Ryan’s notes

Things I've worked on

I enjoy creating products that people love, which is often software, but this bleeds into Chocolate making, carpentry, hosting, and other pursuits.

Big efforts

  • Waller & Laussat (2024 →) — Design/build on two adjacent lots in San Francisco, oriented around families.

  • Even (2014-2020) — Our mission is to even the playing field for creating a better life. We partner with employers to deliver powerful financial tools to employees: access to pay, automatic high-yield savings, direct bill payment, hands-off budgeting, and more.

  • Instagram (2012-2014) — I built early products like video, people tagging, direct messaging, and the camera. I also prototyped experimental ideas that informed Stories. I learned a lot about company building seeing the team grow from 10 to 200 people and the product from 10M to 200M.

  • Shine (2011) — A better weather app, and my first real project up for public consumption.

Projects


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