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pyinfra.com 1mo ago

Pyinfra – agentless infrastructure automation, in plain Python

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joshcollinsworth.com 1mo ago

LLMs and Performative Productivity

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cacm.acm.org 1mo ago

Artificial Intelligence for Software Engineering: From Probable to Provable

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boringsql.com 2mo ago

Welcome to Order by Jungle

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en.wikipedia.org 11mo ago

Slopsquatting

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thoughtbot.com 11mo ago

Companies You Didn't Know Were Using Rails in 2025

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www.aha.io 1y ago

We upgrade major Rails versions

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thoughtbot.com 2y ago

Ruby Science by Thoughtbot

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www.gregnavis.com 2y ago

Why Rails Is a Great Choice for Startups in 2024

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www.gregnavis.com 2y ago

Presence, Null, and Product Requirements in Rails

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www.gregnavis.com 2y ago

Build the Framework You Need

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www.gregnavis.com 3y ago

Lazy accessors in Ruby: exercises in thread-safe meta-programming

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github.com 3y ago

Collection of Hotwire Examples by Thoughtbot

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twitter.com 3y ago

Information-dense naming in Ruby by using full-spectrum UTF-8

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www.gregnavis.com 3y ago

Elixir-style pipelines in Ruby

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bertrandmeyer.com 3y ago

A full online version of Object-Oriented Software Construction, 2nd edition

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plausible.io 3y ago

How to pay your rent with your open source project (2020)

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www.gregnavis.com 3y ago

API Integrations: Client Classes and Error Handling

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www.gregnavis.com 4y ago

API Integrations: Building Client Classes

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www.gregnavis.com 4y ago

Power Estimation: Balance Between Simplicity and Accuracy

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bam.kalzumeus.com 4y ago

How credit cards make money

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click.pocoo.org 12y ago

Click – Python library for command-line interfaces

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paulgraham.com 13y ago

On Lisp by Paul Graham

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cr.yp.to 14y ago

Designing TCP syncookies - a mailing list archive

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www.rust-lang.org 14y ago

The Rust Programming Language

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OpenBSD 7.9 2 months ago

My wife and I are building a wedding rentals company. I'm responsible for the digital part and building a Ruby on Rails app deployed to OpenBSD. The entire thing runs on a cheap Supermirco U1 server in a rack at our home. :-)

The results were laughable. AI certainly has useful applications, but it also became astrology combined with slot machines for many tech-inclined folks.

Intensive keyboard used caused me two problems: soft tissue overload in my palms and elbow pain. After trying Microsoft Natural 4000, Kinesis Advantage 2, I finally settled on ErgoDox EZ with Kailh Silver switches.

These switches don't require much force to activate, and I retrained myself to type lightly. This made the palm issue go away. For my elbows, physical therapy and foam rolling made the pain go away. I keep it away by ensuring proper posture when sitting: bending my elbows without turning my forearms inside (like the person pictured on the right in the article) and tilting the keyboard to minimize wrist rotation. I believe this helps minimize tension in the ulnar nerve. If you want to feel that tension then try a few reps of ulnar nerve flossing!

I optimized my typing further with a custom keyboard layout (see https://configure.zsa.io/ergodox-ez/layouts/60Q7r/pjzqDd/0):

1. Colemak as middle ground between QWERTY and Dvorak.

2. Command, Shift, Alt, and Control keys on both sides of the keyboard. I'm Polish and a standard keyboard layout forces you to use the right alt + letter to type diacritical characters (for example ą is Right Alt + a). This prevents you from typing with proper technique, but having two equivalent Alts solved the problem.

3. Hyper (Command + Shift + Alt + Control) and Meh (Shift + Alt + Control) on both sides of the keyboard. I use Hyper for system-level shortcuts (e.g. Hyper + A is Sublime Text; Hyper + Q is Sublime Merge; Hyper + Z is Ghostty) and Meh for application-level shortcuts (e.g. Meh + 2 is a two column layout in Sublime).

