About

Hi, I’m Tom Mango. I live in Philadelphia with my wife and kids. I’m a Director of Engineering at Recharge, the co-founder and engineer behind Limited Run, and I’m currently building Looping as a side project.

Over nearly 25 years, I’ve been a software engineer, entrepreneur, and engineering leader. I care deeply about building high-performance teams and developing highly available web services—especially at scale.

Here at Sleeping Potato, I write about engineering leadership, side projects, and the practical lessons I’ve learned (and continue to learn) from both.

You can also find me on Mastodon, Bluesky, GitHub, and LinkedIn.

Why "Sleeping Potato"?

Many years ago, we had sleepy greyhound named Potato. He was a very good boy.