Micha Gorelick

programmer, builder & astronaut

Former mad data scientist at fast forward labs, author of High Performance Python and "screaming at mean people from a podium" professional at @occrp and @the-markup. Currently working on the Digital Witness Lab. I spend my days moving data at light speed and my nights crusading against bad code. I also like building things and bikes. Can be found at @mynameisfiber@queer.party or mynamesifber@github.com.

projects — the things that have been keeping me busy on the computer

Citizen Browser Using crowd-sourced data to investigate Facebook
Summarization Talk a talk about how to use computers to summarize text (press 'p' for the notes)
Quantified Self an immersive play that uses your internet presence to explore the effects and implications of data
high performance python 2e a book all about how to make your python code run at the speed of light
gohll HLL++ implementation in go for amazing probabilistic set operations with ease
go count me a leveldb backed k-min values database to store and compare large sets
count me maybe python explorations of probabilistic distinct value estimation and hash entropy
forget table a sweet redis based database that stores categorical distributions and forgets data smartly.
cider-go use any redis client to talk to a cluster of redis servers with redundant shards for great win.
bitly story api want to know what going on with a set of urls? this is thing for you!
bitly realtime bad ass math and databases showing you what's happening on the internet.
realtime streams learn about real time stream processing with bitly's simplehttp suite. do it.
shell-config need awesome bash/zsh/vim/screen configurations? look no further!
seamresize resize things smartly. toy project but still awesome.
outflow-driven turbulence massively parallel code to see how new stars stir turbulence. read the paper!
misc code a github repo of some stuff I made before embracing git... enjoy!
other stuff! venture into my github page and see what else there is.

April 23, 2015 python bytecode hacking — speed up for great victory
January 26, 2013 forget table — how to responsibly forget data
January 25, 2013 Hacking MAST for fun and profit — what astronomy has to learn from industry
December 31, 2012 fuel my productivity — how I turned a cheap espresso machine into a powerhouse
September 27, 2011 Dead Simple Real Time Plotting with C/C++ and Python — plotting in a pinch
January 6, 2010 fortran + python = good — using fortran within python for great speed!
May 7, 2009 SMS/Twitter Control of your server — make your dumbphone a lot smarter
December 22, 2008 eeePC 901 Antenna Mod — the small laptop with big ears
November 18, 2008 new project — is it liquid or solid?!
November 4, 2008 obama fever — too many pretty pictures
November 3, 2008 Distractions — make fire!
October 26, 2008 failed telescope night — fun under the clouds
October 25, 2008 oscilloscope! — eat ramen all week and buy an oscilloscope with your money
October 24, 2008 panoramas — what happens when you use a cheap camera for panoramas
October 23, 2008 Projects to come — who knows what the future holds?
October 22, 2008 Telescope Camera HOWTO v1 — turning a cheap webcam into a telescope camera

January 14, 2013 hadoop < * — how not to design a system
August 26, 2012 building around the house — rope + pipe + wood = home
August 19, 2012 glowing heart — over engineering a simple t-shirt
September 10, 2011 sleeping on clouds — going from sleeping on the floor to a nice and sturdy bed
September 10, 2011 desk building — from tree to desk in no time flat
July 24, 2011 walking with giants — roaming with NERSC computers