B6H5
B6H5 is a one-person software studio. Developers have a habit of compressing long words — internationalization becomes i18n, Kubernetes becomes k8s. B6H5 uses the same pattern: first letter of each name, then a count of the letters that follow.
Brandon “lost” Haugen
Product-minded software developer behind B6H5, building tools that respond to the context of your day.
15+ years in professional software engineering, working across backend systems, data platforms, mobile, and cloud infrastructure. Currently Senior Software Engineer Lead at JPMorgan Chase — leading engineering on a cross-LOB Databricks data platform and a React application for exploring and working with that data. Previous stops include Capital Rx, AbleDocs (document accessibility remediation SaaS on Azure), Shiftgig (iOS and Android mobile engineering), and Talkroute (VoIP infrastructure and mobile).
Engineering manager and product manager roles at Datalogics shaped how B6H5 runs — the same instinct for turning an ambiguous problem into something concrete and shippable, applied to a much smaller surface area. Outside of code: husband, dad to two daughters, and outnumbered by two chocolate labs. Based in Oswego, IL.
The mark
The mark is a molecular diagram of hexaborane(5) — six boron atoms with five at the vertices of a pentagon and one at the center, all connected by bonds. Five hydrogen atoms extend outward from the ring as hollow circles on short stubs.
Boron hydrides form polyhedral cluster structures like this — atoms bonding to several neighbors at once rather than chaining linearly. The rendering follows that tradition: filled circles for boron, hollow for hydrogen, lines for bonds.