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I'm a software developer from Sarasota, Florida. I've worked at Sensor Tower, Apple, and now Aircam. Almost all of my side projects are open source, a couple of which have become popular.

My open source projects include:

  • A command line chess program that I wrote ~5yrs ago. My most popular repo, I'm hoping to spend some more time there with my "sponsored time", since there's been a steady stream of interest in the project.
  • clanki is a command-line spaced repetition flashcard app, Anki-esque.
  • newreads is my latest project, is a site to give and receive book recommendations. Check it out at nextgreatbook.com
  • Three.js neural network visualizer is a web app that displays a 3d representation of a neural network as it learns to recognize patterns. It's useful for developing a bit of an intuition for how neural networks learn and work.
  • Skriva and Kalky are old iOS projects. The former is just a note-taking app, nothing special. The latter is a calculator, with some operations (like =, clear, save) handled by swipe gestures, to save on screen space.

I'm working on newreads primarily, since that's where my passion lies currently. I plan on working on my command line chess program, since it's the one with the most interest from the community, some ideas I have there are:

  • Online play
  • Using an existing AI instead of my naive min-max algorithm, so players can select the ELO they'd like to play against
  • A tactics mode to practice
@marcusbuffett

Just one would be nice

Featured work

  1. marcusbuffett/command-line-chess

    A python program to play chess against an AI in the terminal.

    Python 489
  2. marcusbuffett/newreads

    The code for the newreads site

    PureScript 9
  3. marcusbuffett/Clanki

    Command-line spaced-repetition learning software. CL (command line) + Anki (popular spaced-repetition software) = Clanki.

    Haskell 89
  4. marcusbuffett/Three.js-Neural-Network-Visualizer

    A neural network visualizer using Three.js that recognizes 3s

    JavaScript 31
  5. Objective-C 9

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Motivate me to work more on my open source stuff, specifically my chess app, although let me know if the sponsorship is for something else. You'll get a monthly recap with what I've been working on.