# Peter Chinman

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Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/peterchinman

## Work Experience
### Software Engineer @ Macro
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, New York, United States

### Participant @ Recurse Center
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Made a C++ library for manipulating phonemes (https://github.com/peterchinman/phonetic/), which I used to build a variety of language projects
- Strictly, a Rhyme & Meter Checker (https://github.com/peterchinman/strictly): Designed and programmed fully-functional web application where users can define custom poetic forms,and have their poems checked to see if they conform, using C++, WebAssembly, Javascript, HTML/CSS. Used Emscripten to compile C++ to Web Assembly for near-native performance.
Random Word Generator (https://randomwordgenerator.info/): Designed, programmed, and deployed fully-functional web application for exploring vocabulary-space, using PHP, Javascript, HTML/CSS, SQLite. Uses my Phonetic library to expose various language features to SQL queries.
- Vowel Deformer (https://github.com/peterchinman/vowel-deformer): Command line tool for manipulating vowel-space. Like a color-filter, but for words, using C++. Next steps: make into a web application, integrating AWS Polly text-to-speech API for interactive audio experience, and Web Audio API for a vowel synthesizer. 
Interactive Fiction Engine (https://github.com/peterchinman/interactive-fiction-engine): An as-yet-unreleased engine and platform for interactive fiction, using Python and Flask.

### Sculptor, Candle Maker @ Holy Mold
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States
In 2020, in the early days of quarantine, I started sculpting. I had a vision of a peaceful burning face candle—I learned all the techniques I needed to make that a reality. Since then I've made a whole line of sculptural candles. I also make ceramic sculptures, and have worked on commission for various sculptural projects.

### Poet @ Unknown
Jan 2017 – Jan 2024 | New York, New York, United States
Poetry performance project. I would sit out in public with a sign that says ASK ME FOR A POEM and write spontaneous poems for people. I wrote poems for over 10,000 people, and published yearly collections of the best of these poems.


## Education
### BA in English, Mathematics
Pomona College
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/peter-chinman-436313238

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Last updated: 2026-04-01