Thomer's Things

I'm Thomer Gil. I grew up in The Netherlands, live in Boston, dropped out of the MIT computer science Ph.D. program, was a founding team member of Meraki, CTO at Philo, founder of Provable Labs, and co-founder of Provable Markets. I am FINRA licensed, trilingual, am co-inventor on four patents. I volunteer for Brave Behind Bars through the Educational Justice Institute at MIT. I am a husband and a father. I play piano, cycle, bake bread, fuss over coffee, dabble in photography, and tinker with software, 3D printers, and embedded systems.

Tinkering

coppercli
A lightweight terminal-based tool for PCB milling with GRBL CNC machines, featuring probe-based auto-leveling. See also my guide for milling PCBs on a Nomad 3.

SharkByte
Industrial-grade waterproof timers engineered for offshore research, marine operations, and subsea applications.

nocards.io
A minimalist tool to create and practice flash cards.

barmitzvahtrainer.com
A tool to help practice Torah and Haftarah portions for Bar/Bat Mitzvah preparation.

3D printing models
My 3D printing designs on Printables.

Happy Cube Solver
My introduction into software engineering and computer science. This program solves Happy Cube (Wirrel Warrel) puzzles.

Paratrooper
A remake of the classic arcade game, in HTML5.

Brick Breaker / Breakout (HTML5)
A remake of the classic arcade game, in HTML5.

Brick Breaker / Breakout (Python)
A remake of the classic arcade game, in Python.

Rostering and scheduling assistant
I doubt this really belongs in the "Tinkering" category, but, either way, this web page helps you to divide points among a group of people where a subset (or subsets) of those people work part-time.

Cooking

Bread Guide: Overnight Country Blonde
A guide to making sourdough bread using Ken Forkish's recipe.

Bagel Guide
A guide to making sourdough bagels.

How (not) to eat hagelslag
A guide to consuming Dutch chocolate sprinkles.

How to make vla
A recipe for Dutch custard.

Fun

Things to do in Amsterdam—an unconventional guide
What I think tourists should (not) do in Amsterdam.

Logic puzzles, math puzzles, brain teasers, and riddles
Some of my favorite mind benders.

Yiddish Dictionary
A long list of yiddish words and expressions.

The difference between Danish and Dutch
Clearing up confusion some people seem to have.

The difference between it's and its
Clearing up confusion some people seem to have.

Haha. But how funny are you, really?
Counting ha's in REAL TIME.

Personal

Cycling journals and photos
Stories and photo albums of long-distance cycling trips.

Publications
Publications from my previous life as a Ph.D. student.

How to react when speaking with a person who stutters
Tips for conversations with people who stutter.