hey, i'm elad /ˈɛlæd/

i'm a programmer, still trying to figure out why i love it so much.

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 the left pane. 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 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

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!