about me

hey, i’m elad /ˈɛlæd/

i’m a programmer. doing web, mobile and everything in between.

i (currently) believe in:

• continuous, bottom-up, engineering - what god meant when he invented software
• open source - what god meant when he invented code
• posix - what god meant when he invented abstractions
• async communication - what god meant when he invented email
• …don’t really believe in god

stuff i’m interested in nowadays:

• the web in all its glory
• node.js - single-threaded, async, dynamic, functional, awesome community - what else can you ask for?
• scalable, distributed systems
• html5, jquery, bootstrap (wow) - so much to play around with
• nosql - you know, mongodb is web scale
• mobile apps - ios, phonegap
• software companies (…and why they all lose direction post-ipo)
• linux - always inspiring

projects i was recently (and not so recently) involved in are on projects page. check them out.

some of my history:

• atari » xt » at » 386 » 387 » 486 » pentium » …
• ms-dos (3.0+) » windows (2.0+, really) » os/2 (2.0, warp) » ubuntu » gentoo » mac-osx (lion)
• basic » pascal » c » c++ » java » scheme » python » c# » javascript
• win32 » mfc » com » atl » c#/.net » wcf/asp.net » node.js
• buildyourown-os » µos » vxworks and others » embedded linux (hell, yeah!!)
• command.com » cmd.exe » bash » grep | sed » perl » python » javascript
• godaddy » azure » google appengine » heroku » aws

other parts of me:

• nir
• wheel pottery
• workout and run outside. especially in new cities
• books, movies
• good food, good coffee
• music: corny girly stuff (adele, norah); good electro; good trance
• tel-aviv