Paul Ort

Introduction

software engineer
classical pianist and violinist
based in Brooklyn, NY

Now (April 2024)

welcoming child number two
exploring new opportunities (e-mail, LinkedIn)

Previously

March 2024: performed Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 3 and Ysaÿe’s Violin Sonata No. 3
CTO of Def Method

Influences

Ideas
- Test-Driven Development
- Domain-Driven Design
- eXtreme Programming
- Simple Design
- Evolutionary Architecture
- Refactoring
- Boring Technology
- Emergence
- Tools for Thought
- First Principles
- Deliberate Practice
- Mental Models
Software
- ruby
- rails
- rspec
- sinatra
- react
- vim
- tmux
- mosh
- postgres
- sqlite
- docker
- nginx
- logseq
- linux
- git
- markdown
- tailwind
Books
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You
- The Beginning of Infinity
- Essentialism
- Traction
- Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests
- Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby
- Code Complete
- The Pragmatic Programmer
- The Well-Grounded Rubyist
People
- Jonathan Edwards
- Gustav Mahler
- Leonhard Euler