Ben Combee
Sr. Software Engineer at Roku Inc.
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Combee is a senior software engineer with 16+ years focused on the intersection of mobile platforms, developer tools, and web UI frameworks, currently building Roku OS user interface systems. His career spans low-level compiler and IC-tool work to leading developer relations for Palm and hands-on engineering for mobile browsers, Flash integration, and the Enyo JavaScript framework. He combines deep platform experience (ARM, Palm, webOS) with practical front-end contributions in open source—improving Enyo’s DOM and UI components—and has implemented HTTP verbs and robustness fixes in embedded Webduino servers. Based in Austin and trained at Georgia Tech, he brings a rare blend of legacy systems knowledge and modern web/native UI engineering, often working at the crossroads of device constraints and developer ergonomics.
16 years of coding experience
B.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
English
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Github Skills (36)
application-framework10
json10
javascript10
c-language10
delimiter10
app-framework10
http10
autocomplete10
browser10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
sys10
html10
webserver10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
sirleech/Webduino
Jan 2012 - Jul 2014
Arduino WebServer library
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:40 commits, 1 PR, 17 comments in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Ben significantly contributed to the `Webduino` project, focusing on enhancing the web server's functionality. Their work included implementing support for HTTP PUT, DELETE, and PATCH methods. Furthermore, they addressed several issues, such as fixing an off-by-one error in the name/value parser, adding a method to output 500 server error messages, and fixing an issue with high-ASCII characters. The user also updated the project version and improved code formatting.
arduinowebserver
enyojs/enyo
Feb 2012 - Mar 2014
A JavaScript application framework emphasizing modularity and encapsulation
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:461 commits in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Ben primarily contributed to the Enyo JavaScript framework by fixing code style issues and adding missing semicolons. They addressed bugs in the UI and dom components. Additionally, they implemented self-closing tags for various HTML elements and resolved an issue related to script tag paths. The user's contributions focused on improving code quality, fixing bugs, and expanding the framework's capabilities.
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