# Nick Gerakines (@ngerakines.me)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/ngerakines.me

## Career

- **Senior Software Engineer at GitHub** (Mar 2024 - Present)
  Full-time · Remote
- **Senior Software Research Engineer at Air Force Research Laboratory** (Jan 2023 - Mar 2024)
  Full-time
- **Principal Software Engineer  at PredictAP** (Jul 2021 - Jan 2023)
  Full-time · Remote
- **Infrastructure Engineer  at Datadog** (Apr 2020 - Jul 2021)
  Full-time · Remote
- **Director of Software Engineering  at Mattel** (May 2017 - Apr 2020)
  Full-time · Remote

## Publications

- Permissioned Data: Space Access — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Aug 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mszzyfrx7c26
- Permissioned Data Shapes: Notifications — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Jul 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mrvgqi2pok27
- Permissioned Data Shapes: Feeds — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Jul 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mrg3x44irs2y
- Permissioned Data Shapes: Polls — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Jul 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mr3waxevjc24
- Permissioned Data Shapes: Forums — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Jul 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mr3uqjjaxs2d
- Permissioned Data Shapes: Community-Moderated Content — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Jul 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mqzsstcsok25
- Permissioned Data Shapes: Private Events — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Jul 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mqxalpvn4k2e
- Permissioned Data Shapes: Self-Only Bookmarks — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Jul 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mqu653us3k2p
- Reading Proposal 0016: What atproto’s “Permissioned Data” Actually Does — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Jun 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mp2gti4lgs2o
- Introducing attested.network: Proof of Payment for ATProtocol — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Apr 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mjf4hflwg22j
- Signaling AI Preferences on ATProto — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Apr 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3miowjw5c222y
- Payments on Protocol — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Apr 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mijvoyyv722a
- Graze Social and the IETF — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Apr 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mihiyqjtik2c
- If This Then AT: Automation on Protocol — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Apr 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3migskzxjxk2s
- Building AIP: An ATProtocol Authorization Gateway — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Apr 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mifrzdsdds2x
- Spaces as Layers — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Mar 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mhweogeqzk2k
- ATProtocol Patterns: Record Elicitation — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Mar 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mgal3seass2q
- CIDs: What You Need to Know and Why, Part 2 — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Feb 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mfczdeczuc2c
- CIDs: What You Need to Know and Why, Part 1 — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Feb 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mfceipobzk2u
- B-Sides: Permissioned data is a love triangle — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Feb 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mf7we5j4ek2w
- Permissioned data is a love triangle — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Feb 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mf5wu6fs6225
- Lexicon Garden is growing — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Feb 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mf5bfoekok2x
- Making Lexicon Garden AI-Friendly — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Jan 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mca3ybkvbc2t
- Lexicon Validation — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Jan 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mbtj66hk2c2w
- Lexicon Management — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Jan 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mbtgsqkgcc2y
- Authenticated XRPC Calls in Lexicon Garden — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Jan 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mbqvlt45ck27
- Lexicon Garden — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Jan 2026) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mbogpi62k22d
- 2025 in Concerts — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Dec 2025) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3mamd2m57wk2x
- Community Manager Pattern: Forums — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Dec 2025) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3malqm3dqls27
- The Community Manager Pattern — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Dec 2025) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3majmrpjrd22b
- Sign In With Your Internet Handle — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Dec 2025) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3ma7hed2kdk2x
- Why Inter-Service Auth Needs Client Identity — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Dec 2025) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3m6xaxk64tk2h
- Don't Feed the Trolls: Why This Old Internet Wisdom Still Matters — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Nov 2025) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3m5mv6f2tks2h
- ATProtocol Attestations: Cryptographic Signatures for the Decentralized Web — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Oct 2025) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3m3idxul5hc2r
- Unforgeable Endorsements Technical Deep-Dive — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Oct 2025) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3m33j64dxgs2q
- Building Unforgeable Professional Endorsements with ATProtocol — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Oct 2025) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3m326qo4w522w
- Introducing at://work: A Job Board That Puts You in Control — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Oct 2025) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3m2iom72kqs2z
- Ohio's New Porn Age Verification Law: Big Brother Dressed Up as Child Protection — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Sep 2025) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3lzluo35pis2p
- Launching QuickDID - Fast, Open Handle Resolution for the AT Protocol — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Sep 2025) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3lyea5xnhhc2w
- AT Protocol and SMTP: When Old Tech Powers New Identity — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Sep 2025) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3lxxk3oahzc2f
- If-This-Then-AT Blueprint: Payment-Proof Access Gates — ngerakines.leaflet.pub (Sep 2025) https://ngerakines.leaflet.pub/3lxsaj6wbjk2v
- Facebook Application Development
- Managing AWS with Terraform

## Awards

- Patent No. 12,243,082 — United States Patent Office (Mar 2025)
  "Invoice processing platform" filed with the US Patent Office in November 2021 and granted March 2025. This patent covers a system and method for processing invoices using machine learning and natural language processing.

## Links

- github: https://github.com/ngerakines