4. I have dedicated keys for (), [], and _, so that I can type them without modifiers.

5. There's a function layer with function keys from F1 to F24 - useful for switching panes in tmux!

6. A dedicated mouse layer helps me reduce my mouse use.

If you want to improve your workplace ergonomics I suggest taking an iterative approach and making full use of customization abilities in the software and hardware you own.

I also made a special belt for my keyboard: each half had it's holster and I was able to type standing with my arms and wrists completely straight. This helped a lot with alleviating elbow pain.

SEEKING WORK | LOCATION: EU (BUT WORKING EASTERN TIME HOURS) | REMOTE ONLY

I'm a fractional CTO and hands-on product engineer with over 17 years of startup experience. I help non-technical founders turn ideas into reality - working products and teams that provide a solid foundation for profitability, fundraising, and growth.

I offer the following services:

1. Product design - design a product that users want, investors back, and engineers can actually build.

2. Product development - build a quality product quickly and start gathering feedback from customers and potential investors as early as possible.

3. Engineering management - hire, onboard, and lead a lean engineering team to accelerate product development and optimize cost.

4. Technical consulting - pick a tech stack and processes appropriate for the current stage without putting future growth at risk.

5. Project rescues - get your project back on track, understand why it went off the rails, and ensure it'll stay on the right track.

If that sounds like what you need then let's chat: contact@gregnavis.com

I've worked across many stacks, but prefer tried and true tech: React + TypeScript or Hotwire on the frontend; Ruby on Rails on the backend. I also have significant experience with Elixir (+ Phoenix) and Python (+ Flask).

Website: https://www.gregnavis.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/gregnavis/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregnavis/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregnavis

E-mail: contact@gregnavis.com

SEEKING WORK | LOCATION: EU (BUT WORKING EASTERN TIME HOURS) | REMOTE ONLY

I'm a fractional CTO and hands-on product engineer with over 17 years of startup experience. I help non-technical founders turn ideas into reality - working products and teams that provide a solid foundation for profitability, fundraising, and growth.

I offer the following services:

1. Product design - design a product that users want, investors back, and engineers can actually build.

2. Product development - build a quality product quickly and start gathering feedback from customers and potential investors as early as possible.

3. Engineering management - hire, onboard, and lead a lean engineering team to accelerate product development and optimize cost.

4. Technical consulting - pick a tech stack and processes appropriate for the current stage without putting future growth at risk.

5. Project rescues - get your project back on track, understand why it went off the rails, and ensure it'll stay on the right track.

If that sounds like what you need then let's chat: contact@gregnavis.com

I've worked across many stacks, but prefer tried and true tech: React + TypeScript or Hotwire on the frontend; Ruby on Rails on the backend. I also have significant experience with Elixir (+ Phoenix) and Python (+ Flask).

Website: https://www.gregnavis.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/gregnavis/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregnavis/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregnavis

E-mail: contact@gregnavis.com

SEEKING WORK | LOCATION: EU (BUT WORKING EASTERN TIME HOURS) | REMOTE ONLY

I'm a fractional CTO and hands-on product engineer with over 17 years of experience. I help tech companies of all stages to achieve their product and engineering goals. I can help you to:

1. Overcome complex technical challenges affecting product velocity, quality, and team morale.

2. Design and deliver new features, from roadmap to rollout.

3. Build and lead remote engineering teams, including hiring and mentoring.

4. Reduce technical debt and put practices in place to prevent it.

If you'd like to chat and explore working together, feel free to reach out: contact@gregnavis.com

Some of my favorite technologies: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, Elixir; React, Hotwire, HTML, CSS, DOM API; React Native, Swift, UIKit; Heroku, Render, PostgreSQL, SQLite3, AWS, Terraform, Ansible

Website: https://www.gregnavis.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/gregnavis/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregnavis/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregnavis

E-mail: contact@gregnavis.com

SEEKING WORK | LOCATION: EU (BUT WORKING EASTERN TIME HOURS) | REMOTE ONLY

I'm a fractional CTO, product designer and engineer with ~ 16 years of experience. I help tech entrepreneurs and tech companies achieve their product and engineering goals. Depending on the stage:

1. Pre-product - I can help you turn an idea into a reality by trimming the scope to the essential and then designing, developing, and deploying a product.

