Hello, my name is Austin Poor!
I'm a fullstack developer living in Los Angeles.

About Me
Hi, I'm Austin! I'm a full-stack developer living in Los Angeles, CA.
I like working with data, designing APIs, and building user interfaces.
Blog Posts
I occasionally write about things I'm working on, or things I've learned.
Here are some of my latest posts:
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Command or Control
2023-08-10
Should your hotkeys use "Cmd" or "Ctrl"? How can you tell if your user is on a Mac or not? This blog post walks through multiple approaches to OS detection in JavaScript.
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On Zero Trust Programming
2023-04-24
Explore the concept of Zero Trust Programming (ZTP), which applies the Zero Trust security model to code, allowing granular permissions and enhancing open source software security. Discover ZTP's potential benefits in reducing vulnerabilities and improving audit processes, while considering the challenges and tradeoffs. Learn how ZTP could be implemented in existing or new languages and ecosystems.
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Running JavaScript in Rust with Deno
2023-07-05
Explore how the Deno runtime can enable JavaScript code execution in a Rust application via a proof-of-concept project called "js-in-rs". Discover the flexibility and versatility of using JavaScript expressions as filters in a CLI, written in Rust, as a powerful alternative to regular expressions. Watch out grep!
Projects
Check out some of the projects I've been working on recently!
Here are some of my latest projects: