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captain of a starship | electronic dreams
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  • Gusto

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    get paid through gusto by a couple of my clients.

  • Confluence

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    used confluence during my stint at dreamworks animation, not a fan.

  • Jira

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    used jira during my stint at dreamworks animation, not a fan.

  • Trello

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    love trello! my got to for organizing tasks and breakdowns. have been using it for around 3 years, and have introduced its awesome to many people.

  • Slack

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    irc for the masses. currently use it with all my clients. great for communication and notes. was introduced a couple of years ago, but originally started using irc 15 years ago.

  • G Suite

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    quick and easy setup for communication and collaboration. frequently use mail/docs/drive.

  • Perforce

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    many years of source control with perforce during my game development days.

  • BrowserSync

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    use it with my front-end projects. awesome for local development, especially styling.

  • Raygun

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    we used raygun at talenthouse to track errors within our codebase. fairly decent tool, simple ui. even helped the raygun team track down a few issues as we were using their scala integration library.

  • Kubernetes

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    minor experience with kubernetes. helped a client setup a kubernetes infrastructure. love the elegance of the system.

  • Papertrail

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    we used papertrail at talenthouse for all out logging needs. elegant and simple ui. enjoyed the service.

  • TestFlight

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    been a few years since i've used test flight. we used it at my startup over 5 years ago when they were first starting out. help alleviate many of the issues related with app distribution back then.

  • BrowserStack

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    i used browserstack minimally at talenthouse.

  • Visual Studio

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    been a while since i've used visual studio. developed the tools for superman returns in it. liked the debugging but not much else. only played with the newest version a couple of times.

  • Android Studio

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    mainly use for building and debugging android projects. used it to test builds out of both unity and ionic. used the plugin version back in the day when i was developing the android app at my startup.

  • Xcode

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    used xcode extensively for debugging ios software. been using it on and off for 6 years or so.

  • GitLab

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    use gitlab for its free private repos. spent a little time in the ui but haven't used any of the offered features.

  • Vim

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    my go to editor for all things. been a vimer for over a decade now. this is where all the magic happens. still so much to learn, the most amazing tool i use.

  • Vagrant

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    played around with vagarant a few years back. got a few things to deploy but haven't had the need to touch it since.

  • Bower

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    use for my front-end library includes. works nicely with gulp and npm.

  • gulp

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    use for my front-end build needs. very powerful, lots of great plugins. makes development and the feedback cycle blissful.

  • Jenkins

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    used at several companies for continuous integration and build environment.

  • Bitbucket

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    had to use it as a couple of clients had repos on it. worst of the git services. i try to stay far far away.

  • npm

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    use for front-end development libraries. works well with gulp.

  • New Relic

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    used it minimally at talenthouse and for a couple clients.

  • Docker

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    been using docker extensively for the last 2-3 years. great for setting up an environment quickly. makes using services like reddis/postgres/rabbitmq a breeze.

  • Git

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    been an avid git user for over 6 years. was a little hard to grasp coming from the world of perforce but once it hit me that it was just a glorified patch manager everything fell into place. mainly use the command line interface, most ui's feel bulky and weak.

  • GitHub

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    been using github for a bit. used the pull-request and issues system to manage code. love the code review features. use gists to save snippets of useful code. have various repos of code written in the last decade.

  • Cloudinary

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    we used this as our image hosting site at talenthouse. helped the cloundinary team with the video integration as we were one of the first users. also helped patch the cloudinary scala library.

  • Keen

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    we used keep.io for even tracking at talenthouse.

  • Stack Overflow

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    my goto for programming questions. if not directly then through google. learned a vast amount of information from so.

  • Twilio SendGrid

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    worked with the sendgrid api for a couple of clients as well as when working talenthouse.

  • Stripe

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    have integrated stripe for a couple of clients.

  • GitHub Pages

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    awesome for setting up a free static website with a custom domain!

  • Dropbox

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    not a fan but use it since many clients i work with use it.

  • Google Maps

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    used the google maps api on several projects. been an avid user for quite a while. used it all around the world to navigate through public transport and through cities.

  • Google Drive

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    great for sharing documents.

  • Google Cloud Datastore

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    worked with a client that used datastore as their backend database. helped plan out their schema and architecture. loved the speed and simplicity.