2. Early traction - if your product is gaining traction then I can help you focus on the business by taking care of engineering: setting up infrastructure, processes, development practices, and leading product and engineering efforts.

3. Mature product - I can help you lead and contribute to complex technical initiatives behind mature products: legacy technologies and code bases, poor code quality and understandability, overstretched architecture.

Tech Stack: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Elixir (backend); vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM API, React, Stimulus, TypeScript (frontend); React Native, Swift, UIKit (mobile); Heroku, Render, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Terraform, Ansible (infrastructure)

Website: https://www.gregnavis.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/gregnavis/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregnavis/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregnavis

E-mail: contact@gregnavis.com

SEEKING WORK | LOCATION: EU (BUT WORKING EASTERN TIME HOURS) | REMOTE ONLY

I'm a fractional CTO, product designer and engineer with ~ 16 years of experience. I help tech entrepreneurs and tech companies achieve their product and engineering goals. Depending on the stage:

1. Pre-product - I can help you turn an idea into a reality by trimming the scope to the essential and then designing, developing, and deploying a product.

2. Early traction - if your product is gaining traction then I can help you focus on the business by taking care of engineering: setting up infrastructure, processes, development practices, and leading product and engineering efforts.

3. Mature product - I can help you lead and contribute to complex technical initiatives behind mature products: legacy technologies and code bases, poor code quality and understandability, overstretched architecture.

Tech Stack: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Elixir (backend); vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM API, React, Stimulus, TypeScript (frontend); React Native, Swift, UIKit (mobile); Heroku, Render, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Terraform, Ansible (infrastructure)

Website: https://www.gregnavis.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/gregnavis/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregnavis/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregnavis

E-mail: contact@gregnavis.com

SEEKING WORK | LOCATION: EU (BUT WORKING EASTERN TIME HOURS) | REMOTE ONLY

I'm a fractional CTO, product designer and engineer with ~ 16 years of experience. I help tech entrepreneurs and tech companies achieve their product and engineering goals. Depending on the stage:

1. Pre-product - I can help you turn an idea into a reality by trimming the scope to the essential and then designing, developing, and deploying a product.

2. Early traction - if your product is gaining traction then I can help you focus on the business by taking care of engineering: setting up infrastructure, processes, development practices, and leading product and engineering efforts.

3. Mature product - I can help you lead and contribute to complex technical initiatives behind mature products: legacy technologies and code bases, poor code quality and understandability, overstretched architecture.

Tech Stack: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Elixir (backend); vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM API, React, Stimulus, TypeScript (frontend); React Native, Swift, UIKit (mobile); Heroku, Render, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Terraform, Ansible (infrastructure)

Website: https://www.gregnavis.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/gregnavis/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregnavis/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregnavis

E-mail: contact@gregnavis.com

SEEKING WORK | LOCATION: EU (BUT WORKING EASTERN TIME HOURS) | REMOTE ONLY

I'm a fractional CTO, product designer and engineer with ~ 16 years of experience. I help tech entrepreneurs and tech companies achieve their product and engineering goals. Depending on the stage:

1. Pre-product - I can help you turn an idea into a reality by trimming the scope to the essential and then designing, developing, and deploying a product.

2. Early traction - if your product is gaining traction then I can help you focus on the business by taking care of engineering: setting up infrastructure, processes, development practices, and leading product and engineering efforts.

3. Mature product - I can help you lead and contribute to complex technical initiatives behind mature products: legacy technologies and code bases, poor code quality and understandability, overstretched architecture.

Tech Stack: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Elixir (backend); vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM API, React, Stimulus, TypeScript (frontend); React Native, Swift, UIKit (mobile); Heroku, Render, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Terraform, Ansible (infrastructure)

Website: https://www.gregnavis.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/gregnavis/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregnavis/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregnavis

E-mail: contact@gregnavis.com

SEEKING WORK | LOCATION: EU (BUT WORKING EASTERN TIME HOURS) | REMOTE ONLY

I'm a fractional CTO, product designer and engineer with ~ 16 years of experience. I help tech entrepreneurs and tech companies achieve their product and engineering goals. Depending on the stage:

1. Pre-product - I can help you turn an idea into a reality by trimming the scope to the essential and then designing, developing, and deploying a product.

