# Zac Bowling

Software engineer, housing advocate, and lead administrator of Alameda Peeps and r/alameda.

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I am the lead administrator and owner of this website, and I serve as the
primary administrator for the **Alameda Peeps** community and the **r/alameda**
subreddit. **While I am the person who runs this technical infrastructure and
sets the overall direction for these platforms, I am part of a dedicated team of
administrators and moderators who work together to keep our community safe and
vibrant.**

## Community Leadership in Alameda

Since **2017**, I have been the primary administrator and owner of **Alameda
Peeps**, Alameda's digital town square. While the community was originally
founded in 2010 by Chrissy Collins, I took over leadership to help it grow and
modernize. Today, I lead a team of moderators across both Facebook and Reddit
(where I moderate **[r/alameda](https://www.reddit.com/r/alameda)**) to ensure
we have a cohesive and well-moderated space for our island city.

My work with Alameda Peeps focuses on:

- **Rapid Community Mobilization**: Organizing annual Turkey Drives for the
  Alameda Food Bank (raising tens of thousands of dollars each year).
- **Supporting Local Business**: Creating "Cash Mob" initiatives to boost
  merchants and neighborhood favorites.
- **Civic Engagement**: Advocating for traffic safety (Vision Zero),
  transparency, and neighbor-to-neighbor support.

## Civic & Housing Advocacy

Beyond digital moderation, I am deeply involved in the future of our city and
state:

- **Elected Executive Board Member**: Serving in the California Democratic Party
  and as an ADEM delegate for AD-18.
- **Open Government Commissioner**: Serving the City of Alameda to promote
  transparency and accountability.
- **YIMBY Leader**: A co-founder of **East Bay YIMBY**, advocating for
  sustainable urban development, zoning reform, and affordable housing. I was a
  key leader in the campaigns for Alameda's Measure A (2019) and Measure Z
  (2020).
- **Legal Advocacy**: Successfully sued the State of California's Department of
  Housing and Community Development to ensure housing laws are applied fairly,
  specifically regarding jobs-to-housing ratios.

## Professional Experience

I am currently a **Staff AI Software Engineer at Meta**, where I spearhead the
development of AI-powered developer tools at Reality Labs for Horizon OS, Quest
VR, and wearables.

My career has spanned some of the most influential companies in tech:

- **Google (2015-2023)**: Early member of the **Fuchsia OS** team, working on
  system libraries, drivers, and toolchains. I notably enabled Apple’s Swift
  language to run natively on Fuchsia.
- **Modular (2023-2024)**: Building high-performance machine learning
  infrastructure.
- **Startup Veteran**: Held senior roles at **Apportable** (acquired by Google),
  **SeatMe** (acquired by Yelp), **doubleTwist**, and **Match.com**.

## Connect with Me

I'm a firm believer in the IndieWeb and open connection. You can find more about
my professional work, patents, and latest projects at
**[zacbowling.com](https://zacbowling.com)**.

- **Twitter/X**: [@zbowling](https://twitter.com/zbowling)
- **GitHub**: [@zbowling](https://github.com/zbowling)
- **LinkedIn**: [in/zbowling](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zbowling)
- **Substack**: [sub.zacbowling.com](https://sub.zacbowling.com)

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