  • Akka

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    we used akka as our concurrency system at talenthouse. had the chance to write several worker. we used both akka messaging and rabbitmq to communicate. quite a slick system, was fun writing it in scala.

  • Google Kubernetes Engine

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    used this when setting up the kubernetes infrastructure for a client.

  • Zend Framework

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    used zend with working with a client for around a year.

  • Tornado

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    setup an api for a client with tornado backend. incredibly fast and lightweight. unfortunately breaks down when using third party libraries which block internally.

  • C lang

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    been programming in c for over a decade, since learning it in college. still use it for various low level projects. used it recently to develop an embedded application for a custom board.

  • Debian

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    my goto linux distro. what all my vms are created from. small and well built. apt-get rocks. been using it on and off since college.

  • Apache Cordova

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    used in conjunction with ionic to build out ios and android app for a client. a little slow to run on devices but saves a ton on development time.

  • Clojure

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    just started learning clojure, maybe around two weeks or so. i'm addicted. this is what i want to be working with and learning for the foreseeable future. the elegance of the language is refreshing. the community is really amazing. i've finally found a language that fits my passion for programming.

  • Play

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    used play at talenthouse. uber powerful backend.

  • Highcharts

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    used highcharts for my charting needs on and off for various clients through out the years. just it recently on a project.

  • Celery

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    python remote workers. simple and easy to use.

  • Scala

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    worked with scala for around 2 years. really enjoyed the language and getting back into the world of functional. unfortunately the community is heavily fragmented and the language itself broken and inconsistent. that with the various factions involved made it a put of for long term investment.

  • RabbitMQ

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    wonderful messaging service. used it at a couple companies.

  • Ionic

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    used on a recent project, an internal custom app developed for both ios and android.

  • Android SDK

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    last time i used the android sdk was converting the tiktok app to ios. what a mess it was back then. the developer nature of the sdk was apparent vs apples offering.

  • Ubuntu

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    use it when i need a vm that requires a ui or its the suggested distro to use for development.

  • Less

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    love me some less. been less styling for around 3 years. makes working with bootstrap and responsive website a breeze. so much power in the language.

  • Underscore

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    first library i setup when working with javascript. period.

  • Backbone.js

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    used backbone models in conjunction with react.

  • Heroku

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    used heroku on and off for many projects over the last 5 years. quick and dirty application infrastructure without the headaches. it ain't cheap up its worth the time savings.

  • PostgreSQL

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    we used postgres at talenthouse. some of the json stuff in there is pretty awesome. was quite fun using it with scala's slick.

  • Redis

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    used at talenthouse as our cache layer and non-persistent data.

  • Amazon EC2

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    currently using it play around with machine learning. the p2 instances have a tesla card in them!! not too bad for .90c an hour.

  • Python

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    been a pythoner for around 7 years, maybe longer. quite adept at it, and love using the higher constructs like decorators. was my goto scripting language until i fell in love with clojure. python's also the goto for most vfx studios and great for the machine learning. numpy and pyqt for the win.

  • AngularJS

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    used angular on 3 projects extensively. slow compared to react but the bindings can be bliss. makes single page interactive websites a breeze.

  • jQuery

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    anything front-end, jquery usually gets used.

  • JavaScript

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    i have a love and hate relationship with javascript. feels like no one knows what to do with it. the spaghetti code and callback nightmares... whew. although it is a mess its quite powerful when used correctly, thought it gets abused so much. i'm hoping my jump into clojure will lead me into clojurescript.

  • Bootstrap

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    my goto frontend styling. makes responsive and clean websites as breeze. with less it's the ultimate matchup.

  • Flask

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    used flask for a few personal projects. enjoyed its simplicity and ease of use.

  • Google Cloud Storage

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    used minimally for storing images and files.

  • Lua

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    used lua as gameplay glue while at insomniac. one my favorite wins was integrating table support. it took walking the source code in a debugger to figure it out, still remember being at work at 3am when i got it working finally. (no google back then to make such things simple.)

  • C#

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    originally used c# a decade ago when writing the tools for superman returns at my stint with electronic arts, have used it again recently for developing in unity.

  • React

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    a couple of years experience developing with react, mostly during my foray at talenthouse.

  • PHP

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    worked with php for around a year helping a client automate their backend and optimize their existing infrastructure.

  • HackPad

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    wiki / documentation tool we used at talenthouse.