Dave Jeffery
CEO at ToDesktop
Cork, Munster, Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolDave Jeffery is a seasoned software founder and CEO with 17 years of experience building desktop and web applications from Cork, Ireland. As founder of Pingy and now leading ToDesktop (a Y Combinator W20 alum), he blends product vision with hands-on engineering across front-end and back-end stacks. His open-source contributions span UI polish for electron/React desktop apps and core package-manager behavior in the widely used pnpm project, reflecting attention to both user-facing UX details and developer tooling. A former independent consultant for diverse clients and an MSc graduate from University College Dublin, he’s comfortable shipping end-to-end solutions and iterating rapidly. Notably, he has implemented subtle UX improvements—like forcing window focus and dynamic tray behaviors—that reveal a deep appreciation for polished, platform-consistent desktop experiences.
17 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Winter 2020, Winter 2020 at Y CombinatorMSc in Computer Science Computer Science, MSc in Computer Science Computer Science at University College DublinB.Sc. Computing with Internet Development, B.Sc. Computing with Internet Development at Munster Technological University
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Github Skills (30)
dependency-management10
javascript10
npm10
electron10
ui-components10
nodejs10
package-manager10
react10
testing9
front-end-development9
uid9
macos9
cli8
user-interface8
command-line-interface8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
gabrielbull/react-desktop
Jul 2018 - Feb 2019
React UI Components for macOS High Sierra and Windows 10
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 21 commits, 6 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Dave primarily focused on enhancing the user interface components for the React-Desktop project. They implemented features to disable title bar controls, including close, minimize, resize, and fullscreen buttons. Additionally, they added functionality to allow end-users to force the `isWindowFocused` property for the controls. The user's work involved modifying several components related to the title bar, and controls' styles, making these components more configurable and accessible.
reactwindowsreact-ui-componentsreact-component-librarysierra
max-mapper/menubar
Jun 2015 - Jul 2016
➖ high level way to create menubar desktop applications with electron
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:8 commits, 9 PRs, 17 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Dave focused on improving the functionality and user experience of the menubar desktop application. They addressed a double-click event on the tray, and optimized window positioning. The user modified the code to allow dynamic 'always-on-top' options, and highlight the menubar icon when the menubar window is visible. These commits suggest a focus on improving the interaction with the application on electron.
titlebartoolbarelectrondesktop-applicationshigh-level
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