Hi, I'm Jake

a full-stack developer who learns fast and loves to code.

Background

I used to work at a HR Tech startup called GoodHire. There, I was constantly finding excuses to write programs. When that became my favorite part of the job, I knew I had to become a software engineer.

So I went to App Academy, a bootcamp in New York City. I built a clone of Basecamp, my own version of rails, and my favorite game. It was awesome.

I believe software engineering is a craft, that we developers have a responsibility to our users: to make useful, intuitive, and reliable software that's beautiful on the inside so it can evolve with their needs.

Skills

Languages
  • Ruby
  • JavaScript
  • Elm
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • SQL
  • Swift
Frameworks
  • Ruby on Rails
  • React
  • iOS
Tools
  • Git
  • Chrome DevTools
  • Heroku
Other
  • Illustrator
  • Photoshop
  • Sketch
  • Final Cut Pro X
  • Hubspot

Featured Projects

A Mission Control screenshot of adding a todo item to a todo list.

Mission Control

Create todos, send messages, and schedule events. Built with React and Rails. Includes custom date pickers, time validation logic, async animations, and custom auth.

Link | Code

Cumulus clouds fill a blue sky.

YouTube Transcriber

Great for scanning through long talks. Uses Elm with a Rails backend to generate transcriptions from YouTube links. Transcription is searchable and clicking on a line will skip to that part of the video.

Live | Code

I line is drawn between squares to solve a puzzle.

Obelus

Line puzzle game inspired by The Witness built with HTML Canvas and Javascript. Features smart line that guesses where you're going and breadth-first search puzzle solver.

Link | Code

Other Projects

Lyle

Ruby web-framework with PSQL ORM, controllers, routers, ERB rendering, static asset server, and CSRF protection. All you need to build a web app without the extras.

Quizlet

This is a marketing quiz generator that I built to use for lead generation at my last job. It's built with Elm: a functional, statically typed programming language that compiles into JavaScript. Integrates with Hubspot.

JSON to Sheet

Turns JSON into a Google Sheet for easy data parsing. Built with Elm.

Weather App

Fully responsive weather app built with openweather API and vanilla JavaScript.