Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
When we met Larry Bank at Maker Faire Rome 2025, we knew immediately that he was someone our community needed to hear from. Bank is what you might call a “perpetual optimist and inventor” – someone who not only sees problems but convinces people he can solve them, then does exactly that.
His specialty? Code optimization. But Bank's contributions to the open-source community go far beyond making software run faster. He’s spent years creating libraries, tools, and solutions that make difficult things simpler – especially for makers building with Arduino boards and other microcontrollers. His philosophy is refreshingly straightforward: “There’s no value in hoarding knowledge. It’s best just to share it.”
Watch as Bank shows off some of his open-source work and read more about it in our blog post: blog.arduino.cc/2026/01/15/meet-larry-bank-the-performance-whisperer-making-code-faster-and-open-source-better
#arduino #makerfairerome #makerfaire #mfr2025 #opensource
When we met Larry Bank at Maker Faire Rome 2025, we knew immediately that he was someone our community needed to hear from. Bank is what you might call a “perpetual optimist and inventor” – someone who not only sees problems but convinces people he can solve them, then does exactly that.
His specialty? Code optimization. But Bank's contributions to the open-source community go far beyond making software run faster. He’s spent years creating libraries, tools, and solutions that make difficult things simpler – especially for makers building with Arduino boards and other microcontrollers. His philosophy is refreshingly straightforward: “There’s no value in hoarding knowledge. It’s best just to share it.”
Watch as Bank shows off some of his open-source work and read more about it in our blog post: blog.arduino.cc/2026/01/15/meet-larry-bank-the-performance-whisperer-making-code-faster-and-open-source-better
#arduino #makerfairerome #makerfaire #mfr2025 #opensource
