Andrew Gaul

Hello, world! I am a hacker and sometimes entre­preneur living in San Francisco. I have a broad interest in systems programming and specialize in storage. I snap photos and catalog hipster museums during my adventures.

Simulacra

• GitHub
• Keybase
• LinkedIn
• Medium
• Strava
• Twitter

Software

• Are We Consistent Yet? - observed and documented eventual consistency of object stores
• asmlint - examines x86 instructions to find suboptimal encodings and sequences
• Chaos HTTP Proxy - introduce failures into HTTP requests via a proxy server
• Desktop Everywhere - WebExtension which redirects mobile links to desktop equivalents
• Hangouts Background Remover - WebExtension which removes the rotating background image from Google Hangouts
• Java Collection Overhead - demonstrate overheads for various Java Collection implementations
• Java httpbin - a Java HTTP server that allows local testing of requests, retry logic, streaming, timeouts, etc. with the endpoints of httpbin.org
• JDBC lint - helps Java programmers write correct and efficient code when using the JDBC API
• libinput-force-middle-click-emulation - force libinput to emulate a middle click when pressing left and right buttons simultaneously
• libnoxattr - an LD_PRELOAD library that disables all forms of extended attribute access
• Maven Modernizer Plugin - detects uses of legacy APIs which modern Java versions supersede
• Object Store Comparison - compare cost, durability, and region support of public cloud object stores, e.g., Amazon S3
• S3Proxy - access other storage backends via the S3 API

Talks

• Introduction to S3Proxy and SwiftProxy (video) - OpenStack Summit, May 2015
• Cloud storage with Apache jclouds - ApacheCon EU, November 2014
• Apache jclouds at Maginatics (video) - jclouds meetup, March 2014

Professional

I am a systems programmer interested in entrepreneurship and technical leadership opportunities in San Francisco and Tokyo. My background includes work in distributed computing, machine learning, storage, and free software. My resume summarizes my previous work.

Consulting

I do a limited amount of consulting on free software. Past client projects include enhancements to Apache jclouds, goofys, s3fs, and S3Proxy. Email me to discuss scope and rates. Please use public issue trackers and mailing lists for free community support.