ASDF, the version manager for all your languages
ASDF, the version manager for all your languages (tagged: Setup, ASDF)
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Mark Wilbur
Mentor
(31 reviews)
US$30.00
For every 15 mins
58
Sessions/Jobs
ABOUT ME
Elixir, JS and Growth
Elixir, JS and Growth
After working at a startup in Beijing, I was a software engineer at Groupon, Verbling (YC 2011) and then a contractor on a wide variety of projects. Currently bootstrapping my own business part-time.
Chinese, English
Taipei (+08:00)
Joined February 2016
EXPERTISE
4 years experience | 8 endorsements
I built my last startup with Elixir and I am the voice behind Alchemist Camp.
I built my last startup with Elixir and I am the voice behind Alchemist Camp.
9 years experience | 10 endorsements
I worked primarily in JavaScript from 2013-2015 and on and off for long before that. I was part of a team of three that built the front-e...
I worked primarily in JavaScript from 2013-2015 and on and off for long before that. I was part of a team of three that built the front-end of Groupon's merchant Deal Builder app (Node/Backbone) and also worked on much of Verbling's current app (Node/React/Mongo).
OSS contributions: Minor contribution to Underscore.js and fixed a parsing bug in the CoffeeScript Redux compiler.
5 years experience | 2 endorsements
I've used ruby extensively for Unix tools and scripting, data munging, and also built a MacRuby game and a few Ruby on Rails apps.
I've used ruby extensively for Unix tools and scripting, data munging, and also built a MacRuby game and a few Ruby on Rails apps.
8 years experience | 1 endorsement
Unix has never been my focus, but over the years I've found each time I dig in deeper, the knowledge is a gift that keeps giving.
Unix has never been my focus, but over the years I've found each time I dig in deeper, the knowledge is a gift that keeps giving.
6 years experience | 5 endorsements
I was part of a team of three that built the front-end of Groupon's merchant Deal Builder app (Node/Backbone) and also worked on much of ...
I was part of a team of three that built the front-end of Groupon's merchant Deal Builder app (Node/Backbone) and also worked on much of Verbling's current app (Node/React/Mongo). In both cases, I was spending a bit more time on the front end but I'm comfortable working with Node.
2 years experience | 4 endorsements
I've been using React since mid 2014. I used it at my own startup and then as one of two engineers at Verbling (YC S11), replacing Backbo...
I've been using React since mid 2014. I used it at my own startup and then as one of two engineers at Verbling (YC S11), replacing Backbone.js in a ~1MM LOC app. Currently working on React front-ends.
Also some experience building a Github Electron app with React/Node.
9 years experience | 1 endorsement
git has been my source control tool of choice
git has been my source control tool of choice
REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS
(31 reviews)
Josh Renton
March 2021
Mark is fantastic. He was able to bring a wide range of expertise to our discussion of Elixir, Python, NodeJS, AWS & cloud infrastructure amongst other things. Fully recommend him!
Neerthigan Sivananathan
September 2019
Mark was amazing. He was able to help me resolve my issue while answering all my doubts.
Mallory
November 2018
Mark is amazing, he's very concise and knows how to explain concepts succinctly. He goes above and beyond to help you understand something. He really knows his stuff.
Thomas Chambrier
October 2018
Awesome! Fantastic Mentor. Thanks so much Mark.
Steven Hodson
October 2018
Great help and was able to figure out the issue with ease. 100% recommended
Taylor Melnik
October 2018
Worked through the problem thoroughly going through implementing some poorly designed React components. Then we came up with an alternative that works just as well.
Mac McCarthy
October 2018
Addressed my bugs pretty swiftly, and gave me ideas on how to fix DB issues. Also kept me from going off on a potential deep end that would complicate my app.
Joel
April 2018
Great session! Super helpful in not only solving my issue but digging deeper into future learning
Kevin Tran
April 2018
Mark was great, very helpful and knowledgeable!
Josh McCann
April 2018
Mark was very helpful in creating a solution for my javascript problem I couldn't figure out. He also was very patient and explained what the code was doing as he was writing it. I would definitely work with again.
SOCIAL PRESENCE
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How to access “this” from inside a callback
JavaScript’s keyword this is a source of pain for a lot of people.
A common question goes something like this: “I make call a Firebase function, and inside that callback, I need to...
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Elixir maps made effortless
Getting used to working with Elixir maps can be one of the most painful aspects of really getting comfortable with the language.
The good news is, there are really only a couple of points that trip people up!
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PROJECTS
Alchemist CampView Project
2018
The largest resource of Elixir screencasts online. Fairly fleshed out content management system, virtual currency for feature requests, c...
The largest resource of Elixir screencasts online. Fairly fleshed out content management system, virtual currency for feature requests, customer billing, Gitlab CI/CD pipeline and analytics. Running on Ubuntu with systemd.
(2018-present)
Ubuntu
Nginx
GitLab
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Ubuntu
Nginx
GitLab
Elixir
Phoenix Framework
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5 Little PotionsView Project
2021
A book for Elixir learners. Written as a static VuePress site, with a custom integration to embed it within the larger Phoenix app that p...
A book for Elixir learners. Written as a static VuePress site, with a custom integration to embed it within the larger Phoenix app that powers Alchemist Camp.
Shell
JavaScript
Vuepress
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Shell
JavaScript
Vuepress
Vue.js
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