Hello, my name is Vlad Faust.
I am a jack of anything IT, master of some; see my CV.
You can contact me via 𝕏, GitHub or Telegram, or e-mail me directly at hey at vladfaust.com.
Recent blog posts
- Tue Nov 07 2023ffmpeg.ai
- Tue Apr 12 2022The game of life
- Thu Aug 20 2020The Onyx Programming Language
- Sun Aug 16 2020System Programming in 2k20
- Fri Aug 07 2020Hello, World!
Project list
Singularity tech (2022-present)
Behold, the Deus ex Machina blooms, like a lotus from the murky depths.- AIStories
The original source-available AI character simulation platform.
Open sourceCommercialAICryptoNFTsTypeScriptVueJSNodeJStrpczodSolidityethers - Offchain Café EVM
A self-hosted indexing service for Ethereum blockchain, exposing a GraphQL API.
Open sourceCryptoEVMSolidityTypeScriptGraphQL - IPNFT
An on-chain, digital proof of authorship for an IPFS CID, tailored to existing NFT standards.
Open sourceCryptoIPFSEVMSolidity - Fancy Contracts
A collection of EVM smart contracts for the Fancy Software apps ecosystem.
Open sourceCryptoEVMSolidity
Onyx, the language (2020-2022)
Onyx is a novel programming language I'was working on.- NXSF.org
The Onyx Software Foundation website (source).
Open source - Onyx standard
An attempt to standardize the Onyx language (source).
Open source - Phoenix
An attempt to implement an Onyx language compiler in C++.
Open sourceC++ - Onyx in Rust
An attempt to implement an Onyx language compiler in Rust.
Open sourceRust - Onyx in Typescript
An attempt to implement an Onyx language compiler in TypeScript + Zig.
Open sourceZigTypeScript
Crystal-related projects (2018-2020)
Crystal is a Ruby-inspired programming language, but compiled.- Onyx framework (2020)
A web framework with HTTP, SQL ORM and EDA modules, fancy website and rich documentation.
Open sourceProduct designCrystalSQLHTTPEvent-driven architectureVueJSSASS - Crystal Jobs (2018)
A now defunct Crystal jobs board (frontend preview).
Open sourceProduct designCrystalVueJSSASS - CrystalWorld (2019)
A RealWorld implementation in Crystal and Onyx the web framework.
Open sourceCrystalSQLite
Crystal shards (2018-2020)
A shard is a Crystal code package.- TimeFormat
Time spans formatting made simple.
Open sourceCrystal - I18n
Internationalization shard.
Open sourceCrystal - HTTP::Multiserver
Mount multiple web applications.
Open sourceCrystalHTTP - Tarantool
A Tarantool database driver.
Open sourceCrystalTCP - Cake-Bake
Bake Cakefile into native Crystal code.
Open sourceCrystal - Callbacks
Expressive callbacks module.
Open sourceCrystal - Validations
Validations module.
Open sourceCrystal - MiniRedis
A light-weight low-level Redis client.
Open sourceCrystalTCP - HTTP::Params::Serializable
The HTTP params parsing module.
Open sourceCrystal - Migrate
A database migration solution.
Open sourceCrystalSQL - Stripe
Stripe API wrapper.
Open sourceCrystalAPI wrapper - Tele
A convenient Telegram Bot framework.
Open sourceCrystalTelegram bot - Tele::Broadcast
Broadcasting for Tele.
Open sourceCrystalTelegram botRedis
Ruby gems (2015-2017)
- Jbuilder::JsonApi
Jbuilder meets jsonapi.org specifications.
Open sourceRuby - AssetPipeline
Add Sprockets based Asset Pipeline to your Ruby applications.
Open sourceRuby on Rails - Bitcoinpay
Bitcoinpay.com API client for Ruby.
Open sourceRubyAPI wrapperCrypto - Blockchain::Api
A blockchain.info API wrapper.
Open sourceRubyAPI wrapperCrypto
Other projects
- Jumpin Sweeties (2015)
A casual mobile game.
GameDevJavaLibGDX - Parrot Farm (2016)
A showcase project to demonstrate my skills at those times, hosted on Heroku.
Open sourceRuby on RailsAngularJS - Coinpricebet (2018)
A Stellar-based betting on crypto coin prices, also this version.
Product designCryptoVueJS - AssetFD (2018)
An unfinished decentralized exchange interface based on Stellar.
CryptoVueJS - Soundmemes Bot (2016-2018)
A now defunct Telegram bot to post sound memes in chats.
Open sourceProduct designTelegram botRubyCrystalPostgreSQLRedis - Cashback Bot (2017)
A now defunct Telegram bot to earn cashback from purchases.
Product designTelegram botRubyGraphQLAPI wrapperPostgreSQLRedis - Expense Manager 2 (2015)
A collaborative attempt to improve an existing app.
Product designJavaAndroid - Cycler (2014)
An attempt to create a sleep cycle Android application.
Product designJavaAndroid - Anogram (2014)
A naive attempt to create an anonymous social network.
Product designiOSPHP - UFS Arena (2012)
A Warcraft III™ custom map (source).
Product designGameDevcJASS