This is a social network, right? Here's a little bit about me!

• 18 years of software development
• 6 years of C and C++, realtime applications
• 9 years of web development in many languages and frameworks
  • Java with JSP
  • Python and Django
  • Groovy on Grails
  • NodeJS
  • Go ❤️
  • AngularJS
  • VueJS ❤️
• Now I work at GitHub on writing a lot of Go and Ruby, much of which is open source!

• multiplayer clone of Set card game Play - Source
• clone of Photosynthesis board game (multiplayer or vs AI) Play - Source
• multiplayer clone of Resistance social game Play - Source
• I ported a C physics library to Go Play - Source

• Puerto Rico - low randomness
• Small World - low randomness
• Settlers of Catan - good for new board gamers
• Oh Hell - good for groups of many sizes and very easy to pick up (3-7 people)
• Euchre - good with a partner, not as big of a commitment as hearts/spades

• Stardew Valley
  • Learn about how food is grown, how seasons work, no death or losing
• Outer Wilds
  • Learn about solar systems, why night and day exist, orbital physics 😆
• Wilmot's Warehouse
  • Cooperative game of organization, no outright losing until the end