Gaiety's visual representation as a fursona (an original furry fandom character) depicted as an animated gif falling downward with a controlled hand outstretched. Faer hair and tail waves in the wind while their floppy dog ears flop about as well. Fae are an anthromorphic canine like a german shepherd clothed like a human in a t-shirt and denim shorts. Art is by Lynte.

Independent Contractor (PowerSchool, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) in Work

(June 2024 - Current) Surfacing scientific papers for educators who can make a difference. Built with Phoenix, Typescript, Lit and PostgreSQL.

Lead and was the primary developer for a greenfield project exceeding timeline and quality expectations.

  • Collaborated in tech stack choice of Elixir, Phoenix, Lit (web components), TypeScript, TailwindCSS, a custom Esbuild and PostCSS pipeline, with a PostgreSQL database
  • Hand-crafted dynamic charts with zero-dependency SVG pie charts for data visualization
Cropped screenshot of a webpage called Implement for Impact showing an Intervention for Zoology suggesting various statistics about the study.
View showing an individual study known as an ‘Intervention’ derived from a scientific paper. Shows Subject, Academic Programs, Duration (length of time to implement), a Summary, Grades and more.

Thanks to mokkify for mockups used on this page.

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