Technologies: C++, OpenGL, mostly custom work (would rather write the libraries)
Résumé/CV: Available upon request
Email: tracy@enesda.com (please mention HN in the title)
I'm a self taught software engineer, been a bedroom coder writing C++ for about 13 years or so. Spent a lot of that time trying to start companies so it was always my full intellectual output and not simply a hobby. Recent experience in the market has taught me that I'd just rather not run a software business.
Not interested in working at a typical web shop or an AI slop company. Most of my experience is in C++ for a reason. I've written TypeScript/React/Electron stuff but it's just not my preference. I was able to get really snappy performance out of Electron but it gave me a headache fighting the garbage collector the whole time (I won but at what cost?). I love talking asymptotic complexity and working on problems where it actually matters how to traverse a tree.
A couple recent projects of note:
Nucleus2: This is an eventually consistent key value store database, it's capable of asynchronous multi-master replication over the file system (think putting a database in DropBox). It's designed for "bring your own cloud"/local infrastructure. As far as I know the conflict resolution scheme is novel because I haven't found anything like it in my research. I've been meaning to write a white paper on it for a few years now but never got around to it. I can demo it for you if you'd like. I use a Nucleus2 driven project daily, so it's well proven at least for me.
Hui: Currently working on a GUI toolkit, kind of a hybrid of immediate mode and retained, some inspiration from React (but better separation of state I feel), DearIMGUI, etc, but with some major deviations from the norm like using a finite state machine for global event handling/dispatch instead of bubbling (it sounds crazy, but it actually works, I'd love to show it off). I'm writing the renderer in C++ targeting OpenGL. It's early in the project but it's promising to be very, very composable, and easy to use in a way I've never experienced before with a GUI system. I hope to make a demo video this month and if I do it in time I'll reply to this with a link to the video.
Hui is in service primarily to a 3D DCC application I am also working on (back-burner until Hui is ready).
Basically looking for an oldschool software company. Light on AI, light on web tech would be ideal. Yes I realize I just described a game studio, lol.
Email: iris (at)) ....... enesda puncutation com (good luck scraping that ;)
Self-taught, I've spent years trying to bootstrap software companies but I've exhausted my ramen money if you catch my drift.
My crowning project is called IVD (github.com/irischase/IVD) which is a GUI programming language and implementation; it's also: A bad way to try to make money from scratch. I really leveled up a ton in all aspects as an engineer from the project, but it's unfinished and in hiatus because after spending 3+ years on it I realized how much time doing anything interesting takes (especially alone) and that I need to pick my battles more wisely. I still want to get back to it someday though, but for now I'm seeking employment to get my ducks in a row. Other highlights are in my resume.
I'm fine with web tech, it just wasn't appropriate for the projects I got most of my experience on. Feel free to reach out if you think I could be useful! :)
Email: iris (at)) ....... enesda puncutation com (good luck scraping that ;)
Self-taught, I've spent years trying to bootstrap software companies but I've exhausted my ramen money if you catch my drift.
My crowning project is called IVD (github.com/irischase/IVD) which is a GUI programming language and implementation; it's also: A bad way to try to make money from scratch. I really leveled up a ton in all aspects as an engineer from the project, but it's unfinished and in hiatus because after spending 3+ years on it I realized how much time doing anything interesting takes (especially alone) and that I need to pick my battles more wisely. I still want to get back to it someday though, but for now I'm seeking employment to get my ducks in a row. See my resume for a better overview of what I've been up to.
I'm fine with web tech, it just wasn't appropriate for the projects I got most of my experience on. Feel free to reach out if you feel like there could be a fit! :)
Email: iris (at)) ....... enesda puncutation com (good luck scraping that ;)
Self-taught, I've spent years trying to bootstrap software companies but I've exhausted my ramen money if you catch my drift.