2. Early traction - if your product is gaining traction then I can help you focus on the business by taking care of engineering: setting up infrastructure, processes, development practices, and leading product and engineering efforts.

3. Mature product - I can help you lead and contribute to complex technical initiatives behind mature products: legacy technologies and code bases, poor code quality and understandability, overstretched architecture.

Tech Stack: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Elixir (backend); vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM API, React, Stimulus, TypeScript (frontend); React Native, Swift, UIKit (mobile); Heroku, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Terraform, Ansible (infrastructure)

Website: https://www.gregnavis.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/gregnavis/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregnavis/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregnavis

E-mail: contact@gregnavis.com

SEEKING WORK | LOCATION: EU (BUT WORKING EASTERN TIME HOURS) | REMOTE ONLY

I'm a fractional CTO, product designer and engineer with ~ 16 years of experience. I help tech entrepreneurs and tech companies achieve their product and engineering goals. Depending on the stage:

1. Pre-product - I can help you turn an idea into a reality by trimming the scope to the essential and then designing, developing, and deploying a product.

2. Early traction - if your product is gaining traction then I can help you focus on the business by taking care of engineering: setting up infrastructure, processes, development practices, and leading product and engineering efforts.

3. Mature product - I can help you lead and contribute to complex technical initiatives behind mature products: legacy technologies and code bases, poor code quality and understandability, overstretched architecture.

Tech Stack: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Elixir (backend); vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM API, React, Stimulus, TypeScript (frontend); React Native, Swift, UIKit (mobile); Heroku, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Terraform, Ansible (infrastructure)

Website: https://www.gregnavis.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/gregnavis/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregnavis/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregnavis

E-mail: contact@gregnavis.com

SEEKING WORK | LOCATION: EU (BUT WORKING EASTERN TIME HOURS) | REMOTE ONLY

I'm a fractional CTO, product designer and engineer with ~ 16 years of experience. I help tech entrepreneurs and tech companies achieve their product and engineering goals. Depending on the stage:

1. Pre-product - I can help you turn an idea into a reality by trimming the scope to the essential and then designing, developing, and deploying a product.

2. Early traction - if your product is gaining traction then I can help you focus on the business by taking care of engineering: setting up infrastructure, processes, development practices, and leading product and engineering efforts.

3. Mature product - I can help you lead and contribute to complex technical initiatives behind mature products: legacy technologies and code bases, poor code quality and understandability, overstretched architecture.

Tech Stack: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Elixir (backend); vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM API, React, Stimulus, TypeScript (frontend); React Native, Swift, UIKit (mobile); Heroku, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Terraform, Ansible (infrastructure)

Website: https://www.gregnavis.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/gregnavis/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregnavis/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregnavis

E-mail: contact@gregnavis.com

SEEKING WORK | LOCATION: EU (BUT WORKING EASTERN TIME HOURS) | REMOTE ONLY

I'm a fractional CTO, product designer and engineer with ~ 16 years of experience. I help tech entrepreneurs and tech companies achieve their product and engineering goals. Depending on the stage:

1. Pre-product - I can help you turn an idea into a reality by trimming the scope to the essential and then designing, developing, and deploying a product.

2. Early traction - if your product is gaining traction then I can help you focus on the business by taking care of engineering: setting up infrastructure, processes, development practices, and leading product and engineering efforts.

3. Mature product - I can help you lead and contribute to complex technical initiatives behind mature products: legacy technologies and code bases, poor code quality and understandability, overstretched architecture.

Tech Stack: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Elixir (backend); vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM API, React, Stimulus, TypeScript (frontend); React Native, Swift, UIKit (mobile); Heroku, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Terraform, Ansible (infrastructure)

Website: https://www.gregnavis.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/gregnavis/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregnavis/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregnavis

E-mail: contact@gregnavis.com

SEEKING WORK | LOCATION: EU (BUT WORKING EASTERN TIME HOURS) | REMOTE ONLY

I'm a fractional CTO, product designer and engineer with ~ 16 years of experience. I help tech entrepreneurs and tech companies achieve their product and engineering goals. Depending on the stage:

1. Pre-product - I can help you turn an idea into a reality by trimming the scope to the essential and then designing, developing, and deploying a product.

