# Orta Therox (@orta.io)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/orta.io
Headline: Tech at Puzzmo
Location: London, England, United Kingdom

## About

Makes an impact. See my site for canonical representation:

## Career

- **Co-Founder at Puzzmo** (Feb 2022 - Present)
- **Blocker of Pull Requests at Danger** (Sep 2015 - Present)
  Design, Docs, Code & Community.
- **Design Dictator at CocoaPods** (Sep 2012 - Present)
  Re-think, Re-design. Fostered community, built systems.
- **Engineer on TypeScript Compiler Team at Microsoft** (Jun 2019 - Feb 2022)
  NYC
  Making JavaScript easier and safer.
- **Engineer at Artsy Inc.** (Oct 2011 - May 2019)
  New York
  Making an impact

## Skills

### Technical
- ActionScript
- Cocoa
- CSS
- Git
- iOS
- iOS development
- iPad
- iPhone
- JavaScript
- jQuery
- Objective-C
- Programming
- Ruby
- Ruby on Rails
- TypeScript
- Unity3D
- Web Development
### Creative
- Web Design
### Other
- Generics
- Interfaces
- Making Stuff
- Testing Types
- Types
- Typesetting
- UIKit
- Xcode

## Education

- **Shillington Manchester Design College** — Dunno, a certificate or something (2009)
  Learned how to push pixels, and to reticulate splines correctly.
  
  Gained a dislike for orphans.
- **The University of Hull** — Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (2004 - 2007)

## Languages

- Code (native)
- English (native)
- Portuguese (limited working)

## Links

- Website: https://orta.io (verified)
- npmorg: https://www.npmjs.com/org/keytrace
- steam: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970555936
- discord: https://discord.com/users/187195122096668672
- itchio: https://orta.itch.io
- orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2882-6258
- github: https://github.com/orta
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orta/
- pgp: https://tangled.org/strings/did:plc:t732otzqvkch7zz5d37537ry/3mhlxq74qwp22
- hackernews: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=orta
- reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/orta
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ortatherox
- twitter: https://x.com/orta
- pgp: https://tangled.org/strings/did:plc:t732otzqvkch7zz5d37537ry/3mfhibi7fhr22
- tangled: https://tangled.org/orta.io
- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/~orta
- dns: https://keytrace.dev
- activitypub: https://m.webtoo.ls/@orta