Computer Scientist
Sam "Shimi" Halperin
I'm an American computer scientist living outside of Philadelphia. As a Jewish-American Xennial, I’ve always been drawn to emerging technology—I was of the first generation to experience a fully networked adolescence. After more than a decade working with B-Corps and nonprofits in Philadelphia, I now work as an independent maker focused on open-source projects.
Opinion
This is me 'waffling' on a variety of disparate topics. All opinions are my own and do not reflect the perspective of employers or clients.
Unity Game Engine Technical Exegesis
These are less traditional tutorial and more like dev logs of things I've picked up along the way. We used to have a whiteboard at school with the title "how did you do that", where people would share techniques. That's kind of what this is.
Application Development
As a career evolves, one begins obsessed with what is possible, how we can implement something (or sometimes more to the point 'what we can implement with the tools we know how to use' rather than the other way around) -- but then we hopefully move quickly into, why are we building this, and what attention to the consumer's experience can we bring to bear on the implementation.
Press and Noteables
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