Networks

Introduction

Director of engineering at Flurry, author of "Service Oriented Design with Ruby and Rails", organizer of the NYC Machine Learning Meetup, Rubyist, and purveyor of awesomeness.

What languages/frameworks do you use (Java, .NET, PHP, Ruby, etc.)?

Java, Hadoop, HBase, Ruby, Rails, jQuery.

What topics might you be interested in?

interviewing/hiring strategies or most anything technical

Do you have any specific areas of expertise? Would you be willing to share it with the group?

Machine learning, recommendation systems, natural language processing, search, service oriented design, Ruby, Rails, Cassandra, Redis, RabbitMQ. I'd be happy to present on any of these topics.

What is your favorite unit test framework and why?

RSpec is great. I like how it frames the writing of tests. Tests aren't just about ensuring proper function and finding regressions. They're a way to communicate how code is organized and what it does. I find that RSpec helps me write code that's easier to understand for other developers and when I come back to it months or years later.

What is your favorite version control system and why?

Git is by far the best. Distributed so I can make commits and do branches even while disconnected. It's super fast. I also prefer the "feature development in a branch" model of development. Pair that up with GitHub pull requests for code review and you have the start of a solid development process. Master's always ready to deploy and everyone can work in their own branches.