Ian Macfarlane
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolIan Macfarlane is a software engineer based in Seattle with a decade of experience building maintainable, reliable systems that tame complexity. He emphasizes pragmatic decision-making—favoring clear constraints and disciplined trade-offs captured by his maxim, "For every yes, there are a thousand no's." With a background in mechanical engineering from Temple University, he brings a systems-oriented mindset and attention to real-world constraints into software design. Ian focuses on long-lived, auditable solutions that balance robustness with simplicity, and he thrives in environments where careful architecture matters more than flashy features.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering at Temple UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School
Spanish, English
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Github Skills (64)
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
iannotian/imessage2spotify-serverless
Apr 2022 - Jul 2024
The backend powering iMessage2Spotify's Apple Shortcut
Contributions:8 PRs, 106 pushes, 10 branches in 2 years 4 months
shortcutimessagespotifybackendshortcuts
iannotian/imessage2spotify
Oct 2021 - Apr 2022
An app to assist an Apple Shortcut that automatically takes Spotify links received in Messages and adds those songs to a playlist.
Contributions:2 releases, 58 commits, 2 PRs in 5 months
takesshortcutsongsimessagespotify
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