2. Early traction - if your product is gaining traction then I can help you focus on the business by taking care of engineering: setting up infrastructure, processes, development practices, and leading product and engineering efforts.

3. Mature product - I can help you lead and contribute to complex technical initiatives behind mature products: legacy technologies and code bases, poor code quality and understandability, overstretched architecture.

Tech Stack: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Elixir (backend); vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM API, React, Stimulus, TypeScript (frontend); React Native, Swift, UIKit (mobile); Heroku, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Terraform, Ansible (infrastructure)

Website: https://www.gregnavis.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/gregnavis/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregnavis/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregnavis

E-mail: contact@gregnavis.com

I love vanilla Rails (that includes Hotwire) + Postgres + Heroku + Tailwind. I do often use Rubocop and some other rolling, and want to package that as a project starter kit.

I’m looking forward to seeing Rails 8 in action, as is going to make building PWAs easier.

SEEKING WORK | LOCATION: EU (BUT WORKING EASTERN TIME HOURS) | REMOTE ONLY

I'm a fractional CTO, product designer and engineer with ~ 16 years of experience. I help tech entrepreneurs and tech companies achieve their product and engineering goals. Depending on the stage:

1. Pre-product - I can help you turn an idea into a reality by trimming the scope to the essential and then designing, developing, and deploying a product.

2. Early traction - if your product is gaining traction then I can help you focus on the business by taking care of engineering: setting up infrastructure, processes, development practices, and leading product and engineering efforts.

3. Mature product - I can help you lead and contribute to complex technical initiatives behind mature products: legacy technologies and code bases, poor code quality and understandability, overstretched architecture.

Tech Stack: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Elixir (backend); vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM API, React, Stimulus, TypeScript (frontend); React Native, Swift, UIKit (mobile); Heroku, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Terraform, Ansible (infrastructure)

Website: https://www.gregnavis.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/gregnavis/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregnavis/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregnavis

E-mail: contact@gregnavis.com

SEEKING WORK | LOCATION: EU (BUT WORKING EASTERN TIME HOURS) | REMOTE ONLY

I'm a fractional CTO, product designer and engineer with ~ 16 years of experience. I help tech entrepreneurs and tech companies achieve their product and engineering goals. Depending on the stage:

1. Pre-product - I can help you turn an idea into a reality by trimming the scope to the essential and then designing, developing, and deploying a product.

2. Early traction - if your product is gaining traction then I can help you focus on the business by taking care of engineering: setting up infrastructure, processes, development practices, and leading product and engineering efforts.

3. Mature product - I can help you lead and contribute to complex technical initiatives behind mature products: legacy technologies and code bases, poor code quality and understandability, overstretched architecture.

Tech Stack: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Elixir (backend); vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM API, React, Stimulus, TypeScript (frontend); React Native, Swift, UIKit (mobile); Heroku, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Terraform, Ansible (infrastructure)

Website: https://www.gregnavis.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/gregnavis/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregnavis/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregnavis

E-mail: contact@gregnavis.com

SEEKING WORK | LOCATION: EU (BUT WORKING EASTERN TIME HOURS) | REMOTE ONLY

I'm a fractional CTO, product designer and engineer with ~ 16 years of experience. I help tech entrepreneurs and tech companies achieve their product and engineering goals. Depending on the stage:

1. Pre-product - I can help you turn an idea into a reality by trimming the scope to the essential and then designing, developing, and deploying a product.

2. Early traction - if your product is gaining traction then I can help you focus on the business by taking care of engineering: setting up infrastructure, processes, development practices, and leading product and engineering efforts.

3. Mature product - I can help you lead and contribute to complex technical initiatives behind mature products: legacy technologies and code bases, poor code quality and understandability, overstretched architecture.

