Aaron Namba
VP Of Software, R&D at Bigger Bird Creative, Inc.
Seoul, South Korea
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Top SchoolAaron Namba is a veteran software leader with over 20 years in web development and hosting and more than a decade in mobile, currently serving as VP of Software, R&D in Seoul where he blends hands-on engineering with team leadership. He specializes in backend systems using Elixir and Ruby, and has deep experience improving developer and release processes from his release-manager days to modern CI/CD efforts. As founder of Bigger Bird and Reflect | Connect he has built customer-facing products and automation for niche markets like school photography, showing a knack for practical, mission-driven solutions. His open-source contributions include improving parameter validation and CI tooling for the Amber web framework, reflecting an attention to API correctness and tooling reliability. Fluent in Korean language and culture, he navigates cross-cultural teams and projects with ease. Known for quietly improving developer experience, he consistently turns operational pain points into durable automation.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Iolani SchoolB.S., Computer Science, Economics, B.S., Computer Science, Economics at Harvey Mudd CollegeBusiness, Business at University of Hawaii at Manoa
English, Korean
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Github Skills (7)
web-framework10
crystal-lang10
validation10
validations10
testing9
cli9
cicd8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
amberframework/amber
Nov 2018 - Mar 2019
A Crystal web framework that makes building applications fast, simple, and enjoyable. Get started with quick prototyping, less bugs, and blazing fast performance.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 5 PRs, 7 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Aaron primarily contributed to the Amber web framework, specifically focusing on the validation and parameters handling functionalities. Their work included refactoring, expanding and improving validation rules for optional parameters, ensuring correct behavior when parameters are missing or blank. They also made changes to error logging for different HTTP status codes (403, 404, 500). Moreover, they contributed to the CI/CD process through implementing improvements to the amber watch tool.
web-frameworkcrystalcohesiveframeworkamber
anamba/adventofcode2018
Dec 2018 - Jan 2019
Contributions:33 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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