Jacob Stoebel
Front-end Developer at Mountian Tech Media
Berea, Kentucky, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJacob Stoebel is a front-end developer with 11 years of experience building user-focused web applications using Ruby on Rails, React/Redux and modern JavaScript and Python tooling. He blends product-minded front-end work with back-end chops—contributing to projects like WikiEduDashboard and the Batavia JS Python VM—where he’s improved authentication, error handling and core data types. Jacob brings production discipline to teams through testing (RSpec), CI, automated deployments (Capistrano, Ansible) and mentoring student and client-facing teams. A former educator, he emphasizes clear communication and usability, turning frustrating workflows into elegant, maintainable solutions. Based in Berea, Kentucky, he continues to grow through side projects and open-source contributions while delivering practical, customer-facing software.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science and Statistics, Computer Science and Statistics at Berea CollegeFull Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering, Full Stack Web Development Certification, Computer Software Engineering at Free Code Camp
Github Skills (12)
ruby10
string-formatting10
ruby-rails10
authentication10
error-handling10
javascript10
rails10
user-authentication10
string-format10
testing10
api-design9
json9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
beeware/batavia
Jul 2016 - Jul 2017
A JavaScript implementation of the Python virtual machine.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:106 commits, 29 PRs, 89 comments in 11 months
Contributions summary:Jacob has primarily focused on implementing core functionalities within the Batavia project, a JavaScript implementation of a Python virtual machine. Their contributions revolve around the implementation and extension of data types, specifically related to string and bytearray operations. This includes adding functionalities like comparisons (e.g., str >= set), operators and string formatting support, as well as fixing and refining the bytearray type and its interactions within the system.
javascriptpythonvirtual-machine
WikiEducationFoundation/WikiEduDashboard
Sep 2017 - Feb 2018
Wiki Education Foundation's Wikipedia course dashboard system
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:70 commits, 12 PRs, 28 comments in 5 months
Contributions summary:Jacob primarily focused on improving error handling and authentication within the application. They refactored the application controller to use custom exceptions and rescue errors, centralizing error handling logic. The user also addressed specific issues, changing HTTP response codes, and providing more user-friendly error messages, particularly for JSON responses. Furthermore, they made improvements to the test suite to expect correct responses.
dashboardwikifoundationwikipedia
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