Hey! I'm Phil (he/him). In the past 10 years I've been a developer or manager or founder or cofounder; at startups like TigerBeetle, Capsule8, larger companies like Linode and Oracle, and my own Multiprocess Labs.
Today, I'm having a bit of fun doing independent research on databases and distributed systems while I figure out what's next.
I am a college dropout (not by choice; stay in school!) and for the last 10 years I've chased my way down the software stack starting from humble beginnings with the venerable jQuery and PHP.
This site is about software internals; particularly compilers, interpreters, programming languages, distributed systems, databases, software emulation, file formats, and internet protocols.
I'm not an expert, I just love these topics.
You might be here for
- My blog
- My lists
- My letters
- My B-Tree Resources
- Joining a hacker Discord
- Northeast Systems Group on Discord
- A marketing blog aimed at early-stage founders
Book clubs
- Email Book Club, Winter 2023: Database Internals
- NYC Book Club, Late Summer 2023: Designing Data-Intensive Applications
#wehack
Videos and streaming
- Streaming on Twitch, Sundays at 5pm ET
- Stream archives on YouTube