Location: Berlin (part time NYC possible)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No, but open to travel

Technologies: Javascript, C++, Julia, Python, React, D3, Docker, AWS, Qubes

Resume: https://github.com/WestleyArgentum/westleyargentum.github.io...

Email: WestleyArgentum@gmail.com

OP here. For those interested, the journalists who compiled all this data also wrote extensively about their findings: https://theintercept.com/series/trial-and-terror/

What could go wrong?

Project author here: Totally. And don't get me wrong, IFTTT has a slick interface and I love not having to manage it... but also, setting up more than a few recipes becomes a major time sync

Maybe I'm being naive, but I felt like bitcoin was going to free us from credit card companies.

Wouldn't it be nice if almost-monopolies weren't able to raise prices on everything slightly in order to fund their rigged rewards programs?

That's the end game. I think this can be seen as the bitcoin industry following "Embrace, extend, and extinguish".

Played around with this awhile back and I really like it. Great for quick art projects and the like: http://westleyargentum.github.io/monsters/

Awesome monsters!

Thanks :)

Thats awesome!

I used it professionally from 2012 - 2014, and I know of about a half a dozen companies either developing things in it or supporting it as part of saas offerings. Not that many, but each group that I know of made the switch after extensive reviews of other language options, and they've all had positive experiences so far.

For those new to Julia, you can also try it out here: http://forio.com/julia/repl/

(Full disclosure, I'm affiliated)