About

My name is Piper Haywood. I’m a design-adjacent software engineer with a lot of interests. Read about my work and everything else.

This website is a notebook. The notes are mostly to do with where I was from, where I am now, and assorted things related to my work or day-to-day. I mention “Sam”, “B” / “BB”, and “AB” pretty frequently. Sam is my husband, BB is our son, and AB is our daughter.

See the details page for credits and policies such as privacy (into it, two thumbs way up) and marketing requests (not so keen…).

Heads up, a lot of my recent posts relate to my health. I was diagnosed with lupus in late 2026 and with the help of my doctors, Sam, family, and lovely friends, I’m figuring out how to improve my quality of life and prevent the disease from progressing. It’s a lonely road with a lot of ups and downs. If you’re going through it too… I’m thinking of you.

For updates, follow via RSS or subscribe to a weekly or monthly email summary. If you’re part of the Fediverse, search for @blog@piperhaywood.com in your fedi app/client. I also occasionally syndicate posts to my Bluesky account.

The site’s current purpose is to learn in the open and to keep certain details from fading too quickly, an archive of references and memories. It’s something I find necessary and if others find it useful, all the better.

Email: mail@piperhaywood.com
GitHub: github.com/piperhaywood
Fediverse: @piper@vis.social