Charlie Reese

Hey! My name is Charlie, and I'm from Toronto, Canada. Several years ago I quit investment banking to write code and build (financial) software products.

Presently, I spend my time creating ML / quantitative investing software, biking, and hanging out with my girlfriend and dog.

Things I'm Doing

• Journey For Jonny: Biking 4200km Trans-Canada For Cancer
  From August 7 to 28, I’m biking 4200km from Toronto to Vancouver to raise money for The Canadian Cancer Society and The Jonny Kellock Foundation. The journey is in memory of all Canadian cancer victims, like my dear friend Jonny Kellock.

Things I Wrote

• Y Combinator - Top 50 Software Startups
  With descriptions, valuations, and back-end programming languages used. Read by +25,000 people. Tweeted by Matz, the creator of the Ruby programming language.
• How to Host a Podcast
  Build an RSS feed. Host your own podcast.

Things I'm Making

• landing_boi
  Rails engine for configurable micro-SaaS landing pages.

Things I Made

• Clientelify
  Schedule text message reminders to reduce no-shows.
• terra_boi
  Ruby / Rails gem for AWS infrastructure provisioning and deployment.
• The DEVpreneur Podcast
  A podcast for technical entrepreneurs.

Platforms I Use

• Twitter
  Where I share short-form thoughts and pursuits.
• My Blog
  Where I share long-form thoughts and pursuits.
• GitHub
  Where I deposit spaghetti-code.
• LinkedIn
  Where I humble-brag about professional milestones.
• My Newsletter
  Where I share articles, podcast episodes, and project updates.
• Strava
  Where I share road and mountain bike rides.