About Ned

Created 3 March 2003, last updated 18 April 2024

I’m a software developer with a long career. I have a good-sized family: a wife and three sons, one autistic. I live just outside of Boston.

The best way to reach me is by email. But also:

• I’m on Mastodon and Bluesky,
• I’m nedbat in the #python IRC channel on Libera,
• I’m nedbat in the Python Discord,
• I’m in a number of Slack workspaces, including Boston Python and Open edX.

My interests, generally reflected in my blog, include: software engineering, parenting, math (especially visual aspects, such as geometry), politics, geeky recreations, language, and so on.

I’m deeply embedded in the Python world. I’m not a Python core developer, but I’ve made a handful of contributions over the years.

I’m an organizer of the Boston Python user group.

I’ve worked in a bunch of places, most recently:

• Anthropic
• 2U/edX and Open edX, helping to educate the world.
• Tabblo, which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard.