Simon Woolf

Maths, Physics, Programming

Simon WoolfMaths, Physics, Programming

Lead software engineer of the 'realtime' (distributed pub-sub service backend) team at ably.io. Interesed in alt-programming (particularly FP and BEAM-ecosystem stuff), types, maths/physics, EA, gaming (computer/board/tabletop), scifi, baking bread, making things generally, and miscellaneous geekery. Email me at simon@simonwoolf.net to talk about anything :)

Talks

Heisenbug

A lightning talk about a stubborn bug (Elixir.LDN) Video · Slides

How to build your own Ably with Riak Core

Exploring ways of building a distributed scalable pubsub system (Elixir London) Video · Slides

Projects

ably-ng

Experimental reimplementation of Ably in Elixir Source

logger-streaming-backend

A backend for the Elixir Logger that streams logs over HTTP Source

Zenpool

Playing around with Elm. Turn the sound on and press some keys. Site · Source

Elm Snake

Snake! More fun with Elm. Site · Source

tt

Idiosyncratic time tracker Source

vim-livecoding

Experiment in live broadcasting of text editing using vim Source

Disability Update

Archive of cases on disability discrimination (contract work) Site · Source

WebSudoku

Sudoku webapp, neat recursive solver/generator Site · Source

Tutoring

As of June 2014, I am no longer available for maths and physics tutoring, as I am working full-time. For reference, here is my page on tutorhunt

We highly recommend Simon as a diligent and friendly tutor.Kathleen