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Derivations 102 - Learning Nix pt 4
Taking advantage of the fact Nix is a programming language
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Creating a super simple derivation - Learning Nix pt 3
Wrapping some shell scripts
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So Variables are a Thing - Learning Nix pt 2
Taking advantage of the fact Nix is a programming language
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NSDC 2016 Topics
Digitizing the motions from National Schools Debating Championships 2016
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Environments with Nix Shell - Learning Nix pt 1
An introduction for how to run Nix code
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FLOSS contributions
I've written a few GNOME apps, available on GitHub. I also occasionally send patches upstream.
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Things I have done (previously)
Built, launched and grew LearntEmail; an email marketing platform harnessing the power of machine learning
In late 2017, LearntEmail was acquired by Bellwethr
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Google Code In 2014: Grand Prize Winner
I contributed to Sugar Labs during the Google Code In, and was awarded for my efforts.
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FLOSS maintainer and contributor
Sugar is a desktop environment and set of apps for school students; commonly used on OLPC laptops.
I contributed to Sugar, and managed the 0.108 release cycle.
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