Emma Forman Ling
Emma is a software engineer at Convex working primarily on Convex's backend services.
Before joining Convex in February 2022, they worked on data storage at Commure, a healthcare tech startup. They love building tools that empower developers and hope that one day their job is obsolete, replaced by a backend-as-a-service like Convex.
Outside of work, Emma can be found swimming in the bay, cycling around town, or reading on BART.
All posts by Emma
AI Agents (and humans) do better with good abstractions
Chef by Convex builds real full-stack apps in one prompt—Notion, Slack, and more. It works because Convex’s abstractions are simple enough for both humans and AI to use. Built-in features and plug-and-play components let developers skip boilerplate and ship fast.
Emma Forman Ling
a month ago
How We Horizontally Scaled Function Execution
We shipped a behind-the-scenes update that lets customers run 10x concurrent functions than they used to. Emma, who helped ship the update, provides the context, architecture, and impact.
Emma Forman Ling
a year ago