I'm Edmund Miller, I'm a PhD
candidate, I have a broad range of interests, primarily in Functional Genomics. Through that
interest I got into bioinformatics after realizing I didn't have golden hands at the bench
during undergrad. That taste of programming experience got me dabling in writing smart
contracts and web apps and I cut my teeth on that. Through my research experience I aquired a
taste for processing data with workflows of the reproducible and high-throughput varietal. I
saw the light in March 2020 when I found nf-core and tossed aside
the reptilian workflow manager for Nextflow. I love a
good crossover episode of technologies and I'm always trying to push to the envelope.
I made Anubis, a lightweight, open-source Web Application Firewall designed to block automated bot attacks without frustrating real users. Anubis uses techniques like TLS fingerprinting and JavaScript proof of work to keep your site safe while sta…
Tech workers have long resisted the suggestion that we should be organized into
unions. The topic is consistently met with a cold reception by tech workers when
it is raised, and no big tech workforce is meaningfully organized. This is a
fatal mistake – and …