My crowning project is called IVD (github.com/irischase/IVD) which is a GUI programming language and implementation; it's also: A bad way to try to make money from scratch. I really leveled up a ton in all aspects as an engineer from the project, but it's unfinished and in hiatus because after spending 3+ years on it I realized how much time doing anything interesting takes (especially alone) and that I need to pick my battles more wisely. I still want to get back to it someday though, but for now I'm seeking employment to get my ducks in a row. Other highlights are in my resume.
I'm fine with web tech, it just wasn't appropriate for the projects I got most of my experience on. Primarily interested in backend but projects that are front-end heavy also appeal to me. Feel free to reach out if you think I could be useful! :)
Email: iris (at)) ....... enesda puncutation com (good luck scraping that ;)
Self-taught, I spent several years developing a project called IVD (github.com/irischase/IVD) which is a GUI programming language and implementation. I really leveled up a ton in all aspects as an engineer from the project. But it's unfinished and in hiatus because after spending 3+ years on it I realized how much time doing anything interesting takes (especially alone) and that I need to pick my battles more wisely. I've also exhausted my ramen money if you catch my drift. I've done stuff before IVD, of course, but IVD raised the bar so much for my engineering standards that I don't care to advertise it much.
I'm fine with web tech, it just wasn't appropriate for the projects I got most of my experience on. Feel free to reach out if you think I could be useful! :)
Location: Atlanta Ga, USA (planning on moving to another state though)
Remote: Required.
Willing to relocate: Not for work.
Technologies: Modern C++ (up to C++17), CMake, some python, familiar with HTML/CSS/JavaScript but rusty. Recently dabbled with OpenGL/Compute shaders, some Qt
Résumé/CV: https://www.dropbox.com/s/n22o28lk8wc0lgq/Iris%20Chase%20Resume%20April%202022.pdf?dl=0
Email: iris (at)) ....... enesda puncutation com (good luck scraping that ;)
I spent several years developing a project called IVD (github.com/irischase/IVD) which is a GUI programming language and implementation. I really leveled up a ton in all aspects as an engineer from the project. But it's unfinished and in hiatus because after spending 3+ years on it I realized how much time doing anything interesting takes (especially alone) and that I need to pick my battles more wisely. I've also exhausted my ramen money if you catch my drift.
In my spare time now I'm mostly trying to develop my skills as a 3D artist, sculpting, modelling, subdivision topology, rigging and experimenting with non-photorealistic rendering (NPR).
It's hard for me to sum up what I would or would not be interested in. What sounds boring to some might sound interesting to me and vice versa. So, feel free to reach out if you feel I could be a fit for what you've got and we'll go from there!
Thoroughly ingrained in my muscle memory and cursed to remember til the end of my days: Modern C++, Vim (listed for cultural reasons)
Good enough for government work: Python3 (with type-hints/mypy, PLEASE), SQL
I can be more or less productive in: TypeScript/React/HTML/CSS, C#
Middle-school Latin level: Common Lisp
Forgotten: every piece of syntax I've ever learned of Haskell
Interested in mastering on the job: Common Lisp, Haskell, Forth, Smalltalk, Rust
I've been a bedroom coder for years trying to start a company on my own. Never had a mentor/teacher, one of my greatest skills is my ability to solve problems independently. I treated it like a job, and never made excuses to avoid a challenging problem. The flip-side is a lack of collaborative experience, which I'm not proud of. I didn't specifically avoid it, it just never happened and I'm here looking to change that.
I'm more interested in working with friendly people than "changing the world". I'm no Luddite, but I will passionately defend the old way if I think it makes more sense. I'm very "anti-trendy" but at the same time will jump on the bandwagon if, again, it makes sense. I'm a pragmatist first and foremost (well I might be a purist first but in spite of that I try to be a pragmatist foremost).
