Devin Starks
Founder at TriviaNearMe
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolDevin Starks is a founder and senior software engineer with a decade of experience building web applications used by musicians, healthcare professionals, and city governments. He combines full-stack expertise in JavaScript, React, Redux, Ruby on Rails, Firebase and SQL with a musician’s discipline—having performed internationally and taught jazz at scale—to design efficient, user-focused systems. Devin launched TriviaNearMe, now the largest independent bar trivia directory in the U.S., connecting thousands of weekly players across 8,200+ venues and demonstrating his product instincts and operational rigor. Past roles at companies like Hopin, User Interviews, and CityGrows show a track record of shipping analytics, migrating legacy frontends to SPAs, and tuning databases for major performance gains. He’s skilled at translating complex synchronization and real-time playback problems into resource-efficient implementations, a strength honed building virtual concert and group-viewing experiences. Based in New York, he’s passionate about making efficiency accessible to everyone through pragmatic, scalable software.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Jazz Performance, Master’s Degree, Jazz Performance at The Juilliard SchoolBachelor’s Degree, Jazz Performance, Bachelor’s Degree, Jazz Performance at The New SchoolWeb Development, Web Development at App Academy
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Github Skills (26)
linux6
bash6
react-component6
zsh5
chargebee5
shell5
macos5
rust4
react4
text-editing4
wysiwyg3
ace-editor3
gpu3
warp3
rich-text-editor3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
DevStarks/Slakk
Oct 2016 - Dec 2017
Contributions:226 commits, 96 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
DevStarks/devstarks.github.io
Oct 2016 - Sep 2019
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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