Tech Stack: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Elixir (backend); vanilla HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM API, React, Stimulus, TypeScript (frontend); React Nataive, Swift, UIKit (mobile); Heroku, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS, Terraform, Ansible (infrastructure)

Website: https://www.gregnavis.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/gregnavis/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregnavis/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregnavis

E-mail: contact@gregnavis.com

I love dystopian novels and have recently finished reading Limes inferior[1] by J. Zajdel. Policies implemented in the story (written in 1982!) and their similarity to present day politics are frightening! SPOILER ALERT: I'm describing the currency system from the novel.

Currencies were replaces by points stored on a device called the Key (= modern smartphone). There are red, green, and yellow points.

Red points are the simplest: all people are equal, so everyone gets the same number of red points per month, doesn't matter their skills, employment status, health, etc. That monthly allowance is enough to survive. It's like basic minimum income.

Green points are similar to red points, except they're paid out based on intellectual ability. A smarter person will always get more green points, irrespective of employment status. They were necessary because "all people are equal" is actually false.

Yellow points are most similar to a monthly salary. You can get the only by working. The higher your position in the hierarchy, the more yellow points you get every month.

Not all points are created equal, despite the official 1:1 fixed exchange rate. Quality goods are available only for yellow points, with other colors capable of buying substandard goods. That opened door to a host of black market activities for chameleons (who act as currency exchanges).

A central computing system, called _Syskom_, is used to track citizens' moves. Despite claims of objectivity, it's rules are often manipulated for policy goals.

A simplified example: some working people want to go up the hierarchy by faking their credentials. Criminals, called lifters, who can help them are often found in various bars. Those bars have slot machines allowing you to win hundreds of yellow points (an average salary is ~ 10 yellow pts). There's a non-zero chance that a winner, often drunk, will be approached by a lifter at a bar and hire him.

What does the government to catch more lifters? Increase the likelihood of winning at a slot machine and keep track of where the prize flows. "You pay 300 yellow points and you get a lifter" as they phrase it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limes_inferior

SEEKING WORK | Remote Only

I started programming at 7, still love it at 35. I'm a fractional CTO, full-stack product engineer, technical project manager and developer mentor. I can help you take your idea from 0 to 1 and beyond by:

- Assessing technical feasibility of your idea and developing a development roadmap.

- Designing, scoping, developing and deploying a minimum viable product.

- Identify and overcome product and technical obstacles that get in the way of growth.

- Pair with your developers to improve their skill and quality of work.

EXAMPLE PROJECTS

- Building a Python-based API around a marketing mix model and exposing it to clients via a Rails app.

- Leading a team of 4-5 engineers maintaining and enhancing complex RFQ ingestion, quoting, invoicing and payment workflows in a sales platform app.

- Billing engine in a payments app processing millions of euros a year.

- Leading initial development of a medical license management app.

- https://github.com/gregnavis/active_record_doctor (1.1M+ downloads) - identify database issues before they hit production

PRIMARY TECH SKILLS

- Ruby, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Elixir, SQL, Rails, Flask, Django, Phoenix, C

- HTML, (S)CSS, DOM, React, Hotwire

- Heroku, AWS, PostgreSQL, Redis

E-mail: contact@gregnavis.com

Website: https://www.gregnavis.com/

GitHub: https://github.com/gregnavis

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregnavis/

I do something similar but 1. for aliases and 2. use period. For example, when working on a Rails project I define the following alias:

    function .routes() {
      if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
        .rails routes
      else
        .rails routes | grep $@
      fi
    }
where .rails is another alias (for running bundle exec rails ...). I can then run ".routes webhook" and see all routes containing "webhook".

Last but not least, I automated the whole thing with bash-ctx (https://github.com/gregnavis/bash-ctx).

Quick summary for those who can't read Polish:

- He was a water spider in an Amazon warehouse.

- On 5 Sep, 2021 he asked his team lead to assign extra help because he and his colleagues couldn't keep up with the amount of work. An argument between them ensued but some help was assigned at the end of the day.

- In the morning of 6 Sep, 2021 he felt stabbing in his chest and had difficulties breathing. He asked the team lead to call a medic (there were medical care worked employed by Amazon) but he refused and offered to walk him to the medic instead.

- He passed out on his way to the medic and never regained consciousness.

- An investigation was opened on 7 Sep, 2021.