Pradeep Gowda btbytes

Hi there ✌️

This is Pradeep Gowda.

This is the perfect place to talk about programming and stuff ;)

I like programming in: Python, Nim, and Scala
I have programmed professionally in: Java, Javascript, Bash
I have done non-trivial amounts of programming in: Erlang, Rust, D, C, C++, Lua
I want to get good in: OCaml (or F#), Nix, and Go
Languages I wish I could be programming: Common Lisp, APL, and FORTH
My most recent professional experience is in leading and writing code on development teams in the cybersecurity engineering domain while solving for large scale data gathering, processing and producing data products

July 2025; one-shot code generation using Gemini CLI - "Server Side RSS Reader"
Aug 2024; Simplestatapp, a demonstrative example of how to build a tiny (by modern standards), a standalone web application that has database support etc for under 6MB, and can be deployed to a PaaS provider like Fly.io. This one helped me understand C compiler and linkers a bit better.
Aug 2024; Tohray, A microblogging application in Nim. This helped me learn Nim as a practical language, prologue web framework, multi-stage docker builds etc..
Apr 2024; Pandaku, a fly.io deployment of pandoc API. Has Docker, Fly configs, and example code on how to use the API

Sep 2024. Ulimate Rust Crash Course. The code repo with my exercise solutions.
Sep 2024. I also learnt Next.js fundamentals while doing a take-home exercise for a job interview.

Aug 2024. I used Claude 3.5 Sonnet to write a MacOS Automator script to convert .png/.jpg etc to a smaller sized, web optimized .webp format. I'm really thrilled that I was able to go from having to use command line, (and context switching) to something I can do in the Finder. In this case, Claude was acting as my tutor, and I learnt something new. You can see my thread on X on how it all went down; and the resulting MacOS workflow is here on github.

You can get in touch with me: ✉️ pradeep🌀btbytes.com, Twitter/X or LinkedIn.

I have a Masters in Computer Science from Purdue University and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from PESIT.

I have worked in the recent past for: Ollyver (startup I bootstrapped), Microsoft and Proofpoint.

My home town is Bengaluru, India. I live in Carmel, IN - a suburb of Indianapolis, IN in the USA.

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