Aron Griffis
Partner at Scampersand
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolAron Griffis is a seasoned full-stack web developer and partner based in Ann Arbor with 22 years of experience building reliable, production-grade software and strong client relationships. He blends deep systems expertise—from kernel and virtualization work at HP to security and networking—with modern Python/Django and React stacks used to deliver startup products and integrations. A pragmatic, articulate engineer and prolific open-source contributor, Aron has improved widely used projects like django-allauth, vcrpy, styled-components and Storybook, often focusing on compatibility, testing, and maintainability. His background includes low-level driver and toolchain work as well as developer-facing tooling, which gives him a rare ability to diagnose problems across the full stack. He currently helps startups at Scampersand ship web apps that move the needle, pairing hands-on coding with architectural stewardship.
22 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BA Computer Science Intelligent Systems, BA Computer Science Intelligent Systems at Taylor UniversityHigh School, High School at Rain Forest International School
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Github Skills (81)
python10
storybook10
vimscript10
testing10
css-in-js10
http10
authentication10
bash10
styled-components10
vim10
automation10
automation-testing10
facebook-marketing-api10
social-authentication10
ssh10
Programming languages (24)
Github contributions (5)
funtoo/keychain
Apr 2004 - Jul 2007
keychain ssh-agent front-end
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:57 commits in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Aron's contributions primarily involve the development and maintenance of the keychain utility, a front-end for the ssh-agent. The user implemented several versions of the software, addressing issues such as locking mechanisms to prevent race conditions, and added support for various shells (csh, fish). The user also fixed bugs and added new features, including support for GPG agent.
keychainssh-agentagentsecurityssh
styled-components/xstyled
Jul 2020 - Apr 2022
A utility-first CSS-in-JS framework built for React. 💅👩🎤⚡️
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 24 commits, 25 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Aron primarily contributed to improving the functionality and maintainability of the xstyled framework, a CSS-in-JS library for React. Their work included fixing breakpoint-related issues and optimizing the `useViewportWidth` hook to prevent unnecessary re-renders. They also addressed issues related to the `emotion` integration, such as passing options correctly. Furthermore, the user refactored and enhanced the CSS transformation logic, adding support for media queries.
reactemotionstyled-systemtailwindcssjs-framework
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