# About

> Meet Melanie Warrick, also known as Nyghtowl: software engineer in AI, startup advisor, Fight Health Insurance co-founder, and developer relations at Temporal.

- Author: Nyghtowl (Melanie Warrick)
- URL: https://nyghtowl.com/about/
- Published: 2020-07-11
- Site index for agents: https://nyghtowl.com/llms.txt


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I build things, break things, fix things, and occasionally remember to share it. 🦉

I'm Melanie. You might know me as M, Warrick, or nyghtowl depending on the corner of the internet. Over a decade of building ML and AI products and leading engineering teams, currently doing that at [Temporal](https://nyghtowl.com/temporal/) and as co-founder of [Fight Health Insurance](https://nyghtowl.com/fight-health-insurance/).

## Work

**Now: [Temporal](https://nyghtowl.com/temporal/).** Developer relations, plus hosting [Vibe Check](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl9kRkvFJrlREy2qVAyrh9cPe8MzhVdfX). I build and demo AI agents that keep working when things fail.

**Co-founded [Fight Health Insurance](https://nyghtowl.com/fight-health-insurance/)** with [Holden Karau](https://fighthealthinsurance.com/about-us). It's free, and it uses AI to help people appeal denied healthcare claims. I got there the hard way. I've spent way too much time navigating medical systems for people I love. That experience is heartbreaking and it is also very motivating.

**Before that: different companies, including Google and Skymind.** Engineering, leading teams and developer relations, plus nearly 60 episodes co-hosting the [GCP Podcast](https://nyghtowl.com/gcp/). At Skymind I helped build [Deeplearning4j](https://github.com/nyghtowl/deeplearning4j-archive), an open source neural net platform in Java, and led teams putting AI into production back when that was a lot less routine than it is now.

## Consulting

I also advise startup founders on setting up and running their businesses and building their applications. I offer hands-on help with websites, AI models, and homelabs. [Find out about working with me](https://nyghtowl.com/consulting/).

## Outside work

- **Diving.** Scuba Divemaster. I find peace 30+ feet underwater watching fish go about their lives.
- **Sci-fi.** Reality is fascinating, but imagined futures are *chef's kiss*.
- **Gaming and storytelling.** D&D campaigns are my jam and I live for chaos.
- **My friends.** Making time for the people who matter is the most important thing, full stop.

Fun fact: I studied film and worked in the industry for a bit. There's an IMDB page, which seems odd given it's under a handful of credits. Storytelling turns out to transfer well to explaining why your code does what it does (or doesn't do what it should).

## Always learning

How to fit LLM training into limited VRAM. How octopi camouflage. This site is where I keep track of it and link out to wherever I've shared things: the wins, the face-palm moments, and everything in between.

[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/melaniewarrick) has the formal version if you need it. It's also the easiest place to reach me.