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About This Site

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+ The design of this site is based on the layout and color theme + of the IDE I use for all my development. I use + Neovim in a terminal, with the + Papercolor + theme for readability. +

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+ The server hosting this site, and all of my other services, lives in + my living room. +

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Please direct all questions and inquiries to: + mediocregopher@gmail.com

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+ You are also free to message me on matrix at: + @mediocregopher:waffle.farm +

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Brian Picciano

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Freelance Developer

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Brian Picciano

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Senior Backend Engineer

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University of Florida 2013 · BS Software Engineering · Mathematics Minor

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- Hello! My name is Brian Picciano. I'm a full-stack - developer with a focus on designing secure and - scalable backends for web applications. -

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- I have gained experience with an extremely diverse set of - languages, databases, and products over the last ten years, - and I'm always looking for more. -

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- Remote work has been my life since 2015. No matter where in the - world your team is, I can work with them smoothly and - effectively over a variety of communication platforms. -

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+ 12+ years of experience across backend systems, + databases, and application development. Passionate about + clean interfaces, good documentation, and open source. +

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+ Extensively experienced with:
+ Go, Javascript-HTML-CSS, Nix, Bash, Lua, Clojure, Erlang;
+ Redis, Postgres, Cassandra/Scylla, Mongo;
+ Nginx, Caddy, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK stack;
+ Many flavors of Linux; Docker. +

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+
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What I Do

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+ 7+ years of experience working remotely as a + developer. Well-versed in communicating over slack, zoom, + and email, and in maintaining good working relationships + across large timezone differences. +

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+ I also have past experience with many other languages and + tools which I could easily pick back up. +

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- I help you solve your problems, no matter what stage of - development you're at. Contact me if you - need someone to: -

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+

Open-Source

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+ I publish all my personal work to + GitHub + and + Gitea. +

+

+ I frequently document the progress of my various projects + on my blog. +

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    What I've Done

    +
  • + Author of + radix, + one of the recommended Redis drivers for Go. +
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    - You can see a breakdown of all my past work at my - resume page. Feel free to - reach out to me if you have any questions - about my past work. -

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  • + Primary author of cryptic-net, + a foundation for a community-run cloud infrastructure. +
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    Next Steps

    +
  • + Author of dehub, + a git project hosting platform baked into the project's + commit history itself. (It's not much used, even by me, + but it's functional and I'm proud of it.) +
    • -

    - Drop by my contact page to schedule a - free, 45 minute consultation. We will discuss your project, - what sort of assistance you need from me, and a timeline to get it - to you. -

    +
  • + Long-term work on a toy (so far) + programming language. +
    • + +
+
+
+ +
+
+

Admiral

+

+ May 2015 - January 2018
+ Co-Founder
+ Senior Backend Engineer
+

+

+ getadmiral.com is a + platform to help publishers analyze and recover revenue + being lost due to adblocking users. +

+
+
+
    +
  • + Wrote a custom analytics platform in Go, using Google + BigTable as backing store and Redis/Mongo as aggregation + caches. Handled a global load of >27 million new rows + an hour, with up-to-the-hour analytics for all + customers. +
    • + +
  • + Implemented a custom, dc-aware service discovery system + for our microservices based app, using Etcd & + SkyDNS. Included health checking, metrics, + rolling-restarts, and more. +
    • + +
  • + Designed Go-based framework for implementing + microservices which automatically handled configuration, + logging, health checks, metrics, RPC/service discovery, + and more. +
    • + +
  • + Implemented an internal RFC process for new product + features and maintained the internal technical + documentation wiki. +
    • + +
  • + Contributed to designing and implementing the + provisioning/deployment system using Ansible, and began + work on migrating to Kubernetes. +
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+ +
+
+

Grooveshark

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+ Senior Systems Engineer (from intern)
+ 2010 - Apr 2015
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+ Grooveshark was a web-based music streaming site in the + same vein as Spotify. +

