Jacob Gorban
Founder at Nitro, Inc.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Summary
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SeniorJacob Gorban is a founder and seasoned Cocoa developer with 16 years building Mac and iOS apps, best known for leading Apparent Software and shipping titles like Trickster, ImageFramer, Cashculator and Socialite. He blends hands-on Objective-C and Swift engineering with product design and marketing, running an indie software business within the Apple ecosystem. As co-founder of Next Decision and a senior engineer at Nitro, he pairs entrepreneurial product instincts with practical engineering in larger teams. Based in Winnipeg, Jacob’s work demonstrates a rare focus on polished Mac-first experiences and sustainable indie product strategy that scales beyond code into design and go-to-market.
16 years of coding experience
English, Russian, Hebrew
Stackoverflow
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36answers
4questions
Github Skills (58)
tui10
rxswift10
scroll10
ios10
log-viewer10
reactivex10
reactive10
log-analysis10
multiple-versions10
observer10
pager10
logfile10
command-line-tool10
swift10
logging10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
apparentsoft/Black-Friday-Deals
Nov 2019 - Nov 2025
Black Friday Deals for macOS / iOS Software & Books
Contributions:2 PRs, 14 pushes in 6 years 1 month
swiftiosdealsmacosswiftui
apparentsoft/mogenerator
Apr 2020 - Jun 2023
Core Data code generation
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes in 3 years 2 months
code-generationcore-data
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