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Maxim Chernyak

In Short

7 years of web development experience have given me opportunities to write all types of projects, from small to large, from commercial to open source, from e-commerce to social networks. Over the last 4 years I've been writing Ruby (although still continued doing PHP and Drupal work for some clients). I've become an integral part of Ruby community, contributed to Rails, wrote a bunch of gems and plugins, some of which are used in production environments (sexy_pg_constraints, has_price, takeup to name a few.)

I founded Printio, a startup which is actively growing at this time. Yet there are more projects always baking in the oven. To learn more about my endeavors check out my github account, blog, and activity on stack overflow.

Expertise

Philosophy

I am a balanced minimalist at the core, enjoying simplicity, and clarity above all else. REST, TDD, and DSL-style programming are my cup of tea. However, DRY could get a bit too DRY sometimes. DSL could get a bit too obscure and hard to maintain. I always strive to strike the right balance. I write clean code, and refactoring is a part of my daily routine. Over the years I realized that a simple architecture is more valuable and harder to produce than a complex one.

Background

Before encountering the bliss of Ruby I have been programming in PHP, Python, .NET, C#, VB.net, and even C++. Some of these endeavors go way back. However, to this day I'm still pretty awesome with Drupal and know my way around Zend Framework, Pylons, and Subversion. Git feels very natural to me and I take advantage of its flexibility daily. Sometimes I configure *nix systems if need arises. I also communicate well in English and Russian.

Education

For more than 2 years I studied at Polytechnic University (Brooklyn) pursuing a degree in Computer Science. I abandoned this pursuit a bit past half-way in. However, the courses in Algorithms, Data Structures, Discrete Math, and other fundamental computing-related subjects have taught me a lot.

Experience at Printio.ru June 2008 - Present

I have co-founded Printio (registered in Russia) — an interactive online store for self-designed garments and stationery.

Experience at Bitsonnet July 2005 - Present

I have co-founded Bitsonnet, Corp. where my colleague (front-end dev) and I are making our clients' and our own ideas come to life. Following are some of our projects.

Experience as freelancer

Projects contributed to