Erik Reppel

I'm a Canadian software engineer / eng leader who has lived and worked in Vancouver, San Francisco, and New York City.

• cryptocurrency & smart contracts
• ML/AI, specifically experimental model architectures
• an interoperable Internet
• programming language design
• developer tools

I occasionally write small angel checks and/or advisor early stage startups on technical challenges, managing eng orgs, and technical due diligence.

Companies I've invested in include: Railway, Fal.ai, Neynar, Scalar, Hypernatural, Carbon Health, Series Financial, Vibeslist, and Jar

I selectively offer coaching to founders, engineers, and eng leaders on technical design, leadership, and managing effectively. If you're interested in working together, contact me.

A running list of books I recommend reading (in no particular order, * -> strong endorsement)

• Liftoff - Eric Berger
• The Psycology of Money - Morgan Housel
• The Three-Body Problem - Liu Cixin
• * The Dark Forest - Liu Cixin
• Death's End - Liu Cixin
• Polostan - Neal Stephenson
• On the Edge - Nate Silver
• * Seveneves - Neal Stephenson
• Permutation City - Greg Egan
• * The Mastermind - Evan Ratliff
• * Termination Shock - Neal Stephenson
• * Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
• The Order of Time Carlo Rovelli
• * Thinking in Systems - Donella Meadows
• The Fourth Turning - William Strauss & Neil Howe
• Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
• The Infinite Game - Simon Sinek
• Antifragile - Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Trillion Dollar Coach - Eric Schmidt
• War - Bob Woodward
• * Thinking in Bets - Annie Duke