Thomas van Dam
Fool Stack engineer at SEDA. Certified smelly nerd — I build things, break things, and occasionally ship something useful.
About
“Sucking at something is the first step to being kind of good at something.”
— Jake the Dog, Adventure Time
I like arguing about code, arguing about the process of writing code, and arguing about the process of arguing about code. When I'm actually building/breaking things I like code that communicates intent, clear error messages, and pretending I write both. This site is mostly a playground — if something looks half-baked, that's probably intentional (or I'll fix it eventually).
Work
Where I've been paid to pretend I know what I'm doing.
Building infrastructure for data in Web3. See SEDA on GitHub for some of the code.
Building JavaScript web apps, hybrid mobile apps, Chromecast apps, and web video streaming. Transitioned from frontend to backend, from just engineering to jointly managing the team.
Accolades
Hand-picked praise from people who may or may not exist. Ratings are fictional; the industry subtext is not.
— The default hiring pipeline, probably
— Whoever drew the short straw on review that week
— A patient coworker
Tinkering
Small experiments you can click through when you're bored.
