I'm a recent grad from the software engineering program at the University of Ottawa. I'm interested in programming languages, compilers and runtimes.
I'm currently working as a .NET developer for Fog Creek Software. It's shiny.
I like to play around writing Python web apps when I get the chance and have worked in Python, C, Java, Groovy, C# and Wasabi.
Blogs
- I have a totally selfish tumbleblog which mostly amounts to: "stuff I want to read, but can't right now 'cause I'm at work".
- Entropy and Ecstasy: longer and (hopefully) more thought out/essay-like stuff.
Projects
- A social RSS Aggregator with wiki semantics (public dev branch).
- The Show Passwords Bookmarklet. Useful for making sure you're actually typing what you think you're typing and to remind yourself what "Save passwords" actually does.
Other Stuff
- I call myself zacherates on the internet. Why? It's pronounceable and when I go to set up a new account somewhere nobody will have taken it yet.
- I take pictures.
- I Stack Overflow.
- I am an Extreme Blue alumni.
- I play Magic: The Gathering and video games.