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  • + Wrote client-to-client communication server in Erlang + (with Redis backend) which served as the backbone of the + Broadcasts feature, where users host their own + radio-like channels, complete with voting, real-time + chat, and moderation. +
    • + +
  • + Designed and implemented Feeds feature using PHP and + Mongo, where users could see the recent listening + activites of their friends in a Facebook-like feed. +
    • + +
  • + Managed and fine-tuned LAMP stack, as well as oversaw + migration from Apache to nginx/php-fpm. Maintained + complex nginx setup, including use of the lua-scripting + module on some domains. +
    • + +
  • + Wrote and maintained the deployment scripts for frontend + code, and contributed significantly to the Chef-based + provisioning system. +
    • + +
  • + Initiated and oversaw the migration of frontend devs + from using a shared development server to individual + Vagrant setups. +
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Brian Picciano

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Senior Systems and Backend Programmer

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University of Florida 2013 · BS Software Engineering · Mathematics Minor

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- 10+ years of experience across backend systems, - databases, and application development. Passionate about - clean interfaces, good documentation, and open source. -

-
-
-

- Extensively experienced with:
- Go, Javascript-HTML-CSS, Nix, Bash, Lua, Clojure, Erlang;
- Redis, Postgres/MariaDB, Cassandra/Scylla, Mongo;
- Nginx, Caddy, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK stack, Ansible, GCE;
- Many flavors of Linux; Docker. -

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-

- 5+ years of experience working remotely as a - developer. Well-versed in communicating over slack, zoom, - and email, and in maintaining good working relationships - across large timezone differences. -

-
-
-

- I also have past experience with many other languages and - tools which I could easily pick back up. -

-
-
- -
-
-

Admiral

-

- May 2015 - January 2018
- Co-Founder
- Senior Backend Developer
-

-

- getadmiral.com is a - platform to help publishers analyze and recover revenue - being lost due to adblocking users. -

-
-
-
    -
  • - Wrote a custom analytics platform in Go, using Google - BigTable as backing store and Redis/Mongo as aggregation - caches. Handled a global load of >27 million new rows - an hour, with up-to-the-hour analytics for all - customers. -
    • - -
  • - Implemented a custom, dc-aware service discovery system - for our microservices based app, using Etcd & - SkyDNS. Included health checking, metrics, - rolling-restarts, and more. -
    • - -
  • - Designed Go-based framework for implementing - microservices which automatically handled configuration, - logging, health checks, metrics, RPC/service discovery, - and more. -
    • - -
  • - Implemented an internal RFC process for new product - features and maintained the internal technical - documentation wiki. -
    • - -
  • - Contributed to designing and implementing the - provisioning/deployment system using Ansible, and began - work on migrating to Kubernetes. -
    • -
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- -
-
-

Grooveshark

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- Senior Systems Engineer (from intern)
- 2010 - Apr 2015
-

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- Grooveshark was a web-based music streaming site in the - same vein as Spotify. -

-
-
-
    -
  • - Wrote client-to-client communication server in Erlang - (with Redis backend) which served as the backbone of the - Broadcasts feature, where users host their own - radio-like channels, complete with voting, real-time - chat, and moderation. -
    • - -
  • - Designed and implemented Feeds feature using PHP and - Mongo, where users could see the recent listening - activites of their friends in a Facebook-like feed. -
    • - -
  • - Managed and fine-tuned LAMP stack, as well as oversaw - migration from Apache to nginx/php-fpm. Maintained - complex nginx setup, including use of the lua-scripting - module on some domains. -
    • - -
  • - Wrote and maintained the deployment scripts for frontend - code, and contributed significantly to the Chef-based - provisioning system. -
    • - -
  • - Initiated and oversaw the migration of frontend devs - from using a shared development server to individual - Vagrant setups. -
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Open-Source/Personal Projects

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- github.com/mediocregopher - contains much of my public work. Most of it is throw-away - projects, but listed here are a few which are actively - developed and much loved. -

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- I frequently document the progress of my various projects - on my blog. -

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  • - Author of one of the recommended Redis drivers for Go, - radix. -
    • - -
  • - Author of one of dehub, a - git project hosting platform baked into the project's - commit history itself. It's not much used, even by me, but - it's functional and I'm proud of it. -
    • - -
  • - Working on an unreleased project, where we are creating - the foundation for community-run cloud infrastructures. -
    • - -
  • - Long-term work on a toy (so far) - programming language. - You can follow the progress of the language at - blog.mediocregopher.com. -
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  • - Author of small art projects such as - viz - and others featured at - blog.mediocregopher.com, - mostly written in Clojure. -
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