jack
Software Engineer
Earth, Texas, United States
Summary
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RockstarJack is a software engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building full-stack systems and game-oriented tooling from Texas. He contributes to open-source game development in Zig, notably improving a GUI library by implementing drawing APIs, table and font management, and smoothing integrations—work that demonstrates attention to both low-level rendering details and developer ergonomics. A pragmatic coder who ships features and fixes across UI and dependency layers, he balances engineering with creative pursuits as a gamedev, guitarist, husband and father. Comfortable bridging graphics, tooling, and application code, Jack brings steady delivery and a collaborative, detail-minded approach to engineering challenges.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (10)
uid10
zig10
lib10
game-development10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
graphic10
cross-platform9
opengl8
webgpu8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
zig-gamedev/zig-gamedev
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
Dev repo for @zig-gamedev libs and sample applications
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 19 commits, 28 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Jack primarily contributed to the development of the `zgui` library, focusing on adding and refining UI elements. Their work involved implementing drawing APIs for various shapes and text, extending the functionality of the GUI library. They also addressed code issues, corrected parameter types, and exposed API for tables and font management to enhance the user experience. Furthermore, they worked on updating and integrating dependencies.
simdvulkanbullet-physicsziggame-engine
Jack-Ji/zplay_old
Nov 2021 - May 2022
Contributions:263 pushes, 2 branches, 24 tags in 5 months
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