Ed Cragg

Ed Cragg

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5.0
(44 reviews)
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ABOUT ME
I'm a tinkerer, driven by making things, and continually learning
I'm a tinkerer, driven by making things, and continually learning

I tinkered with electronics as a kid, studied electronic engineering and embedded systems at university to master's level, then worked in embedded software and the Linux kernel for 6 years. I'm a huge fan of Rust, despite having been writing software for a long time, no other language has inspired me so much to write software for the sheer fun of it, or taught me so much in the process.

I'm an embedded systems specialist, and thrive off developing software for small embedded processors in C and C++, and designing electronic hardware.

As a mentor, I enjoy helping people find solutions to their problems, be it in Python, Arduino, Bash, C or Rust. Whether it's an implementation issue, debugging, or simply learning, during the early stages of picking up a language to more advanced topics, being able to help people achieve what they want to do gives me a real sense of satisfaction.

Born in the UK and having lived there for most of my life, I am a native English speaker.

English
London (+01:00)
Joined February 2020
EXPERTISE
8 years experience | 15 endorsements
10 years experience | 9 endorsements
10 years experience | 5 endorsements
10 years experience | 9 endorsements
11 years experience | 1 endorsement
14 years experience | 9 endorsements
10 years experience

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0
(44 reviews)
Dan Zek
Dan Zek
March 2024
Very helpful. Ed helped me think through the problem and identify a good approach for solving it.
Stephen Ezekwem
Stephen Ezekwem
June 2023
Ed's patience and understanding of the complexity I was trying to accomplish is a testament to his training style and grasp of how to uncomplicate things to keep it simple. This is a breadth of fresh air, if you know what the challenges are when working in complex CLI based projects in Rust.
Chris Dragotta
Chris Dragotta
June 2022
Very pleasant meeting.
Ruairi Paxman
Ruairi Paxman
June 2022
Very Helpful
Ruairi Paxman
Ruairi Paxman
May 2022
Very Helpful, Looking forward to working with Ed in the future
Max Burk
Max Burk
September 2021
Ed was extremely helpful/knowledgeable and was able to jump into a complex project with ease and get me off the ground.
Nara
Nara
September 2021
Ed was amazing with RUST. He knew the exact libraries to use. He helped me pick and choose the best library and optimized my coding. I recommend Ed for any RUST consultation
Sara Ferg
Sara Ferg
October 2020
Excellent tutor, very patient with me as I'm a total beginner with lots of questions.
nchng
nchng
October 2020
Wonderful guy, super helpful and patient
nchng
nchng
October 2020
Such a helpful guy, very calm and patient.
SOCIAL PRESENCE
GitHub
url-bot-rs
Minimal IRC URL bot in Rust
Rust
14
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dinky
A basic, self-hosted, link shortening service
Rust
2
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