EventBot is a service I created that allows users
to create Google Calendar events by sending an
email to their own personal EventBot
address. Written in Python & deployed
on Google
App Engine. Despite only having ~10 unique
users per day, I've learned a lot about
scalability by using the loosely-coupled
architecture that App Engine encourages. I've also
used EventBot as an opportunity to hone my skills
at zero-friction testing and deployment.
Directory site for the largest Internet Yellow
Pages company in the Netherlands, with over 6.9
million monthly unique visitors. With colleagues
at Local
Matters, I implemented cross-browser UI for
everything from basic pages to interactive
Javascript maps. I also worked closely with the
operations team to debug and resolve production
issues. Recently, I've taken the lead in
implementing performance improvements, including
request optimization
and Varnish
caching, to greatly reduce hardware requirements
and speed up the site for end users.