About Me

Hey, my name is Paul May.

I'm hacking my way through life. Sometimes I consult companies about tech-stack and audit their codebases. I write about development, web-specs, and about problems I faced and how to solve them.

I have been participating in conferences, meetups, webinars and so on as a speaker and spoken about development, team formation and project management from dev perspective. Also, I'm always happy to be a mentor or a judge on hackathons. I already took part in more than 10 hacks such as McHacks, SF Hacks, and LA Hacks.

Projects & Contributions

Remark42

Since early 2019, the client-side experience of the comment-engine gained new features, refactored codebase, and kept the UI fresh and intuitive.

Spotify Badge

Spotify API and SVG generation using SSR makes it possible to showcase what’s playing on Spotify, anywhere you post an SVG image.

Radio-T

Web-site of a famous tech-podcast got optimized for quick loading speeds. The result? A leaner site and a WebVitals with 90+ score consistently.

Reproxy

Great projects deserve standout design. So Reproxy, got the logo and the website to give it a modern, memorable look.

Conference Talks

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How to Adopt New Technology Without Wasting Time

  • TechLead Conference, 2020

Presented an overview of TechRadar, its purpose, and practical applications for teams and organizations. Discussed strategies for effective technology adoption and emphasized the importance of establishing robust processes to manage and integrate new technologies.

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From Request to DOMContentLoaded: Optimizing the Mail.ru Portal Page

  • Highload++ Conference, 2015
  • Mail.ru Meetup, 2015

Explored advanced optimization techniques implemented to maximize the loading speed of the Mail.ru main page. Demonstrated the use of the V8 engine for isomorphic rendering and detailed the approaches taken to achieve high performance on both server-side and client-side environments.

Gear

Just in case you are wondering what tech I use

Workstation

  • MacBook Pro 16" and Air 15"
  • Apple Studio Display
  • Rama M60-A Olivia Edition
  • Logitech MX Master 3S
  • Audioengine A2+
  • Beyerdynamics DT 770 PRO
  • Shure MV7

Battlestation

  • ASUS ROG Strix Z390i
  • Intel 9900k
  • AMD Radeon 5700XT 8GN
  • G.Skill 32GB 3200MHz
  • Samsung 970 EVO Plus
  • EK Nucleus AIO
  • FormD T1