Charlotte Koch
Owner at Magenta Stripe Media
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCharlotte Koch is a versatile software engineer and founder based in the San Francisco Bay Area, leveraging a decade of experience across embedded systems, open source, and multimedia tooling. She currently runs Magenta Stripe Media as sole owner, overseeing writing, illustration, merchandise, marketing, and IT operations for a growing publishing venture. In open source, she is a developer for NetBSD and a full-stack contributor to TIC-80, where she is integrating the Janet programming language to expand scripting capabilities. Her past roles include Build Engineer stints at EVA Automation, Bowers & Wilkins, Sound United, and hands-on work at Norse Corporation on high-performance network appliances and field upgrades. Charlotte holds a BA in Media and Cultural Studies from UC Riverside, and her career uniquely blends technical depth with creative production and publishing ambitions.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Media and Cultural Studies, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Media and Cultural Studies at UC RiversideHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Los Altos High School
English, French
Github Skills (15)
c1710
api-doc10
api10
c1110
game-engine10
game-dev9
8bit9
game-development9
gamedevelopment9
r8
retrofit28
retroprogramming8
retrofit8
retrocomputing8
retrofit-28
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
nesbox/TIC-80
Sep 2022 - Sep 2022
TIC-80 is a fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:17 commits in 4 days
Contributions summary:Charlotte is actively working on integrating the Janet programming language into the TIC-80 fantasy computer, adding bindings for various API functions. They are implementing the Janet API, including functions for graphics, input, and memory management. Their contributions involve defining function signatures, handling input parameters, and integrating Janet functions with the TIC-80 core. The user appears to be focused on expanding the scripting capabilities of TIC-80 through Janet.
tic-80gamesretro8bitgamedev
dressupgeekout/cfklp
Feb 2018 - Sep 2023
Contributions:6 pushes in 5 years 8 months
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