Jack Pettit
Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolJack Pettit is a software engineer based in Queensland, Australia with six years’ experience building full-stack applications using React and .NET. Currently contributing to TinaCMS—adding pnpm support, React 18 upgrades and mermaid-rich text features—he combines practical open-source contributions with enterprise software delivery at SSW. A Certified Scrum Master, Jack leads R&D initiatives and helps teams iterate quickly on clean, maintainable code. His background in game programming and console operations gives him a pragmatic, systems-oriented approach to problem solving and collaboration. Fueled by a curiosity for developer UX and modern tooling, he enjoys diving into React intricacies and turning developer feedback into robust solutions.
6 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Games and Programming Skills, Bachelor's degree, Computer Games and Programming Skills at SAE Institute Australia
English, Japanese
Github Skills (10)
typescript10
cms10
nextjs10
typescripts10
react10
typescript-types10
markdown-it9
markdown9
pnpm8
astrojs7
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
tinacms/tinacms
Apr 2024 - Jul 2026
TinaCMS is the leading open-source headless CMS that supports Markdown and Visual Editing. Your content is stored in your own GitHub repo 🦙 ❤️
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:355 reviews, 198 PRs, 557 pushes in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Jack primarily contributed to the `create-tina-app` package, adding the `pnpm` package manager option and addressing issues related to example projects. They also made several React 18 upgrades and fixes, and worked on updating the schema tools and fixing issues within the TinaCMS codebase. Additionally, the user addressed issues with the `@headlessui/react` library and added mermaid support to the rich text field.
headless-cmsmarkdowntinacmscmsnextjs
tinacms/tina-astro-starter
Jan 2025 - Jun 2026
Contributions:7 reviews, 29 PRs, 31 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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