Loren Sands-Ramshaw

The best way to write reliable code in Node. (See my intro to Temporal.)

temporal.io/ts

The most comprehensive book on GraphQL. Written with John Resig, the creator of jQuery.

graphql.guide

Mobile app for making social challenges and predictions.

Meteor Cordova app with P2P transactions (USD and BTC).

parlaywith.me

Payo – Paleo Mayo: a healthy mayonnaise.

Only virgin-oil mayo, lowest omega-6, free-range organic eggs.

payo.us

Efficiency & accessibility Chrome extension providing a launcher / command line for the browser.

getferro.com

Goes deep into the differences between them and recommendeds when to use each.

stackoverflow.blog

Discusses the pros and cons of self publishing books and courses on programming.

css-tricks.com

A 3-part series explaining the GraphQL specification.

blog.graphql.guide

An overview of data fetching in GraphQL and how to write a custom Apollo data source library.

apollographql.com

I explain why I decided to write a book about GraphQL, and I and share about myself, the title, and the logo.

blog.graphql.guide

An introduction to GraphQL and a tutorial on writing a GraphQL Node server that fetches data from five different data sources. Won best article award on Compose's blog.

Part 1
Part 2

An in-depth analysis of the render performance of a couple complex Meteor Blaze apps.

medium.com/parlay-engineering

Blog post on my experience at the NSA. Was at the top of Hacker News for a day.

"An interesting and reasonable perspective."
—John Gruber

medium.com/@lorendsr

"Creating Large Disturbances in the Power Grid: Methods of Attack After Cyber Infiltration"

dartmouth.edu

TS SDK for Temporal

Extensive React example application used in Chapter 6 of the Guide

Apollo Server data source for MongoDB

Converts GraphQL queries into SQL statements

Community maintainer of Meteor, the #1 web app framework on Github

Meteor package for creating magic autologin links, like Slack

React components for credit card and bank account forms, using material-ui (demo)

A good-lookin' segmented control React component (demo)

Meteor package for temporarily restricting a user's authorization

Meteor package for making ACH transactions through SynapsePay

Meteor package for better hot code push updates for Cordova apps

Crafting your cocktail mixture to learning

Building Reliable Distributed Systems (1 hr 37 min)

"All the Databases" at DataLayer

"Apollo Tutorial" at Meteor Camp NYC

"Cordova Challenges" at Crater Mobile Conf

Fixing Your Meteor App's Render Performance (NYC)

See also the in-depth blog post

starter-pack and DDP directory (SF)

Developer Relations Engineer

Language Runtime Engineer

Maintained the TypeScript SDK.

Consultant

Built, fixed, added features to, or added testing for web and mobile apps.

Global Network Vulnerability Analyst

• Developed apps with Rails, Backbone, and Android
• Computer Network Operations Development Program
• TS/SCI clearance

Section Leader

• Assisted professors with teaching nine courses.
• Taught weekly sections of about ten students.
• Held lab and office hours.

Technical reviewer for these titles:

• The Way of the Web Tester
• Manage Your Project Portfolio
• Seven Mobile Apps in Seven Weeks
• Secure Your Node.js Web Application
• Creating Great Teams
• Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks
• HTML5 and CSS3
• Mac Kung Fu
• Learn to Program in Objective C
• Seven Databases in Seven Weeks
• The Rails View

Coursework included network security, web application security, computer network operations, malware analysis, assembly language, network programming, C programming, Linux and Windows kernels, and cryptography.

Bachelor's in Computer Science, magna cum laude.

Honors thesis: Creating Large Disturbances in the Power Grid: Methods of Attack After Cyber Infiltration

Led co-ed fraternity and a cappella group.