Ryan Kelly

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I am a software engineer from a seaside town on Bunurong Country near Melbourne, Australia. I currently spend my days hacking in JavaScript and Python as a Staff Software Engineer at Atticus .

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PyPy.js: Now faster than CPython

2014140 points78 commentscited by 3Programming Languages details

OK OK, I couldn't resist that title but it probably goes a bit far. Let me try for a little more nuance:

PyPy.js: First Steps

2013129 points49 comments Programming Languages details

I've been spending a lot of time in JavaScript land lately. It's not totally unexpected – when I first applied for a job with Mozilla, I was warned only semi-jokingly that "they hire all the best Python programmers and then force them to write JavaScript". I've no deep love or hate for it as a language, but JavaScript…