journey
How a pandemic, YouTube teachers, and a stubborn dream turned me from a lapsed clarinet player into a jazz-obsessed guitarist.
Read moreI Vibe Coded My Personal Site as an SRE Manager — Here's What I Learned
As an SRE manager I don't write much code anymore. So I built this entire site using AI-assisted development and learned more than I expected.
Read moreI Built My Own Guitar App Because I Was Tired of Ads
How I vibe coded Cadence — a chromatic tuner, key finder, metronome, and theory toolkit for Android — as an SRE manager learning guitar, with zero ads and zero tracking. Now live on the Google Play Store.
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