Software Engineer living in the Baltimore area.

• - A brand-new compiler that allows practical application development using R⁷RS Scheme.
• - A practical implementation of the Scheme programming language for the Haskell Platform.
• stack-watch - A unix command-line utility to automatically monitor Q&A activity on Stack Exchange.
• node-kdtree - A node.js add-on for performing efficient Nearest Neighbor searches using libkdtree.

Minor contributions to many projects including jsgauge, jqGrid, Highcharts, Haskell SELinux bindings, chibi-scheme, jQuery UI Spinner, jClock, and the jQuery Validation Plugin.

Featured solutions to Ruby Quiz

• Mexican Blanket
• Vehicle Counters

If you develop a program for a long period of time by only adding features but never reorganizing it to reflect your understanding of those features, then eventually that program simply does not contain any understanding and all efforts to work on it take longer and longer.

There is no right answer ... and always a better way. Show and discuss your code, without emotional attachment. You are not your code.

Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it.

The game isn't really about big edges and firework displays; it's about subtle advantages and what happens in the long run.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets credit.

Maybe the best programmers aren’t those who spectacularly solve crazy problems, but those who don’t create them, which is much more silent.