Kevin McDonald
I'm a software engineer. I'm interested in data visualization, gRPC, and Internet infrastructure: backbone routers, fiber optic cables, internet exchanges, etc.
Education
B.S. of Computer Science from University of Texas at Dallas
Pronouns
he/him
Work
Senior Software Engineer
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Skills/Languages
Primarily Go... but I also have a good deal of experience with Python, Elixir, Clojure, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby
Currently learning
Typescript and Danish
Currently hacking on
Data visualization of the physical internet: Internet exchanges, fiber optic cables, submarine cables, datacenters
Side projects involving gRPC and ConnectRPC