Charlie Romer
Founder at ItKindaWorks
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCharlie Romer is a founder and embedded-systems engineer with a decade of hands-on experience designing sensor-driven robots, smart-home prototypes, and photographic hardware. He runs the ItKindaWorks YouTube channel to demystify microcontroller programming for makers and professionals, and teaches computer science labs at Mount Holyoke College. His work blends Arduino/ESP8266/Raspberry Pi development with image manipulation and immersive 360° virtual tours—skills he’s applied to commissioned art installations and robotic camera systems. Charlie’s background in applied design and animal-behavior robotics gives him a practical, research-minded approach to power management, real-time systems, and legacy code rescue. Based in Amherst, MA, he bridges creative photography and embedded engineering to deliver inventive, production-ready prototypes.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Highschool Diploma, Highschool Diploma at Wilton High SchoolBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Embedded Systems Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Embedded Systems Computer Science at Hampshire College
Github Skills (65)
ota10
esp3210
middleware10
snmp10
visualization10
esp826610
arduino10
wifi10
iot-framework9
mqtt9
python9
http9
microservices9
iot-platform9
raspberry-pi9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ItKindaWorks/ESP8266
Feb 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:33 commits in 10 months
cchaz003/docker_git_runner
Oct 2023 - Nov 2025
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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