Hi! 👋🏼
I am a Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Parity, where I help developers learn and build on the decentralized web.
I am also a second career developer and previously spent nearly a decade working in the fields of public service, community organizing, and adult education. During my previous career, I was published in places such as Time Magazine, The Boston Globe, The Huffington Post, The Denver Post, and other publications. I am a native Californian who spent a long time living in NYC and Tel Aviv and now reside near Miami.
You can connect me with me on my site, on Twitter or on LinkedIn. I look forward to being in touch!
Are you a high-level developer looking to expand your skillset and learn a new language? Rust is a systems programming language that is gaining popularity for its safety features and high performance. In this session, we will cover the basics of Rust syntax and semantics, and explore how to apply Rust’s unique approaches to memory management and concurrency to solve real-world problems. With a focus on hands-on examples and exercises, this session is suitable for developers with experience in high-level programming languages who are looking to dive into the world of systems programming. By the end of this session, you will have a solid foundation in Rust and the skills to start building your own high-performance and secure systems.
Telemetry without the Tool Tax | Infobip Shift | September 2022 |
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On Being an Early Career Dev in Your 30s | RubyConf | November 2021 |
Best Practices for Building with External APIs | Momentum Dev Con | October 2021 |
Self-Care on Rails | RailsConf | April 2021 |
On The Fast Track To Station | FOSDEM21 | February 2021 |
Arrival: The Journey of our Documentation Platform to Station | API The Docs Virtual | November 2020 |
What’s Love Got To Do With It? Ruby and Sentiment Analysis | Birmingham on Rails | January 2020 |
What’s Love Got To Do With It? Ruby and Sentiment Analysis | RubyConf | November 2019 |
Building Open Source Communities of Starfish | GitHub Universe | November 2019 |
From the Pulpit to DevRel: Lessons Learned Along the Way | DevRelCon San Francisco 2019 | June 2019 |
How A Git Based Education Cultivates More Resilient Developers | Git Merge | February 2019 |
Open Source Is Not Just About Code | August Penguin TLV | November 2018 |
How to Prepare for the Technical Interview | JSConf EU 2018 | June 2018 |