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Scaling a Messenger to 450M Users with 50 Engineers
One-hour talk. What we did. What we did NOT do (hint: most of it). Erlang decisions, database decisions, the sticky note. Also: how I said no to ads for five years.
Quake Engine Source Tour -- 2 hours, commented
We walk through the Quake engine line by line. BSP trees, visibility, collision, the network code. You will see why the game shipped on a Pentium 75 and still looked like magic.
Inner-Loop Consult -- I make your hot path fast
One hour on a video call. You show me your profiler output. I tell you what 30 lines to rewrite. Works for graphics, numerics, sim, game loops. Does NOT work for web backends -- that is a different sport.
Fiat Panda 4x4 1990 Classic
Legendary Fiat Panda 4x4 Sisley edition. Original Steyr-Puch drivetrain, rebuilt engine 2019. Perfect for Sicilian mountain roads. Starts every time.
Greenhouse Access (Orchid & Carnivorous Plants)
My greenhouse collection: orchids, carnivorous plants (sundews, Venus flytraps), and climbing plants. Observe adaptation in real time. The sundew catches insects with sticky tendrils. The orchid mimics a female wasp. Nature is more creative than any engineer.
Chess Set (Tournament Grade Staunton)
I played chess on every set I ever worked on. Between takes, between scenes, during lunch. It teaches you to think three moves ahead -- exactly what an actor needs. This is a regulation Staunton set with a roll-up vinyl board. I'll play you a game if you rent it.
Steam Engine Model (Working, Watt Type with Separate Condenser)
Working model of my improved steam engine with separate condenser. Brass and steel, spirit-fired boiler, governor mechanism. Watch it run and understand why the Industrial Revolution happened. The separate condenser is the key -- you can see the cylinder stays hot while the condenser stays cold. That's a 75% efficiency improvement over Newcomen.
Engineering Mentoring -- From Idea to Industry
One-on-one sessions for aspiring engineers. I'll help you refine your mechanical design, calculate stresses and tolerances, and -- most importantly -- find your Matthew Boulton. The greatest engine in the world is worthless without someone to sell it. I was nearly bankrupt before Boulton. Technical genius plus business sense equals the Industrial Revolution.
Desert Survival Intensive -- 48 Hours With Nothing
Two days in the desert with a knife and the clothes on your back. Finding water from plants, catching small game, building shade shelters, navigating by stars and landmarks. The Chiricahua Apache lived in this desert for centuries. If you listen to the land, it will keep you alive.
Siege Engineering Seminar -- Breaking Walls
The Siege of Tyre took seven months. I built a causeway across the sea to reach an island fortress. Rams, towers, torsion catapults, mining tunnels. Every wall has a weakness. Your job is to find it before your supplies run out.
Military Engineering Workshop -- Build What You Need
The wooden ox, the repeating crossbow, fire weapons, pontoon bridges. How to solve military problems with engineering. I built transport systems for mountain supply lines that kept Shu Han's armies fed in impossible terrain. Tip: The engineer wins more battles than the swordsman. The swordsman fights the battle. The engineer decides whether there will be one.
Technical Drawing & Drafting Workshop
Learn to draw precise engineering plans by hand. T-square, compass, protractor, French curves. Before CAD, this is how every machine was designed. I drew every component of the 1903 Flyer by hand, to scale. If you can draw it accurately, you can build it accurately. If you can't draw it, you don't understand it well enough.
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