Boltzmann Brain Think Tank

I'm mostly interested in doing work that still starts in November, and I'm happy to work with you on getting things underway as quickly as possible.

DMs are open, so feel free to message me! A little about me: 15 years of experience doing code: Haskell, Python, Go, any other language or DB you can think of, and everything that has to do with the cloud or dev ops.

I do lots of work in fintech, agency work, machine learning, programming language design, and distributed systems, both as a lead dev and on my own, and I've helped lots of junior devs learn new things. I've run >50 meetups where me and others taught people how to do stuff :)

I've been doing remote for 10 years, so I know how to make it work 100% even if you're not used to doing remote work :) I'll help your HR / accountant figure stuff out too. Chances are I've already worked with a company like yours in your country, so I can help with paperwork.

a keyboard layout that I developed and use: https://bitbucket.org/cheater/us_split_v3/src/default/ …

a tiling window manager written in bash (using specific system tools): https://bitbucket.org/cheater/movewindow/src/default/ …

a toolkit for inspecting memory of a process, useful for reverse engineering, written in bash: https://bitbucket.org/cheater/memdump/src/default/ …

a file system tool that does something similar to defragmentation, but on file level rather than file system level, written in C: https://bitbucket.org/cheater/sparsify/src/default/ …

my vim configuration file, possibly the largest source file I routinely edit, right after my desktop's config stored in Ansible :) https://bitbucket.org/cheater/vimrc/src/default/ …

One small job that I've been asked to do is to check out the Stratis smart contract platform, @stratisplatform. I was engaged by an interest in the Stratis community.

I have experience with cryptocurrencies and smart contracts but not with Stratis or C#, so it'll be fun! I'll live tweet my experiences here. Let me take you on a journey!

The usage is explained at https://academy.stratisplatform.com/ . It breaks down into the following topics: Blockchain 101 Course Full Node Sidechains Smart Contracts DLT Wallets ICO Platform

The "Blockchain 101 Course" is fast reading. It's mostly alright. At some point it mentions two "Key Features": 1. Cost Efficiency: Transaction fees are minimal and determined upfront by the sender. ...

2. Transaction Speed: Due to the flat and transparent nature of the blockchain, transfers show up almost instantly and are typically confirmed in minutes, rather than hours or days. - among others I didn't mention. I don't know about those two... no blockchain does both yet.

"Purpose of blockchain" is... generally OK. This was clearly written by someone who knows how cryptocurrencies work and what their strong points are, but the text could use some better writing. The part on decentralization kind of misses the point.

I wish "Consensus Rules" actually laid out the rules used by Stratis, or if they are purpose-built, then some examples.

As it is, it's more like reading a pop sci magazine, which is fine, but the docs could go in depth without also overwhelming a reader who isn't interested in the information.

It strikes me that the docs that I've been reading so far don't ever link to other resources to facilitate learning more about the topics being discussed, or to tell you the exact code being talked about. The docs need way more resources like these.

"Cryptographic Keys and Digital Signatures" needs to be rewritten by someone who knows what they are talking about. It conflates encryption and cryptographic digest functions and kind of refers to cryptography as the magic sauce that makes things work.

This part of glances over facts in the same way I did when I couldn't remember the anatomy of the Euglena in my high school biology test.

The PoW/PoS explanation could use a proof read. OK, that's it for Blockchain 101 - time for a break!

The harc repository is implemented in Haskell using hmatrix, a high-performance numeric matrix library. Currently we're setting up basic primitives and are taking our first steps into solving the problem. :)