Selected Highlights
Founded and organized the "Department of Computer Science Industry Day". We're bringing in developers, data scientists, product managers, recruiters and other leading professionals from the industry to help students find jobs, internships, and network.
University of Toronto’s Capstone Design Course through the Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab (DCSIL). This course exposes students to the core technologies, ideas, and processes in developing a startup.
This is a shortened, re-written talk from my RubyKaigi 2018 talk. This presentation focused on testing, proper error messages, and JIT-based education. Delivered at DevOps TO 2019.
A presentation on cognitive burdens of developers and strategies to mitigate these concerns, primarily in Ruby. Delivered at RubyKaigi 2018 in Sendai, Japan
A presentation on issues experienced in large git repoistories, particularly around cloning, pulling, and fetching. Delivered at GitHub Constellation 2018 in Toronto, Canada.
A presentation on decreasing Ruby Boot time by 60% and work in the Bundler project. Delivered at RubyKaigi 2017 in Hiroshima, Japan
Code For Kids was a Not For Profit (NFP) corporation that aimed to teach children aged 7-13 the basics of coding, technology and design. Founder 2013-2015.
Blog Posts
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Building a Dynamic Mobile CI System." Over the past few years the mobile development community has seen a dramatic shift towards the use...
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