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Wrote code and deployed software infrastructure to support sustainable materials science at Genomatica.
Worked a contract building crypto analytics tools at DeFi Pulse.
Developed golang ETL systems at Walt Disney Studios.
Worked on end-to-end encrypted DevOps tooling (secret storage) as employee #1 at EnvKey (YC 2018).
Founding CTO/coder for 2 years at AQUAOSO (techstars 2019), building a water resilient future, open source GIS/Mapping.
Mostly golang, javascript/typescript, and python. Open source contributor where possible.
Mailsac.com founder.
Formerly: Genomatica R&D, DeFi Pulse, Disney/Marvel, envkey (YC), AQUAOSO, (techstars), Digium R&D, Clevertech, VSP Vision, freelance.
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I am genuinely curious what are the specific issues which necessitate deleting all modules? Colleagues across operating systems with native modules? Old node versions?
While there may be good points in the article, this indicates a low level of scientific rigor by the writer. Couldn't continue after that.
Eye contact seems like the hurdle for making it feel real. With a screen that large, it may feel like someone is looking below the head, which may feel off.
There are hundreds of open source companies - many making gobs of money. Not all - many fail. This team has name recognition and a few successful projects already - Babel and yarn. I can see it working out.
JavaScript is one of the most popular programming languages. Millions of developers. With solid execution, there are monstrous markets here.
There is a huge amount of complexity represented by very few distinct types of things.
On the other hand, human children are incredibly curious and experiment with everything. It may not be stupidity that keeps them from following directions.
I’ll let you know how it goes.
Most parents will say it gets loads easier after those first few years. Poor sleep makes everything harder.
It gets better.