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We sit down with local artist and friend of the pod Nathan Selikoff.

<p>We sit down with local artist and friend of the pod Nathan Selikoff.</p>

1.9 The Palace of Horses, Nathan Selikoff

Topics include:  4:23 – Overview of Omnimodal's tech stack 6:38 – Omnimodal's mission: to help cities manage transportation demand 16:10 – How to ingest open transportation data and present it in real time 21:43 – How graphics-heavy OpenGL and C++ apps can benefit from web tooling 31:06 – Why state machines are used in both video game and web development 34:55 – How JavaScript UI development compares to other paradigms 38:46 – Why Ember and Rails were chosen for Omnimodal's technology needs 42:09 – Using a prediction engine to improve on transportation schedules 44:56 - How Omnimodal gets data from its hardware trackers to the Rails server 50:55 – How services like Heroku and PubNub, custom AWS code, and the concept of a Data Lake help address scalability issues 56:40 – How deploys are coordinated across multiple services 59:47 - What the development process looks like for a multi-service tech stack 1:02:10 – What the complexity breakdown is between Omnimodal's frontend and backend 1:04:07 – Lessons learned on authentication while using Auth0 1:09:31 - Lessons learned on data modeling 1:12:21 – Tech choices, escape hatches, what's worked, and what hasn't 1:20:15 – Things Nathan loves about Ember, and things that are challenging  Links:  Nathan on Twitter Omnimodal.io PubNub GTFS feed specification Amazon Kinesis Amazon ElastiCache AWS AppSync Auth0

<p>Topics include:</p> <ul> <li>4:23 – Overview of Omnimodal's tech stack</li> <li>6:38 – Omnimodal's mission: to help cities manage transportation demand</li> <li>16:10 – How to ingest open transportation data and present it in real time</li> <li>21:43 – How graphics-heavy OpenGL and C++ apps can benefit from web tooling</li> <li>31:06 – Why state machines are used in both video game and web development</li> <li>34:55 – How JavaScript UI development compares to other paradigms</li> <li>38:46 – Why Ember and Rails were chosen for Omnimodal's technology needs</li> <li>42:09 – Using a prediction engine to improve on transportation schedules</li> <li>44:56 - How Omnimodal gets data from its hardware trackers to the Rails server</li> <li>50:55 – How services like Heroku and PubNub, custom AWS code, and the concept of a Data Lake help address scalability issues</li> <li>56:40 – How deploys are coordinated across multiple services</li> <li>59:47 - What the development process looks like for a multi-service tech stack</li> <li>1:02:10 – What the complexity breakdown is between Omnimodal's frontend and backend</li> <li>1:04:07 – Lessons learned on authentication while using Auth0</li> <li>1:09:31 - Lessons learned on data modeling</li> <li>1:12:21 – Tech choices, escape hatches, what's worked, and what hasn't</li> <li>1:20:15 – Things Nathan loves about Ember, and things that are challenging</li> </ul> <p>Links:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/nselikoff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nathan on Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://omnimodal.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Omnimodal.io</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pubnub.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PubNub</a></li> <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GTFS feed specification</a></li> <li><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon Kinesis</a></li> <li><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/elasticache/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon ElastiCache</a></li> <li><a href="https://aws.amazon.com/appsync/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AWS AppSync</a></li> <li><a href="https://auth0.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Auth0</a></li></ul>

Nathan Selikoff on Omnimodal's real-time tech stack

batt_006_nathanselikoff.mp3batt_006_nathanselikoff.oggNathan Selikoff is a visual artist who employs computer programming and math to create visual art, interactive pieces, sculptures and even live performances with musicians. We discuss how he came to be a professional artist, and how others can follow his example.Mentioned in this podcastNathan Selikoff Buy Nathan's Prints Beautiful Chaos - Leap Motion Controller App Inspiration Creators Project Creative Applications Network Eyeo Festival on Vimeo Leaders in Software and Art Conference Video INST-INT - interactive installations Picks of the Week Sophia Brueckner Retro Admiral Television with Raspberry Pi and XBMC BarCamp Deland Digital Arts - Stetson University Indie Game The Movie Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter Music: "Recruitment Gong (Instrumental)" by BOPD (Jason Sigal) via Vimeo Music Store Follow us @nselikoff on Twitter Processing Orlando Meetup Hire Nathan Hire Kathryn on LinkedIn @KathrynLNeel Ryan Price @liberatr

<a href="http://liberatr.s3.amazonaws.com/batt/batt_006_nathanselikoff.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">batt_006_nathanselikoff.mp3</a><a href="http://liberatr.s3.amazonaws.com/batt/batt_006_nathanselikoff.ogg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">batt_006_nathanselikoff.ogg</a><p><a href="http://nathanselikoff.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nathan Selikoff</a> is a visual artist who employs computer programming and math to create visual art, interactive pieces, sculptures and even live performances with musicians. We discuss how he came to be a professional artist, and how others can follow his example.</p><h4>Mentioned in this podcast</h4><ul><li><a href="http://nathanselikoff.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nathan Selikoff</a></li> <li><a href="http://store.nathanselikoff.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy Nathan's Prints</a></li> <li><a href="http://nathanselikoff.com/works/beautiful-chaos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beautiful Chaos - Leap Motion Controller App</a></li> </ul><h4>Inspiration</h4> <ul><li><a href="http://creatorsproject.vice.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creators Project</a></li> <li><a href="http://creativeapplications.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Creative Applications Network</a></li> <li><a href="https://vimeo.com/eyeofestival/channels" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eyeo Festival on Vimeo</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC98NTj25Oba5657XXTO2Hxw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leaders in Software and Art Conference Video</a></li> <li><a href="http://inst-int.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">INST-INT - interactive installations</a></li> </ul><h4>Picks of the Week</h4> <ul><li><a href="http://www.sophiabrueckner.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sophia Brueckner</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5CgFMslyzg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Retro Admiral Television with Raspberry Pi and XBMC</a></li> <li><a href="http://barcampdeland.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BarCamp Deland</a></li> <li><a href="http://digart.stetson.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Digital Arts - Stetson University</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008DGRG28/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B008DGRG28&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=brinartandtec-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indie Game The Movie</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0036S4CA2/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0036S4CA2&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=brinartandtec-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter</a></li> </ul><p><strong>Music:</strong> "Recruitment Gong (Instrumental)" by BOPD (<a href="http://jasonsigal.cc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jason Sigal</a>) via <a href="https://vimeo.com/musicstore/track/82157/recruitment-gong-instrumental-by-bopd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vimeo Music Store</a></p> <p><strong>Follow us</strong></p> <ul><li><a href="https://www.twitter.com/nselikoff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@nselikoff on Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="processingorlando.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Processing Orlando Meetup</a></li> <li><a href="http://awakeningstudios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hire Nathan</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kathryn-neel/5/387/490" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hire Kathryn on LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="http://twitter.com/kathrynlneel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@KathrynLNeel</a></li> <li><a href="http://ryanpricemedia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ryan Price</a></li> <li><a href="http://twitter.com/liberatr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@liberatr</a></li></ul>

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