Hey, I'm Matthew Rugamas.

I'm a Technical Support Engineer at Cursor, working remotely from Southern California. My work lives where customers, product, and code overlap. Over the years that's meant untangling hard problems, advocating for software that's honest and accessible, and helping small support teams grow to meet enterprise demands. As technology enters a new paradigm, part of the job has become figuring out what good support should look like next.

Off the clock I'm a perpetual student, an inspired generalist, a self-taught musician, and a recreational road cyclist who sometimes has the best ideas somewhere between mile 10 and mile 40. I'm endlessly curious about how things fit together, whether that's systems, instruments, or people, and how to connect them a little better. When I'm not buried in a problem or chasing whatever AI is doing this week, you'll find me practicing, reading, or planning a ride I'm not remotely in shape for.

Underneath the titles I'm a son, a brother, a grandchild, and a friend. Most of my edges came from those people. I care about patience, plain language, and leaving room for others to be fully themselves. I have a deep appreciation for the arts and the (extra)ordinary business of being alive, and I suspect the two are closer than we tend to admit. If there's a thread, it's that I like helping people feel more capable, whether through a solved ticket, an interface that doesn't fight them, a shared song, or a conversation that goes somewhere good.

This site is part home and part notebook. It started as a record of how I built the thing you're reading it on, and grew into where I think out loud about systems, debugging, the occasional strong opinion, and the problems I can't help getting pulled into.