Eric Duran
Dishwasher at Food Foreigner
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Duran is a versatile service-industry professional and self-taught front-end developer whose 15 years of customer-facing experience span roles from dishwasher and barback to membership sales and event photography. Based in Newark, NJ, he pairs hands-on hospitality skills with a creative side—running a video-editing startup and contributing UI improvements to open-source projects like a Chrome-like HAR viewer and the Yeoman website. Eric’s work emphasizes practical UX enhancements (drag-and-drop, sortable headers, Jekyll conversions) and clean, maintainable front-end code, reflecting a disciplined approach to problem solving honed in fast-paced environments. Comfortable collaborating across teams and interfacing with customers, he brings reliability, attention to detail, and an unexpected mix of technical craft and service-minded hospitality to every role.
15 years of coding experience
Associate of Arts and Sciences - AAS New Media Technology, Associate of Arts and Sciences - AAS New Media Technology at LaGuardia Community College
Github Skills (13)
html10
css10
markdown10
uid10
javascript10
markdown-it10
github-pages10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
jekyll10
angularjs10
interface-design9
user-interface9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ericduran/chromeHAR
Aug 2012 - Oct 2022
HAR viewer that mimics (or at least tries really hard to) Chromes network tab
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:107 commits, 1 PR, 6 pushes in 10 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Eric primarily contributed to the front-end development of the HAR viewer, focusing on UI enhancements and user experience improvements. They implemented a drag-and-drop area for loading HAR files, added features such as sortable headers, and incorporated type filters for network requests. Additionally, they cleaned up the codebase, refactored styles, and addressed issues with timing labels and the display of cookie information within the UI.
mimicsharchromeviewerreally
yeoman/yeoman.io
Sep 2012 - Nov 2013
Yeoman website
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:92 commits in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Eric primarily focused on updating the Yeoman website's front-end by converting existing HTML and Markdown files to use the Jekyll layout structure. This included adding and updating include files for the sidebar, converting various pages to utilize the default layout, and modifying the build process to reflect the changes. They also made significant changes to the site's styling, including the introduction of a fork banner and updates to the CSS.
yeoman
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