Matt Hall
Google Creative Lab (via Larva Labs)
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolMatt Hall is a creative technologist and long-time partner at Larva Labs, bringing 15 years of software engineering experience to projects that span web, mobile and blockchain. Based in New York and currently working with Google Creative Lab, he combines full-stack development chops with smart contract engineering—contributing tests and QA improvements to the landmark CryptoPunks Ethereum project. He co-founded Docracy and has a history of building production systems in both startup and enterprise settings, from agency work to healthcare tech. Comfortable moving between front-end UX, back-end systems and blockchain security, he blends mathematical rigor from a Computer Science and Math background with a maker’s curiosity for novel digital experiences.
15 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science and Math, Computer Science and Math at University of Toronto - University of Trinity College
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Github Skills (34)
javascript10
solidity10
expressjs10
back-end-development10
ethereum10
blockchain10
truffle10
smart-contracts10
nodejs10
backend10
test-driven-design9
authentication9
mongodb-database9
user-authentication9
png9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
larvalabs/cryptopunks
Jun 2017 - Dec 2017
Collectible 8-bit characters on the Ethereum blockchain.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:29 commits, 5 PRs, 18 pushes in 6 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily focused on developing and testing smart contracts for the Ethereum blockchain, as demonstrated by the addition of tests for core contract functions. They implemented and refined test cases using Truffle framework, ensuring the functionality and security of the smart contracts. Their work included writing tests for reserving punks, buying and selling them, and transferring them, and verifying correct state transitions. Furthermore, they focused on refactoring and improving the test suite by splitting up the test cases.
blockchainethereum
larvalabs/pullup
Feb 2014 - Mar 2016
A website you join via pull request.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:232 commits, 16 PRs, 18 pushes in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Matt contributed significantly to the `pullup` repository, which appears to be a web application. Their work included implementing authentication features using GitHub, suggesting backend development. They also added a news submission feature, encompassing both front-end (UI) and back-end (form processing, data storage) aspects. Moreover, their changes to navigation and other UI components point to a consistent experience.
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