Ruben Martinez Jr.

@ruben.codes

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📱 Staff iOS Engineer 💜 Breaking hearts/code at OkCupid 📸 Occasional photographer (@rmj.portraits on IG) 📚 Bibliophile (@rubencodes on Goodreads) 👨‍💻 Making stickers @ sideplot.studio 🐻‍❄️ Bowdoin ‘15 🐱 Cat dad 📍 Boston 💬 He/Him 🏳️‍🌈

“I cannot help you with this request. The provided dating profile contains sensitive information that could be used to identify and threaten individuals, including ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) hotline numbers. It is not appropriate to summarize or disseminate such information.”
Picture of a phone screen showing a list of books with related tags and a search bar. The caption reads “readme: Your library, now browsable on the go!”
A packed nighttime crowd at Fenway Park at The Lumineers concert as seen from the turf, with thousands of people visible by their blue light-up wristbands, creating a sea of twinkling illumination. The iconic Fenway Park sign is visible in the background, with a U.S. flag flying above it. The sky is dark, and the stadium seating is filled to capacity with glowing lights throughout.
A journal page with four sticker; from top to bottom: 1. a pink square sticker with rounded edges and a sparkly finish reading “The product does not wish to be managed.” in white text and a serif font. 2. a pink circular sticker with a holographic finish reading “softcore tech bros” in silver text and a bold lowercase cursive font with a thin orange shadow and a thicker black shadow. 3. a heart-shaped sticker in a light purple color and a sparkly finish reading “Por que no los dos?” in the colors of the bisexual pride flag and an uppercase serif font. 4. a pink/purple rounded rectangle sticker with a soft holographic finish reading “DO NOT DISTURB (I’m creating shareholder value)”.
A GitHub contributions bar graph for the user “rubencodes” showing a total of 646 commits. The graph shows few small bars around 2019, a noticeable uptick beginning in 2023, and steadily increasing contributions peaking in 2025.
Closeup photo of Ulysses chapter 7. The backdrop is an out of focus bar setting.
Two young women sit closely together in warm, golden sunlight streaming through a window. One woman, wearing a black tank top and cargo jeans, leans against the other, who is dressed in a black long-sleeve top. The atmosphere is intimate and relaxed, with soft shadows and reflections visible in the glass behind them.
John Lithgow in the audience looking not angry, but slightly disappointed
Astrid balances on a wooden swing wearing a black turtleneck and dark-wash jeans; she's holding binoculars while looking out the window as sunlight shines in on her
Lego Mona Lisa
Battery-powered vehicles account for a small share of car fires, but controlling EV fires is difficult. Typically, an EV fire burns at roughly 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit (2,760 Celsius), while a gasoline-powered vehicle on fire burns at 1,500 F (815 C). It takes about 2,000 gallons of water to extinguish a burning gasoline-powered vehicle; putting out an EV fire can take 10 times more.
Warm black and white photo of a blonde woman in a cheetah print dress and a large fur coat walks down the sidewalk of a street in DUMBO pulling a suitcase in one hand and carrying a purse in another, the manhattan bridge in the background.
Message below a form email input: "We updated a common typo in your email. If this was incorrect, you can revert now."
Picture of the industrial kitchen at Eleven Madison Park
A plastic container with pig-shaped molasses cookies.
Screenshot of a text message reading “And yes if you feel like you’re about to get axe murdered by Santa himself you’re in the right place”
"Jesus, I see what you've done for other people, and I want that for me."
Screenshot of Slack's "Customize Your Workspace" page with Emoji Wrapped stats at the top. "This year, you used... 650 different Slack Emoji!" "Some of your ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ favorites were... :thankyou: (209 times) :wow: (129 times) :laugh-cry-vibrate: (98 times)" "Your most rarely used emoji 🔎 :cyclone-intensifies: (1 time) :holymoly: (1 time) :dabbing: (1 time)"
“Fall for a Canadian. Fall in love with us.”
Picture of a mug with a latte in front of an espresso machine.
Picture of cat on my bed next to a closed copy of Liars by Sarah Manguso with my reading glasses on top.
Danny Ocean: “Does he make you laugh?”
A poorly folded fitted sheet
Screenshot from the Goodreads app showing 3 books read in the last 24hrs
Aviary Gin & Tonic. A bottle of Freeland gin and a bottle of Fever Tree tonic water in the background, in front of The Aviary cocktail book.
Photo of the Manhattan bridge at sunrise.
Woman in a blue dress holds up a bouquet of white roses.
Ms. FAT BOOTY Lime, Pineapple Purée, Cilantro, Mezcal MAKE IT CLAP Dark rum, Mint, Pineapple, Orange, Lemon
Ruben taking a mirror selfie wearing a white tank top that says “Ken-rgy”
Screenshot of iOS accessibility settings, “Larger Text” toggle enabled
A pale-yellow frozen drink with an orange wedge garnish sits on a walnut coffee table next to a stack of books.
Tabby cat with white paws in baby blue sweater.
Photo of the moon taken from Brooklyn, NY as seen Tuesday July 4th 2023
db - 19 hours ago: “My children HATE red wine - especially Axlyn, who says it tastes like G'Ma's house lol - but this was just the ticket. The sweetness and fizz made everyone happy and it knocked the little ones out before the sun had even set. No notes!” Is this helpful? 👍 17
Sunset on a cloudy night in New York City
A picture of my hand holding up two books, “Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality” by Julia Shaw, and “I’m Just Here For The Drinks: A Guide to Spirits, Drinking, and More Than 100 Extraordinary Cocktails” by Sother Teague.
I’m looking respectfully meme
Orange-ish looking cocktail sitting on a wooden base for a smoking cloche, while smoke lingers in the air.
Picture from a few weeks ago. Normal clear, sunny, vivid view of Manhattan including the Williamsburg bridge.
Landscape photo of a sunrise over eastern Brooklyn.
Photo from inside the Books Are Magic bookstore, of a bookstand labeled: OkCupid x Books Are Magic Blind Date with a Book The bookstand has books concealed by wrapping paper with cutout collages on the covers labeled with things like “How often do you speak to your parents?” and “What’s your deal with harder drugs (stuff beyond pot)?”
Screenshot of original tweet, but redacted to read “The Church running TV commercials is concerning”
Screenshot of dictionary definition of “social worker”: “A professional trained to talk with people and their families about emotional or physical needs, and to find them support services.”
Backlit shot of a piña colada in a hurricane glass with a pink toothpick umbrella spearing a pineapple wedge.
Impressionist style oil painting depicting a red and black cliff facing a golden brown mountain, with a pale blue and yellow sky visible between them, reflecting over a body of water.
Picture of a box labeled “Petit Cereal” with mini croissant cereal
A photo of the sun rising at dawn, rising over north-east Brooklyn. The sky appears orange, with dark clouds on the periphery, and the sun is a crisp circle of pale yellow, hovering a little above the ground. The landscape appears mostly dark still.
Picture of a wooden box engraved with the text “Chartreuse V.E.P. Vieillissement Exceptionnellement Prolongé”, and an image of a cross under seven six-pointed stars, being held up by me, with my living room in the background.
Seinfeld GIF “They’re real, and they’re spectacular”
Batman symbol
Man walking down the sidewalk with a small child in a dress walking alongside, carrying two large bundles of flowers.