Lee Falin’s Tenthish Anniversary

Way back in 2009, we welcomed Lee Falin to the Rogue Amoeba team. In 2014, we celebrated his fifth anniversary with the company. Now, in 2026, it’s time to celebrate his tenth anniversary. What?

A Temporal Anomaly

Lee’s employment history at Rogue Amoeba could best be described as complicated. He’s done full-time work, part-time work, and contract work. There have been multiple opportunities that pulled him away completely, only for him to find his way back.

When Lee last rejoined the company in 2023, we hoped to incentivize him to stick around longer. We thus told him that if he made it to 2026, we’d mark his 10 year anniversary with the company, some 17 years after he was first hired. Hey, who’s going to stop us?

Lee’s Work

Lee initially handled Rogue Amoeba’s support needs, and like every member of our top-notch support team, he was great at helping customers directly with our products. After a little over a year, however, he switched to a programming role. In that role, he’s been able to have a big impact, in a wide variety of ways. In fact, he’s worked on MacOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, and our web server. That’s quite the range!

For several years, Lee served as a product lead on the now-retired Airfoil for Windows. On the Mac, he’s also done extensive work on both Airfoil for Mac and our audio editor Fission.

When not focusing on a specific product, Lee has also worked on key components used across apps. To name just one example, the centralized Permissions window he built is found in each of our products, and it’s consistently been lauded by users. When people express appreciation for a Permissions window, you must be doing something right.

Lee has also done a substantial amount of server-side work. If you’ve ever purchased a product in our store, or used our support form, you’ve silently triggered a whole lot of backend systems created by Lee. More visible is our Customer Dashboard, a full-fledged web app he built.

Lee has always been a pleasure to work with, and he’s always improving. Of note, he’s gained the ability to accommodate changing requirements. We work hard to plan ahead, but the full scope of a problem isn’t always clear up front. Lee’s become quite good at iterating so we can get where we need to, and I now view it as a particular strength. In tandem with that, he’s always had a finely tuned sense for quality, and doesn’t stop until he’s met it.

Closing

Lee has been a terrific part of our team for a decade and then some. Seventeen years after Lee was first hired, I’m delighted to be able to celebrate this quirky “ten year” anniversary. Will we celebrate his fifteen year anniversary in a more normal timeframe? I certainly hope so. Check back in 2031.