Andrew Gaul

Hello, world! こんにちは世界！ I am a hacker and sometimes entrepreneur living in San Francisco and sometimes Tokyo. My interests include hipster museums, philatelicism, rationalism, and transit. I enjoy traveling and snapping photos during my adventures.

Simulacra

Software

Chaos HTTP Proxy - introduce failures into HTTP requests via a proxy server
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
Modernizer Maven Plugin - detect uses of legacy APIs which modern Java versions supersede
S3Proxy - access other storage backends via the S3 API
x86lint - examine x86 machine code to find suboptimal encodings and sequences of instructions
other software

Talks

Exploring trade-offs in S3 file systems (2020)
Maintaining an open source project while sustaining your sanity (2021)
Re-introduction to s3fs (2021)
more talks

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, 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.