About Me
Currently doing performance engineering for Reth at Tempo (acquired) to make it the most performant execution client in EVM land.
I’m passionate about building non-hierarchical systems with blockchain and distributed systems. Rust is my language of choice - it’s the best way to build software that’s both performant and safe without compromise. I share my thoughts on software development in my articles.
Currently diving deep into building my own arb bots.
Open Source
I enjoy building and maintaining developer tools. Some projects I’ve contributed to:
| Project | Tech | Description |
|---|---|---|
| reth | Rust | Modular Ethereum execution client (5.3k stars) |
| rustygram | Rust | Minimal Telegram notification framework (6k+ downloads) |
| solidity-optimiser | Go | Smart contract gas optimization through static analysis |
| lighter-rust | Rust | SDK for Lighter trading platform with async API support |
Writings
Developer Tools
I like to build and maintain my own tools:
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| git-webdiff | Web-based git diff server with hot reload and multi-repo support |
| llmreader | LLM-powered document reader and summarizer |
| happy | CLI productivity tool |
Background
Previously I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the most respected companies in Web3:
- Chainlink Labs: Scaling oracles and keepers across Ethereum, Solana and Aptos.
- tETH: Architected tETH, a Liquid Staking Token that surpassed $200M TVL.
- Ranger Finance: Building low-latency infrastructure for cross-chain perpetuals aggregation.
- Spartan Labs: Led smart contract projects and thought leadership.
- Nethermind: Security tooling for protocols like Aave using Forta Bots.
- StraitsX: Stablecoin infrastructure, optimizing performance and reliability.
- Velodrome: Core protocol development for #1 liquidity marketplace on Optimism.
- Treehouse Finance: Cross-chain DeFi analytics and data aggregation.
Hackathons
I’ve participated in and won over 10 hackathons. Some notable wins:
- Chainlink Hackathon - Decentralised Data Marketplace
- Stanford Hackathon - Cost effective Decentralised Database as Service
- Harvard Hackathon - Cross Chain Insurance
- Quora LLM Hackathon - Data Analyzer Chatbot
- ETH Denver Hackathon - Zero Knowledge Machine Learning
- Crypto.com Hackathon - Micro Financing
- Avalanche Hackathon - Wallet Tooling
To a great mind, nothing is little