CAD.CX
The Center for the Internet Presence of Colin Dean
Hello, I'm Colin Dean ▶️. I'm a
software engineer,
engineering leader,
community builder,
and former journalist based in Pittsburgh.
I embrace uncertainty and create certainty.
Involvements
You may know me from past involvements with
Major accomplishments
Selected Speaking Experience
- Building an LTE router with a $60 (new!) laptop and a single file, FOSDEM, February 2025.
- Crafting Meaningful AI Tools: AI = Humans + Math. Westminster College Professional Networking Symposium, September 2024.
- Data Engineering the Code & Supply Compensation Survey Report. Winterhack, February 2024.
- Code Review is an Architectural Necessity. Codemash, January 2023.
- make python deps check test build: Towards Clone to Red-Green-Refactor in One Command. PyOhio, July 2022.
- A documentation workflow loved by both Data Scientists and Engineers. FOSDEM, February 2021.
- An Open-Source Documentation Workflow loved by both Data Scientists and Engineers. OpenLibreFree, November 2020.
- Building a content-focused, scientific document authoring workflow. Write the Docs, August 2020.
- Command-line Finances using the Plain Text Accounting Ecosystem. Codeland Conference, July 2020.
- Code Review is an Architectural Necessity. Code Daze Vol. 2, September 2018.
- Plain Text Accounting with the ledger Ecosystem. Ohio Linuxfest, September 2017.
- Code Review is an Architectural Necessity. GitHub Universe, September 2016.
- Code Review is an Architectural Necessity. SATURN, May 2016.
Published Works
- Make Python DevEx, Target Tech, 2024 (and companion code)
- Executing a Documentation Workflow, Target Tech, 2022
- Requirements for creating a documentation workflow loved by both Data Scientists and Engineers, Target Tech, 2022
- Why I Stopped Bringing My Laptop to Meetings, Hacker Noon, 2017
- Code Review is an Architectural Necessity: Tips for code review and its limitations, IBM Bluemix, 2016
- Code Review is an Architectural Necessity: Quality attributes that code review ensures, IBM Bluemix, 2016
- Code Review is an Architectural Necessity: What is it and what problems does it solve?, IBM Bluemix, 2016
- Building 360° Information Applications, IBM 2014 (With Chen, Adams et al.)
- Data Governance Through Effective Discovery of Unacceptable Use, Information Optimized (Vivísimo), 2011
- It's All About the Metadata, Baby: Search Engine Optimization On The Intranet, Search Done Right (Vivísimo), 2009
Conferences I've built
- Executive Director, Heartifacts mental health and community building conference, 2020
- Sponsorship Director, Abstractions software conference, 2019
- Organizer, Heartifacts, 2018
- Organizer, Uptime DevOps conference, 2017
- Sponsorship & Scholarship Director, Abstractions, 2016
- Organizer, Steel City Ruby Conference, 2012-2014
- Organizer, devopsdays Pittsburgh, 2014-2015