Eli Gundry

Glad To Meet You!

My name is Eli I only really write in lists, so here's my deal.

  • I am a 🧑‍💻 full stack web engineer.
  • I love to plan and 👨‍🍳 cook elaborate meals. It really activates the engineering part of my brain!
  • I have a 🤓 non-traditional computer science education. I attended a vocational school in high school, taught myself web programming, bounced around colleges for computer science while working the entire time before deciding to go pro!
  • I am a Vim Logo Vim user but I actively encourage everyone to use something else. Using Vim in 2026 is a cool bar trick.
  • I currently live in 📍 Astoria, Queens. I didn't think I would settle down in Queens and love it as much as I do, but life is like that sometimes.
  • I have a 😼 fat cat named Fonzie and I sorta have a tattoo of him on my arm.

How I'm Feeling

A while ago, I decided to start journaling my feelings. Being a software engineer, I made an API out of it and put it on my website. The favicon for the site the emoji for my latest entry.

I felt good

🥩 🧑‍🍳 🍜 🍿 🎉 📚 🏃‍♂️
  • We really did it all!
  • Started the day off with a killer workout (stretching + class). Rachel showed up for the class so that was nice.
  • After that, we vibed and then went grocery shopping for the weekend. Going to try to eat more fruit this weekend as the default snack.
  • We went to a Mardi Gras party! It was nice to meet some other Jewish people there and learn that the conservative synagogue in our neighborhood isn’t homophobic and that we should probably go.
  • I was a little overwhelmed in the party and sorta hid. I’m not doing good with loud rooms lately.
  • Got back and tried to have a successful Valentine’s Day dinner. Dinner turned out great, but Rachel’s desert sorta killed the mood.
  • Watched _Roman Holiday_, which was an early Audrey Hepburn flick with Gregory Peck. It was very cute and had a thinker of an ending.

Do You Code?

My life is all about making web applications. I am the generalist you have in mind when you describe a “full stack engineer” and can and will do everything to get a feature successfully to production. Query running slow? Let me at it. Need a thoughtfully designed API? I can do that in my sleep. CSS needs some tweaking? As long as I don’t need to design it, I’ll make it look great.

Review my code on GitHub!

Are You A Blogger?

I'm certainly trying to be! I try to write four posts a year. Sometimes I exceed it, other times, I completely whiff. No pressure though. Below are some of my favorite posts.

1st Favorite

⏱ 12  Minutes

📝 By all means, make that money in crypto, but not all money is right.

2nd Favorite

⏱ 14  Minutes

📝 Let's quickly run through my life and see how ADHD has effected it.

What I'm Reading

I wish I read more, but there are only so many hours in the day. These are the books that I'm reading right now. You can find me on Goodreads.

What I'm Listening To

I listen to way too much music and I love to listen to full albums. I mainly listen to hip hop, indie rock and emo. I occasionally write reviews of old albums that I love but aren't well known in a series called ICYMI.

In order to listen to more new music, I created Album Mode.party, which recommends me albums that Spotify's algorithims would never dare show me. It's the first application I have built that I use daily!

Seasonal Playlist

On Repeat

Connected by The Foreign Exchange [34 scrobbles] Friend by James K [30 scrobbles] As of Now by Lord JaH-monte OGBON [17 scrobbles] Train of Thought by Reflection Eternal [17 scrobbles] uknowhatimsayin¿ by Danny Brown [11 scrobbles] Still In A Dream: A Story Of Shoegaze 1988-1995 by Various Artists [11 scrobbles] Ibibio Sound Machine by Ibibio Sound Machine [10 scrobbles] Allo Darlin' by Allo Darlin' [8 scrobbles] Sit Down, Man by Das Racist [7 scrobbles]