I'm a software engineer hailing from Hershey, PA.
I attended the Recurse Center in summer 2013, then worked at Venmo through 2019.
These days I'm self employed.
Business
- Autoresponder for Google Chat and Hangouts » Vacation/out-of-office replies for Google Chat.
- Autoplaylists for Google Music » iTunes Smart Playlists for Google Music.
Select Projects
- gmusicapi » A reverse-engineered Google Music client library.
- Kleroteria » An email lottery and spiritual successor to The Listserve.
- python-libfaketime » Fast time mocking for tests.
- Plugserv » An open-source personal ad server.
- slouch » A lightweight Python framework for building Slack bots.
- Repominder » Release reminders for open source projects.
Blog
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- 2020 » Side project income 2019
- 2019 » Plugserv
- 2019 » Leaving Venmo after five years
- 2019 » NYC Park Alerts
- 2019 » Side project income 2018
- 2018 » MinMaxMeals: cheap, healthy, and fast cooking
- 2018 » Running Kleroteria for free by (ab)using free tiers
- 2018 » Analytics for Google Payments: now in public beta
- 2018 » Autoplaylists 2017 user survey results
- 2018 » Analytics for the Google Payments Center: accounting data now supported
- 2018 » Side project income 2017
- 2017 » Repominder
- 2017 » tabs.executeScript as a content script alternative in Chrome Extensions
- 2017 » Analytics for the Google Payments Center
- 2017 » Side project income 2016: 0 to $100/month
- 2016 » Publishing your first Chrome Extension, part 2: Analytics and Error Reporting
- 2016 » Publishing your first Chrome Extension, part 1: Taxes and Legal
- 2016 » Autoplaylists (iTunes smart playlists) for Google Music
- 2015 » Automatic Responses for Google Chat and Hangouts
- 2015 » Python linting at Venmo
- 2015 » python-libfaketime
- 2014 » Python Logging Traps
- 2014 » Adding a vcs dependency to requirements.txt
- 2014 » VCR.py at Venmo
- 2014 » Staying Busy
- 2013 » Google Helpouts first impressions
- 2013 » Strangers, Go, and Openshift
- 2013 » Python protobuf on Google App Engine
- 2013 » Chrome extension hacks: Google Music to turntable
- 2013 » gmusicapi retrospective
- 2013 » Development on a Chromebook: an opinionated guide
- 2013 » Tough cookies: a debugging story
- 2012 » What's in a genre?
- 2012 » Returning to the east
- 2012 » Cold-email a VP, publish in Phrack