bio
I'm a software engineer and former quant, now building Jamsocket. I'm excited about tools to explore, explain, and persuade.
I create interactive reports on ranked-ballot election results at ranked.vote. I created Treeverse, a browser extension for exploring branching conversations. I've developed interactive essays on the Mandelbrot Fractal, how to size bets, and the mathematical nuance of American elections. I've written code notebooks for forensic video analysis, Lindenmayer fractals, optimizing pen-plot routes, and generating pseudo-3D line graphics. I think computers are bicycles for the mind and we're still in the penny-farthing era.
I'm originally from Halifax, Canada, now based in Brooklyn. I love running, sailing, and exploring new cities.
writing
- The hater’s guide to Kubernetes (March 3, 2024)
- Generalizing Secret Santa with integer programming in Julia (December 10, 2022)
- The problem with bitcoin miners (May 15, 2022)
- What does it mean to listen on a port? (February 13, 2022)
- “Play-to-earn” and Bullshit Jobs (December 28, 2021)
- all posts
projects
- #ptpx (postcard exchange for plotter art)
- notify.run
- Treeverse
- ranked.vote
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talks
- 'Play-to-earn' or Ponzi schemes? CNBC appearance (December 2021)
- Pen Plotting with Pluto at PlutoCon 2021 (April 2021)
- Building a Multiplayer WebAssembly Game at Rust Berlin (March 2021)