Brian Hurt
CTO, Software Architect at ChatWisely
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Hurt is a seasoned CTO and software architect with 15 years of experience specializing in functional programming, databases, and end-to-end system design. A long-time Haskell and PostgreSQL advocate, he has built production systems using Reflex, Yesod, Servant, and a mix of NoSQL and search technologies while also having commercial experience in C, Assembly, and Lisp/Clojure. At ChatWisely he leads efforts to reimagine social media, drawing on prior roles building Slack-like collaboration tools and resilient backend services. Known for pragmatic engineering and deep language fluency, he holds the rare "hacker triple crown" of being paid to program in C/Asm, Haskell, and Lisp/Clojure, reflecting both breadth and low-level insight. Based in New York, he combines hands-on coding with strategic architecture to deliver robust, data-driven products.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Iowa
Github Skills (21)
reflex7
ghcjs6
functional-reactive-programming6
lifting5
cabal5
hackage5
full-stack5
reactive4
frp4
android4
haskell4
scala2
nix2
programming-language2
clojure2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bhurt/caraml
Feb 2012 - Sep 2012
Contributions:192 commits, 1 issue in 6 months
bhurt/HaskellNotes
Aug 2014 - Apr 2015
Contributions:13 commits, 1 push in 8 months
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