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Kirk Haines

@wyhainesWyoming, US -- Santarem, PortuJoined December 2022

Developer Relations and Software Engineering; Polyglot. Rust, Crystal, Ruby, Typescript, React, DevOps, lots of other stuff.

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I am open to new roles currently. Developer Relations and Engineering Leadership, or interesting high level IC work.

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Kirk Haineswyhaines.hashnode.dev13 posts

Simple, Internet-Addressable, Distributed Storage

The Background History Most good stories start at the beginning, and so does this one. However, if you're eager to dive into the code, feel free to scroll down to the Let's Build It section. For everyone else, here's the tale leading up to the code. ...

Jun 12, 2024 · 10 min readwyhaines.hashnode.dev

Unlocking the Future: Embracing Zero-Knowledge Technology

In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, one concept has emerged as a game-changer: Zero Knowledge Technology. This cutting-edge cryptographic approach has been making waves in recent times, and its relevance has never been more pronounced than ...

Aug 30, 2023 · 10 min readwyhaines.hashnode.dev

Stretching the Language with Macros; Implementing a `for` Loop In Crystal

This article was originally published a couple of years ago on New Relic's now-defunct Relicans site. I am reprinting it here as I was the original author. What Are Crystal's Looping Structures? The Crystal language offers three different language-l...

Jun 4, 2023 · 11 min readwyhaines.hashnode.dev

Base58 - What Is it? Why Use It?

As programmers, we are familiar with using numbers in different bases. We know about the binary, or base 2 system, that underlies our hardware. We are also usually aware of hexadecimal, or base 16, numbers because they are ubiquitous in many areas of...

Jan 30, 2023 · 7 min readwyhaines.hashnode.dev

Ruby/Crystal/Rust Advent of Code 2022 - Day 7

Day 7 finds us still working with that pesky communication device. For today's task, though, all that we have to do is to analyze its filesystem. No worries, right? Let's see! Can pattern matching come to the rescue? The Repository All of the code fo...

Jan 12, 2023 · 16 min readwyhaines.hashnode.dev

Kirk Haines

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Kirk Haines's blogs

Simple, Internet-Addressable, Distributed Storage

Unlocking the Future: Embracing Zero-Knowledge Technology

Stretching the Language with Macros; Implementing a `for` Loop In Crystal

Base58 - What Is it? Why Use It?

Ruby/Crystal/Rust Advent of Code 2022 - Day 7

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Kirk Haines

About

Available for

Kirk Haines's blogs

Simple, Internet-Addressable, Distributed Storage

Unlocking the Future: Embracing Zero-Knowledge Technology

Stretching the Language with Macros; Implementing a `for` Loop In Crystal

Base58 - What Is it? Why Use It?

Ruby/Crystal/Rust Advent of Code 2022 - Day 7