Sam Huckaby

Sam Huckaby is a highly experienced Senior Software Engineer with over a decade in web technologies. He has a proven track record of building new things and making complex technical concepts understandable to a broader audience.

His career journey includes significant roles at Beyond Identity, where he focused on front-end development with React and NextJS for secure admin portals. Prior to that, at Comcast, he served as the sole UI developer on a team of nine, bringing multiple Java microservices into a dynamic advertising portal using Angular and NodeJS. His foundational experience was at Levels Beyond, working as a full-stack developer with AngularJS and NodeJS.

Beyond his professional work, Sam is a perpetual learner, constantly exploring new programming languages like OCaml, Go, and Laravel, with plans to delve into Rust. He actively contributes to the OCaml community, working on tooling to accelerate the production deployment of OCaml web applications. His open-source contributions include 'savvy', a simple-to-use OAuth 2 client library for OCaml.

Sam also shares his knowledge and passion on Twitch, where he streams mostly productive sessions focused on getting things done or learned, often centered around OCaml. He is a strong advocate for helping other developers reach their full potential and is driven by the challenge of mastering new technical landscapes.