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title: "Dan Podina"
description: "Dan Podina — Software Architect. 20 years building software, from trading floors to clinical data platforms."
url: https://danpodina.com/
markdown: https://danpodina.com/index.md
type: home
date: 2026-03-05
lastmod: 2026-03-05
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# Dan Podina

> Dan Podina — Software Architect. 20 years building software, from trading floors to clinical data platforms.

I care about clean boundaries and honest abstractions. The interesting problems are usually in the spaces between things.


Read the log: https://danpodina.com/log/ | Contact card: https://danpodina.com/card/ | What I do now: https://systemtrails.com/


## Writing

- [The New Colleagues](https://danpodina.com/log/new-colleagues/index.md): On working alongside AI and a different kind of tired.
- [Entry Point](https://danpodina.com/log/entry-point/index.md): You made it to the beginning.
- [All log entries](https://danpodina.com/log/index.md): Thoughts on software architecture, tools, and the craft of building systems.

## About

- [Pro Path](https://danpodina.com/pro-path/index.md): 20 years of software engineering — from trading systems to critical digital infrastructure.
- [Card](https://danpodina.com/card/index.md): Dan Podina — Software Architect. Digital business card.

## Elsewhere
- SystemTrails (https://systemtrails.com/): SystemTrails: I make AI-built products ready for what's next. Enterprise deals, due diligence, scale, first hires. Free recorded teardown, fixed-price hardening, senior oversight.
- GQLTeam: https://gqlteam.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-podina/
- GitHub: https://github.com/pedeceul

## Machine-readable
- Full text of every public page: https://danpodina.com/llms-full.txt
- Site index (JSON): https://danpodina.com/index.json
- Agent discovery: https://danpodina.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json
- Security contact: https://danpodina.com/.well-known/security.txt
- RSS: https://danpodina.com/log/index.xml