As far as tech, I... Don't really care. I know right??? But I mean, everything has it's pros and cons, the right tool for the job is just so much more important than the tool itself. The only thing I'd flip my lid over is the ability to work in Common Lisp (throwing in Clojure for my Ctrl-f gang, hi!) because it really is just so different. I definitely have preferences for what I'd like to do, but it's more of an "I'll know it when I see it" thing than any particular tech stack. I just like programming, high-level or low-level, it's all just fun to me.
So yeah, I'm just a generalist, looking for a challenge! :)
I've spent the last few years developing a declarative GUI programming language and implementation (https://github.com/IrisChase/IVD), it's not done yet because life happens. "should be done soon it only needs the last 5%" is the current status. The project is currently shelved while I think about where I want to take it, and I've started developing an app in TypeScript/React/Node/SQLite and debating making it an Electron app. My experience thus far is all solo projects.
I've spent the last few years developing a declarative GUI programming language and implementation called "IVD" (https://github.com/IrisChase/IVD), it's not done yet because life happens. "should be done soon it only needs the last 5%" is the current status.
My experience is all solo projects but I'm ready to get into the industry. At the moment I'm most interested in getting into backend work with Node and TypeScript, but also have an interest in React. I have done full-stack but nothing recent worth putting out in public.
I'm working on a project using TypeScript/Node/Express/SQLite3 which you should totally bring up if you're interested in contacting me.
I've spent the last few years developing a declarative GUI programming language and implementation called "IVD" (https://github.com/IrisChase/IVD), it's not done yet because life happens. It is inspired by my frustration with developing UIs in the traditional desktop toolkits (Qt, etc) and with web tech (HTML/CSS/JavaScript).
My experience is primarily in C++ (Keywords: C++17, C++14, C++11). Also comfortable working with straight C (Keywords: C89, C90, C99, C11), although less experience with The C Way™. I have working knowledge of Python, and have piddled around in Common Lisp and Haskell but nothing non-trivial unfortunately. As I type this I'm playing with embedding Mono in a C++ project I'm working on to script in C#
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Willing to consider
Technologies: C++, OpenGL, mostly custom work (would rather write the libraries)
Résumé/CV: Available upon request
Email: tracy@enesda.com (please mention HN in the title)
I'm a self taught software engineer, been a bedroom coder writing C++ for about 13 years or so. Spent a lot of that time trying to start companies so it was always my full intellectual output and not simply a hobby. Recent experience in the market has taught me that I'd just rather not run a software business.
Not interested in working at a typical web shop or an AI slop company. Most of my experience is in C++ for a reason. I've written TypeScript/React/Electron stuff but it's just not my preference. I was able to get really snappy performance out of Electron but it gave me a headache fighting the garbage collector the whole time (I won but at what cost?). I love talking asymptotic complexity and working on problems where it actually matters how to traverse a tree.
A couple recent projects of note:
Nucleus2: This is an eventually consistent key value store database, it's capable of asynchronous multi-master replication over the file system (think putting a database in DropBox). It's designed for "bring your own cloud"/local infrastructure. As far as I know the conflict resolution scheme is novel because I haven't found anything like it in my research. I've been meaning to write a white paper on it for a few years now but never got around to it. I can demo it for you if you'd like. I use a Nucleus2 driven project daily, so it's well proven at least for me.
Hui: Currently working on a GUI toolkit, kind of a hybrid of immediate mode and retained, some inspiration from React (but better separation of state I feel), DearIMGUI, etc, but with some major deviations from the norm like using a finite state machine for global event handling/dispatch instead of bubbling (it sounds crazy, but it actually works, I'd love to show it off). I'm writing the renderer in C++ targeting OpenGL. It's early in the project but it's promising to be very, very composable, and easy to use in a way I've never experienced before with a GUI system. I hope to make a demo video this month and if I do it in time I'll reply to this with a link to the video.
Hui is in service primarily to a 3D DCC application I am also working on (back-burner until Hui is ready).
Basically looking for an oldschool software company. Light on AI, light on web tech would be ideal. Yes I realize I just described a game studio, lol.