Aaron Hsu
Owner at Blerp
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAaron Hsu is a product-minded software engineer and founder with 11 years of experience building scalable full-stack applications and creator-focused platforms. As co-founder and former CTO/CEO of Blerp, he architected cloud-native audio services and integrations across Twitch, Discord, Slack, Alexa, iOS/Android and Google Home that reached millions of users and drove rapid viral growth. He combines strong JavaScript, React and Node.js expertise with hands-on DevOps across AWS, GCP and DigitalOcean to ship reliable, accessible user experiences (including a11y work on Canvas LMS). A lifelong learner with roots in game design and film, Aaron blends design sensibility with engineering to craft delightful interaction and product-market fit. He also co-founded social gaming studio Grace Foundry and has a track record launching side projects that earned over a million impressions within weeks. Based in Salt Lake City, he is an inventive engineer, content creator and entrepreneur who focuses on sound-driven moments and creator monetization.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma General Studies, High School Diploma General Studies at Hillcrest High schoolThe University of Utah
English, Chinese
Github Skills (13)
accessibility10
html10
acessibility10
javascript10
user-interface10
acc10
front-end-development10
react10
accessibilityservice10
canvas-lms9
css9
backbone6
backbonejs6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
instructure/canvas-lms
Jun 2016 - May 2019
The open LMS by Instructure, Inc.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:169 commits in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Aaron primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Canvas LMS platform. They implemented new components, like placeholder containers and a toggle for assignment details, and also modified existing ones to improve the user interface and user experience. The user's work involved integrating various Instructure UI components and making the application a11y compliant through screen reader improvements. Their work spans across the discussions, announcements and calendar sections of the application.
open-lmsinstructurecanvas-lmslmsinc
blerp/audiogram
Nov 2018 - Sep 2019
Turn audio into a shareable video.
Contributions:4 commits, 4 pushes in 10 months
ffmpegshareablevideoaudio
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