Matthew Hoffman

What I do

I am a research engineer at Protopia AI. At the moment I work almost exclusively in Python, mostly on our PyTorch SDK and model training framework. I’ve also worked on a real-time face recognition pipeline. You can check out my resume if you’d like to learn more about what I’ve worked on.

I enjoy design, problem solving, and the creative process. I tend to understand and build things from the bottom up. I am a talented debugger and a passionate advocate for Python typing and my favorite static type analysis tool, pyright.

Outside of work, I enjoy taking long walks around San Francisco, trying new restaurants and cafes, and identifying plants.

What is this blog?

My goal for this blog is to share my knowledge with other Python enthusiasts looking to improve the code they write and the way they develop. I hope this blog can be something you find useful on your own Python journey.