pboyd2

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Comment · 3 years ago

SEEKING WORK | Raleigh, NC, US | Remote

My name is Paul Boyd, I am a software engineer who has been building customer-facing products and backend software for over 15 years. My goal to deliver functional products that meet business needs and I am willing to use any tools that accomplish that. However, my strengths primarily lie in developing web backends, particularly in Go.

Technologies: Go, Python, AWS, GCP, Docker, and plenty else over the years.

Email: [email protected]

Web: https://pboyd.io

Resume: Available on request

GitHub: https://github.com/pboyd

At <company>, we are family pboyd.io

5 pboyd2 3 years ago 1 comments

The Cargo Cult of Good Code pboyd.io

2 pboyd2 4 years ago 1 comments

Webmonkey: A server of your own (1999) web.archive.org

2 pboyd2 4 years ago 0 comments

You're Not a 10x Programmer pboyd.io

38 pboyd2 5 years ago 43 comments

Text Encoding: That Thing You Were Trying to Avoid pboyd.io

1 pboyd2 6 years ago 0 comments

A simple case for unit tests pboyd.io

2 pboyd2 6 years ago 0 comments

How Not to Store Passwords pboyd.io

4 pboyd2 7 years ago 0 comments

An Experiment on Code Structure pboyd.io

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Comment · 8 years ago

> they seem to have dipped a toe into statistical language modelling but be unwilling to go all the way with more advanced approaches

That's fair.

Thanks for your suggestions. I clearly have some studying to do.

Comment · 8 years ago

Ha.. yeah, I left that bit out. It was several dead ends and I finally ended up with something that was stupid simple. It seemed like more trouble to explain than it was worth.