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Thomas Freestone
Husband · Father · Teacher · Advocate · Community Builder
I am a Software (IT) Project Manager at Performance Services. We serve communities across the United States as a leader in Design Build Construction, working mostly with K-12 institutions and municipalities.
About
Thomas Freestone · BS Applied Math · Purdue at Indianapolis
BS Applied Mathematics — Secondary Math. Licensed teacher in Indiana. Graph Advocate. Currently leading IT projects at Performance Services.
Work
Software (IT) Project Manager at Performance Services, serving K-12 schools and municipalities across the United States.
Previously mathematics teacher at Christel House Indy, 2018–2024, and an independent Graph Advocate from 2022–2024.
Background
Applied mathematics, secondary math, and a long stretch of classroom work in Indianapolis — community, content, teacher.
Weaving new threads, stronger than the fray.
Community
Graph Advocate. Third Place — a place to gather. Support on Ko-fi · Telegram @Athsrueas
Writing
All essays- Ownership: The Importance of StakeAn essay on ownership, stake, and aligned incentives in The Graph — from a 2020 bull-market wake-up call to taking the work of the protocol seriously.
- The World of Data ServicesA concise review of data platforms, and why a competitive decentralized network like The Graph matters for analysts and builders.
- Adding SQL to The GraphNotes from Core Dev Call 26: SQL is coming to The Graph via StreamingFast, DBT, ClickHouse, and deployable units.
- StreamingFast and SubstreamsAn introduction to Substreams and Firehose — how StreamingFast sped up indexing on The Graph without giving up verifiability.
- Curating on The GraphWhy you should consider being a Curator on The Graph, told through teaching, delegation, and a first curation journey.
- Web3 is what you doA call to action: web3 is defined by work, not argument. How to get involved even if you cannot code.
- The Graph is a Work TokenA short summary of work tokens in crypto, with The Graph as the example, following Jose Maria Macedo.