James Alley
Princ Software Apps Engineer at Yahoo
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Alley is a Principal Software Applications Engineer based in California with 14 years of experience building high-volume, mission-critical public web applications and leveraging AI for production-ready software. He evolved from a designer and front-end engineer into a front-end architect and integrator, bringing a rare blend of aesthetic sensibility and rigorous engineering to large consumer-facing systems at Yahoo. His hands-on specialties span modern JavaScript/ES6, React, Node.js, HTML5/CSS and legacy web tech, coupled with strengths in A/B testing, SEO, metrics and product-focused experimentation. James has contributed notable front-end improvements to the widely used Pure CSS project, enhancing menu modules and mobile responsiveness for that open-source UI toolkit. He also has entrepreneurial experience running a consulting firm and product management chops from an interim Yahoo Mail role, which help him bridge design, engineering and business priorities. Quiet by nature, he prefers shipping impactful, user-centered systems over seeking the spotlight.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
University of California Santa Cruz
Italian, French, balinese, Indonesian, English, Malay
Github Skills (7)
html10
css10
responsive-design10
purecss10
front-end-development10
handlebars9
javascript8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
pure-css/pure
Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
A set of small, responsive CSS modules that you can use in every web project.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 60 commits, 19 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:James primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and CSS components within the Pure CSS repository. They implemented new features for the menu modules, including horizontal and dropdown menu functionalities. Significant changes were made to the CSS files to support the new menu features and address styling issues, along with whitespace cleanup. The user also addressed some form and button issues.
csscss-modulesresponsive-cssweb-projectcss-framework
pure-css/pure-site
Sep 2014 - Jul 2015
The website for Pure CSS
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 48 commits, 3 PRs in 9 months
Contributions summary:James primarily contributed to the website's front-end development, focusing on modifying and updating the website's menus and related CSS. They fixed styling issues, updated menu components and layouts, and integrated new menu examples. The user also addressed layout concerns for mobile devices and made several bug fixes and adjustments to improve the website's responsiveness and visual presentation.
csspure-css
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