I'm Ryan. I build things with AI.
Currently building Star (YC S22), an AI game builder where anyone can create playable browser games from a description. Previously senior engineer at Google X (Loon), where I helped bring internet to remote parts of the world via stratospheric balloons. Before that, I studied CS at Mizzou and co-founded TigerHacks - still going strong.
I angel invest in founders I believe in, tinker with AI-driven science, and occasionally write about what I'm learning.
I love meeting builders and tinkerers. DM me on X or connect on LinkedIn.
While many people doubt that you can intern at a top company without going to a target school like MIT or Stanford, it’s definitely possible. I go to a midwestern state school that’s not known for its Computer Science department, but I ended up interning at Facebook and Google. Hopefully, these tips will help you to do the same!
While the Paperclip gem is awesome for most Rails use cases, it doesn’t have support for saving files to a database. In some scenarios, access to the filesystem or an external service like Amazon S3 isn’t feasible. Or maybe you just want to put your files in the database.