Waylon Flinn
Owner at Way Forward Labs
Edmond, Oklahoma, United States
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Top SchoolWaylon Flinn is an entrepreneur and machine learning practitioner with 13 years of experience building data products, open-source tools, and production ML systems from startup projects to NASA-facing software. As founder of Dataship and owner of Way Forward Labs, he focuses on democratizing AI—making data science accessible and social, and enabling in-browser machine learning experiences. His background spans deep learning, NLP, recommender systems, and real-time recommendation engines, informed by early work on cognitive testing software used for astronaut assessments. A hands-on maker and front-end contributor (e.g., enhancing KaTeX support for markdown-it), he blends research-grade rigor from a Physics/Math BS with practical engineering to deliver usable, testable tools. Based in Edmond, Oklahoma, he combines entrepreneurial grit with a long history of turning prototypes into production systems.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Physics, Mathematics, BS, Physics, Mathematics at University of Oklahoma
Spanish, Latin, English
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Github Skills (29)
markdown10
git10
javascript10
github10
git-repository10
katex10
markdown-it10
nodejs10
cookie10
image9
unit-testing9
user-interface9
jquery9
numpy9
python9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
waylonflinn/markdown-it-katex
Mar 2016 - Oct 2016
Add Math to your Markdown with a KaTeX plugin for Markdown-it
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 49 commits, 2 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Waylon primarily focused on improving the demo and functionality of the KaTeX integration within the markdown-it-katex repository. They updated the KaTeX stylesheet references and enhanced the demo's appearance. The user also implemented the ability to allow KaTeX options, indicating a focus on expanding the plugin's flexibility and usability. Furthermore, the user was involved in setting up unit testing and integrating markdown-it-testgen.
mathkatexkatex-pluginmathjaxmarkdown-it
waylonflinn/webnotebook
Feb 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:289 pushes, 4 branches, 26 comments in 1 month
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