Sully is an engineer at EdgeDB working on the compiler (which compiles EdgeQL to “…a canonical, self-contained representation of an EdgeQL expression, aka the IR.”; see the compiler’s init.py)
- First native English speaker at EdgeDB
- Been there since about 2020
- Has PhD
- Specialty is compilers
- Worked at Dropbox on Python type checker until that project was de-prioritized
- Worked with creator of Python
Meetings
2022-10-26
- What success for the dev advocate looks like to him: Turn language design and system design into “good and solid” explanations for users. Collaborate with him and with Victor.
- Suggestion to learn EdgeDB: Build something to learn the concepts. Built a query builder.