Michael
McNees
Engineering Manager
I lead engineering teams and tinker with TypeScript, React, Go, and whatever else catches my attention. Currently shipping platform migrations by day, building side-quests by night — mostly from a homelab somewhere north of the 43rd parallel.
- TITLE
- ENG MGR
- LOCATION
- WEST MICHIGAN
- CLASS
- BUILDER / WRITER
- CURRENT BUILD
- MANTLE // HONEYDEW
Latest Transmissions
View all ▷Upgrading the Homelab, Part 1: Taking Stock
How we inventoried what we had, set our goals, and picked the hardware for the next generation.
The Calculator Didn't Kill Accounting
AI is going to change who works, how many of them there are, and what the work looks like — but the people who care about craft have the most to gain.
AI Doesn't Know Your Smart Home Platform (Yet)
Homey app development is a blind spot for AI assistants. So I built an Agent Skill to fix that.
What Nobody Tells You About Going from Engineer to Engineering Manager
The transition from building software to leading the people who build software is stranger than anyone prepares you for.
Welcome to the New mcnees.me
A fresh start for my corner of the internet — what this site is, why I rebuilt it, and what I plan to write about.