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John Fitzpatrick
Engineer of the Future, Rule 280 Consulting

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I untangle source code, reversing entropy and building order out of disorder.

Involved with computers since the days of BASIC on PDP-8/e and Fortran on DECsystem-10s. Used 8-bit micros with CP/M and UCSD p-System. Worked at Heathkit (remember them?) with their H-89 and Z-100 computers. Survived the PC clone wars. Transitioned to Windows and now to Linux.

I’ve been a developer, an analyst, a tester, a build-master, a sysadmin, and a version control sheriff.

I’ve used C, C++, Java, and C#. Now a fan of Perl and Ruby.

Moving to functional programming and visualization. Interested in Haskell and tools like GraphViz and Processing.

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Mobile App Development with PhoneGap
posted almost 3 years ago:
This presentation went poorly. Some examples failed, and the presenters commented that they were moving quicker than they expected. Yet despite the problems, I learned a lot about development for m...
Faster Python Programs through Optimization
posted almost 3 years ago:
Good basic ideas for improving the performance of Python programs. I program in Perl and Ruby -- and not Python -- and I was able to follow the material. It won't give you the answers for your perf...
Quality Assurance in PHP Projects
posted almost 3 years ago:
Don't let the phrase "Quality Assurance" put you off. Some people equate QA with testing, and run away. This session uses "QA" in the broader sense, and has information about code analysis and auto...

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