Jonathan Paprocki
Senior Software Engineer at Zorp Corp
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Paprocki is a Senior Software Engineer with a PhD in pure mathematics who bridges deep theoretical work in quantum topology and category theory with practical distributed-systems and blockchain engineering. Over six-plus years he has moved from academic research and quantum-circuit optimization to applied roles at Tlon (Urbit), Holochain research, and current VM/blockchain development at Zorp Corp, contributing to core Urbit repos in Hoon, Rust, and C and improving its documentation. He designs mathematically grounded models for distributed sensor and peer-to-peer networks and has led R&D as a CSO for an agtech startup, applying category-theoretic thinking to real-world systems. Jonathan’s unusual blend of interests—spanning qualia computing, biomimicry, regenerative agriculture, and cybernetics—drives his vision for biologically inspired, category-theory-based distributed architectures and future classical/quantum hybrid systems. Based in Atlanta, he combines low-level systems work (VMs, kernels, L2 integrations) with research-grade formalism and public writing at The Advancedness Project.
6 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Pure Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Pure Mathematics at Georgia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (10)
markdown10
distributed-systems10
markdown-it10
ethereum10
documentation10
testing10
c119
cryptocurrency9
c179
programming-language7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
urbit/urbit.org
Oct 2019 - Sep 2022
The source for urbit.org
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:79 reviews, 404 commits, 215 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Jonathan's contributions primarily focused on updating and expanding the documentation for the urbit.org website. These changes involved adding, modifying, and linking Ford runes within the existing documentation structure. Furthermore, the user added and adjusted entries within the glossary, including entries related to Hoon syntax and Ford runes. Overall, the user's work improved the completeness and clarity of the documentation.
urbit
urbit/urbit
Apr 2021 - Jan 2023
An operating function
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:20 reviews, 395 commits, 24 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Jonathan appears to be contributing to the development of Urbit, an operating system, with code changes that involve Hoon, C, and testing within the context of a L2 project, potentially related to Ethereum. Their commits encompass test code and refactoring related to the introduction of proxies, L2 transactions, and ownership features, suggesting active participation in the core architecture. The user's work involves low-level changes for spawning and managing L2 planets, including adding relevant events and features for transferring ownership.
nockrustoperating-systemp2phoon
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