Christopher Mason

Software engineering leader who is passionate about creating powerful and usable software that betters the human condition.

Projects

  • Provider Portal Revamp

    • project
    • work
    • product
    • Postgres
    • Elasticsearch

    Starting in winter of 2017/2018, I helped lead a small team to develop and launch a new healthcare provider portal for Counsyl (now Myriad).

  • Pricing Estimate Accuracy Tool

    • project
    • work
    • software
    • visualization
    • machine learning
    • coffeescript
    • D3

    Improved accuracy of machine-generated insurance cost estimates through manual curation using this D3- and crossfilter-based visualization tool.

  • Individual Pricing Estimates

    • project
    • work
    • software
    • machine learning
    • python
    • javascript
    • D3

    Individualized insurance patient cost estimates via a combination of machine learning and manual curation.

  • Mover App

    • project
    • software
    • hardware
    • work
    • visualization
    • robotics
    • coffeescript
    • webgl

    A WebGL 3D user-interface for training robots!

  • wiSticky

    • project
    • play
    • hardware
    • software
    • bluetooth
    • embedded
    • nRF
    • c++

    A hobby project to develop a fridge magnet display, based on low power bluetooth and EPaper technology.

Posts

  • Events as Currency

    • post
    • work
    • software
    • architecture
    • tech
    • Kafka

    Navio’s architecture is driven by a business need to keep time-based data forever.

Talks

  • Apr 27, 2022

    Devops Sandboxes

    • talk
    • work
    • infrastructure
    • terraform

    Sandboxes, not just for kids anymore: use terraform workspaces to test and preview applications.

  • Jul 27, 2017

    Pricing Estimates

    • talk
    • work
    • software
    • machine learning
    • python

    Describes how Counsyl used simple algorithms and a lot of hard work to estimate patient cost for genetic tests.

  • Dec 11, 2013

    Sushi and Solder McHck

    • talk
    • play
    • hardware

    Learn how to solder small surface mount components, just don’t lick them.

  • Mar 13, 2007

    Introduction to Mass Spec Proteomics

    • talk
    • work
    • science
    • proteomics

    In this talk, I introduced the field of proteomics to an audience of biostatisticians, with a particular emphasis on mass spectrometry and 18O labeling techniques.