My name is Eli I only really write in lists, so here's my deal.
I am a
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full stack web engineer.
I love to plan and
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cook elaborate meals.
It really activates the engineering part of my brain!
I have a
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non-traditional computer science education.
I attended a vocational school in high school, taught myself web programming,
bounced around colleges for computer science while working the entire time
before deciding to go pro!
I am a
Vim user but I actively encourage everyone to use something
else. Using Vim in 2025 is a cool bar trick.
I currently live in
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Astoria, Queens.
I didn't think I would settle down in Queens and love it as much as I do,
but life is like that sometimes.
This weekend has been tending to my sick wife and it seems that I have caught whatever she had. Hopefully itโs not too bad!
In between existential dread about *gestures around*, I made a pesto that turned out perfect.
Stayed up very late on Friday playing around with AI stuff. Iโm getting the hang of it, I think.
Do You Code?
My life is all about making web applications. I am the generalist you have in mind when you describe a
โfull stack engineerโ and can and will do everything to get a feature successfully to production. Query running slow?
Let me at it. Need a thoughtfully designed API? I can do that in my sleep. CSS needs some tweaking? As long as I donโt
need to design it, Iโll make it look great.
GitHub contribution calendars are not a good indicator of whether or not someone is a good developer, but they are very
pretty.
Are You A Blogger?
I'm certainly trying to be! I try to write four posts a year. Sometimes I
exceed it, other times, I completely whiff. No pressure though. Below are
some of my favorite posts.
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I'm not even a vegetarian but I love making these veggie burgers
What I'm Reading
I wish I read more, but there are only so many hours in the day. These are
the books that I'm reading right now. You can find me on Goodreads.
What I'm Listening To
I listen to way too much music and I love to listen to full albums. I
mainly listen to hip hop, indie rock and
emo. I occasionally
write reviews of old albums that I love but aren't well known in a series
called
ICYMI.
In order to listen to more new music, I created
Album Mode.party, which recommends
me albums that Spotify's algorithims would never dare show me. It's the
first application I have built that I use daily!