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title: "Athan Reines (@kgryte) | Hashnode"
description: "Software engineer at Quansight and core developer of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js."
url: "https://hashnode.com/@kgryte"
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@kgryte

# Athan Reines

@kgryte · Joined August 2023

Software engineer at Quansight and core developer of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js.

[Website](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib)

### [Why another plotting library?](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/why-another-plotting-library?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

JavaScript has no shortage of plotting libraries. But scientific computing needs more than a way to render charts, so we're building a plotting system designed around the entire workflow.

18 min read · [stdlib.hashnode.dev](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/why-another-plotting-library?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 8](https://hashnode.com/posts/why-another-plotting-library/6a77b260825b8a7b4a0182e3)

### [Build for Inheritance](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/build-for-inheritance?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

What if the best measure of your impact in open source isn't being needed, but making yourself unnecessary?

5 min read · [stdlib.hashnode.dev](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/build-for-inheritance?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 6](https://hashnode.com/posts/build-for-inheritance/6a74648d22037defb2c3c0c4)

### [The Browser Is the Largest Compute Platform on Earth](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/the-largest-compute-platform-on-earth?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Modern browsers can run numerical computing, machine learning, and GPU-accelerated workloads locally. Here's why that changes everything.

15 min read · [stdlib.hashnode.dev](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/the-largest-compute-platform-on-earth?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Jul 20](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-largest-compute-platform-on-earth/6a5e63e9c2e1ccbbfc46cc1d)

### [GSoC 2026 Selected Projects](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/gsoc-2026-selected-projects?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

We're excited to share that Google Summer of Code 2026 is officially underway and that stdlib has been awarded five contributor slots for this year's program. This is our third year participating in G

6 min read · [stdlib.hashnode.dev](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/gsoc-2026-selected-projects?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[May 9](https://hashnode.com/posts/gsoc-2026-selected-projects/69fea8e6f239332df43ba3a2)

### [Zen of stdlib](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/zen-of-stdlib?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A philosophy of simplicity, modularity, consistency, and craft.

5 min read · [stdlib.hashnode.dev](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/zen-of-stdlib?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[May 9](https://hashnode.com/posts/zen-of-stdlib/69fe83e0f239332df428e8bd)