Peter B
Software Engineer at TechCrunch, Inc.
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPeter B is a seasoned software engineer with over two decades of programming experience and more than a decade of professional software work spanning startups, media, and fintech, including a five-year tenure at Stripe. He bridges web and embedded systems—contributing to high-profile open-source projects like Arm Mbed OS by improving SPI and BLE integrations—while also running the influential programming community Lobste.rs. A published author and conference speaker, he combines deep hands-on coding with public-facing technical leadership and community building. Based in the Greater Chicago Area, he has moved between roles from data journalism at The Washington Post to senior engineering positions at TenantBase and DevMynd, demonstrating adaptability across domains. Colleagues know him for pragmatic problem-solving, attention to cross-platform build and power-consumption issues in IoT, and a clear stance on professional boundaries with recruiters. Outside of work he remains a hands-on hobbyist developer and WordPress practitioner who enjoys exploring niche technical challenges.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. Digital Technology and Culture, B.A. Digital Technology and Culture at Washington State University
English, Spanish, American Sign Language
Github Skills (13)
c1710
firmware10
mbed10
iot10
embedded10
serial-communication10
c1110
spi10
microcontroller10
sys10
bluetooth-le8
bluetooth-low-energy8
btle8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ARMmbed/mbed-os
Oct 2020 - Apr 2021
Arm Mbed OS is a platform operating system designed for the internet of things
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 8 commits, 3 PRs in 6 months
Contributions summary:Peter primarily focused on addressing compilation warnings and improving SPI communication within the Mbed OS environment. They fixed compiler warnings related to macro redefinition across multiple Maxim microcontroller targets. Furthermore, the user updated and refined the SPI API implementation for Ambiq Micro Apollo3, focusing on SD card functionality and power consumption. They also included the necessary header file for the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) driver.
kernelmbed-osoperating-systemlinuxmbed
idea--list/SparkFun_I2C_GPS_Arduino_Library
Mar 2020 - Oct 2020
Library for reading and controlling MT3333 and MT3339 based GPS modules over I2C.
Contributions:2 PRs, 17 pushes in 6 months
i2cgarminarduino-librarycontrollingsparkfun
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