Garrett Parris
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolGarrett Parris is a full-stack software engineer with nine years of experience specializing in web3 and decentralized technologies, based in Waterloo, Ontario. He has built production web applications using React and Spring and has contributed as a Full Stack Web3 Developer at startups like nuCode Technologies and LunaFi. Garrett also supports the developer ecosystem through technical writing, notably improving documentation for the modular EVM implementation Polaris, helping make complex blockchain tooling more accessible. His background in computer science from Wilfrid Laurier University underpins a pragmatic approach to both front-end UX and backend integration. Colleagues describe him as a developer who blends hands-on implementation with clear, user-focused documentation—often tackling the documentation gaps many engineers overlook. He brings a steady mix of engineering depth and communication skills valuable for teams shipping blockchain-forward products.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Wilfrid Laurier University
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Github Skills (15)
markdown10
markdown-it10
documentation10
css8
react8
nextjs7
shelve6
go6
memoization6
python6
fileio6
web3js5
evm4
blockchain4
ethereum3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
berachain/polaris
Mar 2023 - Mar 2023
Polaris is a modular implementation of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). It can be easily integrated into any consensus engine or application, including the Cosmos-SDK.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:5 reviews, 8 commits, 9 PRs in 2 days
Contributions summary:Garrett primarily contributed to the documentation of the Polaris repository, as evidenced by the commit messages focused on documentation changes, restructuring the documentation, and adding a banner with a link to an introductory blog post. They updated the theme configuration file with documentation-related settings and added a new CSS file. The user also refactored text size in documentation and implemented numbered lists in the docs.
blockchaincosmosdefiethereumevm
garrettparris/garrettparris.github.io
Jul 2019 - May 2020
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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