I'm Sam Patterson, a software developer with experience in tech startups and non-profits.
I've always had one foot in the tech world - working on technology policy in DC, co-founding a tech company - but I wanted to be building new things instead of writing about them. After graduating from General Assembly's immersive software engineering bootcamp, I can build them alongside others - maybe you!
- LookMa: A React Native app built to connect locally-run LLM servers to mobile devices.
- LlamaTrivia: I wired up a trivia game to an LLM to see if it could beat my score (it did)
- Close Encounters of the Cute Kind: A game built in a week that blends classic maze navigation with a space theme, leveraging AI assets.
I honed my skills in JavaScript and Python, learning React and Django. I'm familiar with MongoDB and SQL (Postgres). I'm well-versed with Git, GitHub, Bitcoin, and Linux. I've also become friends with the OpenAI API recently, having used it in multiple projects, and now local AI models as well (using Ollama mostly). I'm currently learning React Native.
Amateur radio, AI, and decentralization projects. I have prior experience working on decentralization with OpenBazaar.
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- Participated in the first HF radio transaction using Bitcoin (double nerd points!)
- Hobbies include fencing, curling, table tennis, chess, macrophotography, and rock climbing.
Eager to continue my learning journey and collaborate on meaningful projects. Let's connect and build something cool together!