My area of interest: highload/distributed projects with using of Java/Scala/Kotlin and Linux/Unix. I am a professional programmer for over 14 years since 2004 ©

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Programmer since my first LISP machine at MIT in 1981. Have coded up and down the stack, embedded, a couple dozen programming and scripting languages, from 68K assembler to Swift. Unix sysadmin at MIT, New York Times contributor for 11 years. Wired and its early websites were 5 years of technicolor bliss from `96-`01. I helped CmdrTaco write his IPO diary for the magazine, published and explained the Slammer worm`s source code, and edited i.e. rewrote some big-name authors to make them even better. Will jump in and fix anything rather than wait for the tech guy to get to it. Have worked on high-volume sites (HotBot, Wired News), and spent a year at early Splunk (11th desk in the office) where I overhauled the command-line API to be intuitive and consistent -- but gave it built-in help anyway. Mostly known the past 20 years, but known internally for sending IT lists of things to fix, starting with the HTML bloat on every news site ever. Instant traffic boost. Happier readers. Currently I`m helping Hackbright Academy alumnae, staff and mentors in their own words. No rewriting this time. ©