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Software developer in New York · swipe for more →

2026-07-20

[spire] win · StS 2 Necrobinder, A3 run log

2026-07-11

[spire] win · StS 2 Ironclad, A5 run log

2026-07-11

[spire] win · StS 2 Defect, A6 run log

2026-07-07

[spire] win · StS 2 Defect, A5 run log

2026-07-03

[spire] win · StS 2 Regent, A7 run log

2026-07-03

[spire] win · StS 2 Defect, A4 run log

2026-06-30

[spire] win · StS 2 Regent, A6 run log

2026-06-19

[spire] win · StS 2 Defect, A3 run log

2026-06-19

[spire] win · StS 2 Regent, A5 run log

2026-06-06

[spire] win · StS 2 Defect, A2 run log

2026-06-02

[spire] win · StS 2 Silent, A9 run log

2026-05-15

[spire] win · StS 2 Ironclad, A4 run log

2026-05-14

[spire] win · StS 2 Silent, A8 run log

2026-05-13

[spire] win · StS 2 Regent, A4 run log

2026-05-11

[spire] win · StS 2 Defect, A1 run log

2026-05-10

[spire] win · StS 2 Silent, A7 run log

2026-05-10

[spire] win · StS 2 Necrobinder, A2 run log

2026-05-09

[spire] win · StS 2 Ironclad, A3 run log

2026-05-08

[spire] win · StS 2 Silent, A6 run log

2026-05-04

[spire] win · StS 2 Defect, A0 run log

Black-and-white studio portrait of Felix against a dark background.

felix / oct 2023

FelixHe's named after Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. In fact, all of my family's dogs are named after Jewish Supreme Court Justices, including Brandeis, two Cardozos, and a Ruthie.Felix Frankfurter on Wikipedia

Carolina DogA primitive dog "breed" native to the southeastern United States.Carolina Dog on WikipediaDingusSingular of "Dingo"What's a Dingo?

age33.7 dog years

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fitness

Fitness

Lifts, runs, and the breaks between themone training history.

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Next: biceps

Largest rested gap: about 21 volume points below its usual weekly pace.

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muscle load

7 days through Aug 23

now / usual

shoulders

  • anterior deltsRecent load 25.6 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 21.3 points
  • lateral deltsRecent load 18.6 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 17.7 points
  • posterior deltsRecent load 1.8 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 15 points

traps

  • upper trapsRecent load 10.8 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 13.6 points
  • mid trapsRecent load 0 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 12.4 points
  • lower trapsRecent load 2.2 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 6.2 points

back

  • latsRecent load 5.8 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 22.9 points
  • rhomboidsRecent load 0 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 11.7 points
  • spinal erectorsRecent load 12.6 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 11 points

chest

  • upper chestRecent load 7 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 14.1 points
  • mid chestRecent load 21.6 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 13.7 points
  • lower chestRecent load 21.4 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 3.9 points
  • serratus anteriorRecent load 6.5 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 6.9 points

arms

  • bicepsRecent load 1.2 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 22.2 points
  • brachialisRecent load 0 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 12.2 points
  • tricepsRecent load 32.5 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 21.4 points
  • forearm flexorsRecent load 5.6 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 13.1 points
  • forearm extensorsRecent load 2.4 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 5.9 points

core

  • absRecent load 3.7 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 14.7 points
  • obliquesRecent load 0 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 3.2 points
  • hip flexorsRecent load 0 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 2.7 points

legs

  • quadsRecent load 7 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 20.4 points
  • hamstringsRecent load 11.9 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 15.3 points
  • adductorsRecent load 0 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 7.5 points

glutes

  • glute maxRecent load 14 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 17.1 points
  • glute medRecent load 0 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 3.6 points

calves

  • gastrocnemiusRecent load 0 volume points in the past seven days; usual weekly pace 2.8 points

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Training days

Aug 17, 2025 - Aug 23, 2026 · 129 lift days · 1 run on 1 run day

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Just deads again??

24m 00s · 6 sets

Deadlift

6 sets · 14 volume points
  1. W
    45 lbs × 10
  2. W
    135 lbs × 5
  3. W
    225 lbs × 3
  4. RPE 9Rate of perceived exertion. Strong values below 6 are treated as reps in reserve and converted to RPE during import.
    295 lbs × 5
  5. RPE 10Rate of perceived exertion. Strong values below 6 are treated as reps in reserve and converted to RPE during import.
    275 lbs × 5
  6. RPE 10Rate of perceived exertion. Strong values below 6 are treated as reps in reserve and converted to RPE during import.
    245 lbs × 5

New York Running

Aug 21, 2026 · 5:22 PM

4.03 mi43:3410:49 /mi

Running · 22 ft ascent · 42:51 moving

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Résumé

Experience

2024–now

Co-founder, Executive Software Lead

DigiChem · New York

  • Co-founded a chemical synthesis startup with two chemists
  • Raised a seed round with MVP
  • Lead / mentored a team of three engineers
  • Heavy involvement with strategy, market research, investor relations etc.
  • Product: a custom ERP/MRP for novel specialty chemical synthesis and optimization
  • LLM-powered workflows used cheminformatics tools such as retrosynthesis, property prediction, and vendor price lists to propose and optimize synthetic routes

Aug 2024 – present

2017–2023

Software Engineer

Standard Bots · New York / hybrid

  • First dedicated software engineer; left a post-Series A company of ten-plus engineers and twenty employees
  • Built and maintained the robotics engine kinematics, dynamics, control systems, motion planning, vision
  • Built the platform that runs the robots: a React remote control, a real-time server, WebRTC, ThreeJS, WebAssembly

Sep 2017 – Mar 2023

2015–2016

Software Engineer / Lead Engineer

A Plus · New York

  • Joined a team of 6
  • As the company dwindled, became lead and only engineer, running the entire site's engineering

Jun 2015 – Dec 2016

2014

Software Engineering Intern

Wolverine Trading · Chicago

  • Fun summer during which I learned how to drink
  • Good environment but low-impact and not intellectually stimulating
  • While I already knew a good amount about finance, they did have us take an options trading course in which I learned a lot

Summer 2014

2012

Software Engineering Intern

Royal Caribbean

  • Kinda regret this one. Cruises are terrible for the environment!

Summer 2012

2009

Research Intern

Jackson Memorial Hospital

  • Kinda regret this one too. A lotta mice died, fortunately none directly by my hand.

Summer 2009

Education & skills

2011–2014

Washington University in St. Louis

BS, Computer Science

Minor in Design.

Skills

Software DesignRoboticsC++TypeScriptRust

patches

I technically made these contributions to these projects.
Almost all meaningless, but, hey, I've been interested in cool stuff for a long time!

2018

rust-lang/rust Amend option.take examples

2018

yewstack/yew Add mount points

2018

nlohmann/json Better error 305

2017

yewstack/yew Add many console methods

2017

serverless/serverless Add missing apostrophe

Everything else

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