Welcome
I am Neil Chintomby. I make software and sometimes other things. I am currently living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. My tools include Python, Erlang, C and JavaScript.
I can also be found on the following places on the web:
Recent Posts
- QuickChat and WebRTC
- November 12, 2013
- Learning and using Erlang
- May 15, 2013
- Building a Realtime Messaging Platform with Erlang
- April 21, 2013
- A New Blog!
- December 03, 2012
- Using Cython for Great Speedups
- May 03, 2012
I’ve been working on a personal project called QuickChat for the past several weeks. A large part of the project uses WebRTC. It’s...
Recently, I built an Erlang-based realtime messaging platform at work. This post goes into detail about Erlang’s strengths,...
Recently at work, we launched a realtime messaging feature. We used Erlang to build a central part of this feature's server...
Recently, I decided to move a new blogging setup. Previously, I used a self-hosted Wordpress install, then a custom Django app, and...
About Cython Python is a great dynamic language; it provides layers of abstractions (dynamic typing and memory management to name...
Recent Projects
The following are a couple of personal projects I've worked on:
- QuickChat — A high-quality web-based video-chat service.
- Annoted — A bookmarking and note-taking service with sharing features.