James Upjohn
Software Engineer at LawVu
New Zealand
Summary
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Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolJames Upjohn is a pragmatic software engineer with 10 years' experience building and shipping full-stack .NET solutions from New Zealand, currently contributing at LawVu after senior roles at Mercury NZ and Trustpower. He pairs backend robustness with front-end polish, evidenced by contributions to Chatterino2 where he improved chat UX and refactored username handling for a popular Twitch client. Comfortable in automation and release engineering, he built and hardened a PowerShell installer for a Firefox UI customization project, showing attention to installer UX and cross-distribution compatibility. Known for steady, practical delivery rather than flashy tech, he focuses on solving real user problems and reducing operational friction across the stack.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Tauranga Boys' College
Github Skills (12)
twitch10
powershell10
c-language10
firefox10
cprogramming-language10
qt9
chat9
user-interface8
linux8
macos8
windows8
git4
Programming languages (26)
Github contributions (5)
Chatterino/chatterino2
Mar 2021 - Oct 2022
Chat client for https://twitch.tv
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:81 reviews, 28 commits, 39 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:James contributed to the Chatterino2 chat client, making various improvements and bug fixes. Their work includes implementing features like the cheer emote tooltip and adding a "clear cache" button. They also addressed issues related to UI elements, such as correcting word backspacing in the input and fixing the stream title's header display. Additionally, the user refactored and improved the handling of username formatting.
windowschat-clientchatlinuxtwitch-tv
black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix
Jul 2021 - Jul 2021
🦊 I respect proton UI and aim to improve it.
Role in this project:Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:16 commits, 1 PR, 7 comments in 2 days
Contributions summary:James primarily contributed to the development of a PowerShell installer for a Firefox UI customization project. Their work involved creating the initial installer file, adding functionality to select distributions, verifying PowerShell version compatibility, and implementing key installer functions. They also refactored the installer code by removing redundant elements.
firefoxuser-interfaceuserchromefirefox-themeuserchromecss
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