Nelson Elhage
MIT Class of 2009
nelhage@mit.edu
AIM: nelsonelhage
Jabber: nelhage@mit.edu
Résumé ∙ Blog
Work
I am currently working as a Principal Engineer at a Cambridge-based startup out of MIT, Ksplice. Our technology allows for live patching of running software systems without any disruption. Our first product, Uptrack, helps improve Linux security by providing security updates for the Linux kernel without rebooting.Random code
- My emacs configuration files. I keep my entire emacs configuration in a single git repository so I can just check it out on new machines. Feel free to borrow any pieces of it you want.
- I wrote a JIT translator for the Beta, the simple processor used in MIT's 6.004 computer science class. It's a fairly clean, simple, working JIT in about 2000 lines of C that might be interesting to someone.
Things I've hacked on
- BarnOwl, a multi-protocol console Zephyr/IM client
- Linerva, SIPB's public Linux dialup.
- Debathena, the basis for Linerva and for MIT's Athena 10
- Conkeror, a xulrunner emacs-like web browser
- Jifty, the most concise web framework I've ever seen
- Hiveminder, a TODO list manager built using Jifty
- Bitlbee, an IRC<->IM gateway
- Growl, an OS X notification framework
- Adium X, a multiprotocol OS X IM client
I've recently (May 2009) moved to a new GPG Key. Read my email about the key transition.