felix terkhorn data technology and web development

Last night I attended the Indianapolis Hackers and Founders meetup for the first time. I was pleasantly surprised to find an active and growing culture technical innovators operating at small- and medium-scale.

The big challenge for me is to present a coherent message of where my skills can be put to the most effective use. The local Ruby on Rails activity seems extremely promising. "Long ago" -- years before Ruby started gaining momentum -- a wise counselor introduced me to the benefits of Python programming: flexibility, ease of prototyping, and readability. I see a lot of these perks reflected in Ruby -- but as a true data nut, I'm especially excited to dig deeper into the potential of scumming through big data sets with Rails's ActiveRecord class. Provided that I can find something interesting to share, Ruby on Rails's Model-View-Controller architecture makes it easy to bring your data directly to the web.

Hackers and Founders meets once a month. I'm looking forward to the next gathering. If you're interested in hitching a ride out of Bloomington for the April event -- contact me!