Hi I'm Will -- failed physicist turned tool maker
I started out trying to understand the world at the deepest levels, but discouraged by the speed of progress in fundamental physics turned my attention to building amazing products at rapid speed. At Stripe I lead the technical effort of the Data Platform Workbench team where we create best-in-class tooling for working with data. I'm from the US but have been living in Japan for the last 5 years.
Articles
Streaming UX Updates in Next.js
Oct 16, 2024
Three Lessons from a Failed Physics Career
Jun 21, 2024
Problem Solving your way to Fluency
Jun 7, 2024
An Investigation into Lloyd's Relaxation
May 31, 2024
What if Dark Matter is in a Hidden Sector?
May 15, 2024
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Work
Staff Engineer, Stripe
2016 — Present
PhD (ABD), Physics, University of Maryland
2015 — 2016
B.S. Physics and Economics, Caltech
2011 — 2015