I speak and write about systems of all shapes and sizes.
For professional workshops, check out cyberwitchery. Our lab notes are on the cyberwitchery papers page.
EuroPython, 2026
A talk about how to build your own small but capable models for larning,
and how to approach the big and scary world of AI/LLM research. Also to
be given at KI Navigator.
WeAreDevelopers World Congress Europe, 2026
A tour through beautiful but lesser-known type systems.
Rack & Stack 2026
A German talk on high fidelity network automation to drive the adoption of sovereign data infrastructure.
DKNOG, 2026
A talk about the future of network automation, and how to facilitate having your own model of the world.
European Smalltalk User Group, 2024
An overview of LLM integration into Glamorous Toolkit, with a focus on reproducibility and development workflows.
European Smalltalk User Group, 2024
A talk on Python inside Glamorous Toolkit.
European Smalltalk User Group, 2023
A demonstration of working with the AT Protocol inside Glamorous Toolkit, emphasizing customization and tooling.
European Smalltalk User Group, 2022
A talk on building an IDE for Carp inside Glamorous Toolkit.
LambdaLounge, 2021
A technical presentation connecting minimal languages, metaprogramming, and interpreter folding techniques.
EnthusiastiCon, 2020
A short talk on abstractions as axioms.
Datengarten 96
On compilers, interpreters, and safety.
DeNOG, 2019 (w/ Christian Dieckhoff)
A retrospective on automating an ISP’s network infrastructure.
EnthusiastiCon, 2019
A short reflection on abstractions and philosophy.
clojuTRE, 2018
An introduction to Carp. In other forms also given at EnthusiastiCon 2018,
at Localhost #15 (invited by the Recurse Center), at CurryOn 2019, and at the Clojure Meetup Berlin.
ESEC/FSE 2021 — Distinguished Paper Award
Describes a method for performing dynamic analysis at the module level to enable module-level execution security. I only worked on the Racket implementation, not the JavaScript part.
SIGBOVIK, 2019
This one might be a joke.