Software engineer · Community builder · Author
Building systems for the age of AI.
Max Hopei is a software engineer, architect, meetup organizer, and the author of Building Distributed Systems in the Age of AI.

Available for preorderBuilding Distributed Systems in the Age of AIApress · September 19, 2026
I work on software architecture, distributed systems, and the changing craft of engineering as AI becomes part of both our tools and our runtime environments.
This site brings together my writing, community work, and experiments—including music made with the help of AI.
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Engineering
Distributed systems, architecture, and developer experience.
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Community
Conversations and connections through the meetup.
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Experiments
Writing and music made while learning to work with AI.