About Me
I'm a software engineer who does a bit of everything.
I got started programming on my TI-84 graphing calculator. From the moment I got my Galaga clone working, I was hooked.
I've been working with software for about 6 years and constantly learning new things. I've worked all the way down to assembly language and up to bleeding-edge JavaScript and TypeScript, so I know computers inside and out.
What fascinates me is the way software can augment our other experiences. Like many musicians and music producers, I'm always looking for interesting sounds. I've studied generating classic and experimental sounds with code, and I made it happen from scratch.
I'm deeply interested in pushing the limits of what we can do with software. I'm looking for a full-time role where we can make that happen.
Projects
MagicMirror
I've spent the last few months transitioning the popular project MagicMirror to use React and Snowpack.
Though hobbyists could make custom modules for their smart mirror with JavaScript, there was no detection of errors before runtime, and viewing changes took 20 seconds or more.
I put in the infrastructure for hobbyists to make resilient modules with React and the latest JavaScript features, with linting, hot module reloading, and other goodies. Now, changes appear instantly and code quality is improved by default. Legacy code is seamlessly integrated for backwards compatibility.
Audio Processing
I have a soft spot for music applications. Recently, support for high-performance audio processing landed in Chrome, and I put together a playable keyboard that simulates plucked strings in real time in the browser.
After the first iteration, I came up with an ideal API for audio processing—using ES6 generator functions, the most obscure functions of all. I extracted the functionality to a separate package, published it, and hooked it into the application.
Since then, I've published more packages, making sure they're well-tested and well-documented, so other developers who run into the same problems I have can reuse my solutions.
