Eric Skogen
Software Engineer
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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RockstarEric Skogen is a software engineer with 15 years of experience building creative, user-focused tools from front-end UX to full-stack VR integrations. Based in Minneapolis, he has contributed to Storyboarder as a full-stack developer, implementing camera controls and VR features that make story visualization faster and more intuitive for artists. He also improves developer experience through technical writing for notable open-source projects like XState, clarifying APIs for actors, observables, and async sources. Passionate about networked human creativity, he blends product sensibility with hands-on implementation to ship delightful interfaces. Colleagues rely on him to bridge design and engineering, turning sketch-level ideas into production-ready features. His background shows a rare mix of polished documentation skills and immersive UI/UX engineering.
15 years of coding experience
Github Skills (12)
threejs10
api-documentation10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
webxr10
front-end-development10
state-machine10
react10
typescript-types10
documentation10
storyboard9
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
wonderunit/storyboarder
Feb 2017 - Jun 2022
✏️ Storyboarder makes it easy to visualize a story as fast you can draw stick figures.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:24 releases, 5 reviews, 5466 commits in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Eric primarily focused on developing and maintaining the front-end and UI components of the Storyboarder application, with commits that indicate an involvement in integrating the VR features using express-xr framework and also setting up for future camera enhancements. The user was responsible for implementing camera controls and features to make it easier for artists to use in the application. Additionally, the user was involved in the development of new features to support the use of VR in the application for better and enhanced user experience.
filmmakingstoryboardingmoviesreactfountain
statelyai/xstate
Sep 2019 - Sep 2019
Actor-based state management & orchestration for complex app logic.
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:8 reviews, 1 commit, 15 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Eric primarily focused on enhancing the project's API documentation. They updated and added documentation for various components, including `fromCallback`, `Actor#subscribe`, `ActorOptions`, `fromPromise`, `fromTransition`, `fromObservable`, and `fromEventObservable`. Their contributions involved adding examples, cross-referencing documentation, and improving the overall clarity and completeness of the API documentation, making the project more accessible for developers.
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