Hi! I'm Rick Carlino, a software dev from the Chicago suburbs. I started programming professionally in 2012 and have been tinkering with computers since my first Windows 3.1 machine in the '90s.

I am a senior software engineer at Qualia Labs.

I also co-founded Fox.Build, one of the largest makerspaces in the Chicago suburbs. It's a community-led organization for engineers, artists and entrepreneurs or anyone who likes to make things.

In the past, I've worked on projects for medical payment processing, IoT startups, textile manufacturers, hospitality management services, non-profits, the military, and a list of consulting clients that are too numerous to name. My public work is available on my Github page and blog.

Outside of work, I enjoy long-distance running, pottery and studying the history of computing (1983-2003).

My preferred languages are Typescript, Ruby, Elixir, QBasic, Esperanto.