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2022

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2022

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Eric Baer

Eric Baer builds infrastructure for AI-authored internal tools at Gusto, including an S3-backed datastore that runs inside individual web requests. He writes about GraphQL and JavaScript architecture and authored What React Is and Why It Matters.

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Based in: Portland
Elsewhere

Gusto

Until Present

Engineering Manager

Builds platform tools for AI-authored internal applications, including baerly-storage, an S3-backed datastore designed to avoid operating a separate database service.

Nearform

Sep 2013 — Oct 2018

Director of Software Engineering

Starbucks

Feb 2016 — Mar 2017

Lead Software Engineer

Walmart Global Tech

Sep 2013 — Feb 2016

Senior Software Engineer

ReadyTalk

Nov 2011 — Jul 2013

Software Engineer

Comcast

Jan 2011 — Nov 2011

Engineer 1

NSF NCAR - The National Center for Atmospheric Research

Aug 2010 — Dec 2010

Software Developer

PS Audio, Inc.

Apr 2008 — Jan 2010

Embedded Systems Engineer

NI (National Instruments)

Jun 2009 — Aug 2009

Engineering Leadership Program (ELP) Intern

University of Colorado Boulder

Bachelor's studies in software

Suffolk University

Products & media

engineering.gusto.com

Storage Is the Missing Piece for Agent-Built Software

How Gusto supports AI-built internal tools with lightweight storage that runs inside web requests and uses S3 for durable data.

smashingmagazine.com

A GraphQL Primer: Why We Need A New Kind Of API

A practical history of API design, from RPC to REST, explaining the limitations that led to GraphQL.

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