Jamie Stackhouse
Principal Developer at REDspace Inc.
Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJamie Stackhouse is a Principal Developer with 13 years of experience building scalable custom web applications from Bedford, Nova Scotia, and leading client-focused teams at REDspace. He blends hands-on full-stack engineering with product ownership experience from Ingest.io to translate client needs into robust video and web workflows. Jamie contributes to notable open-source projects, including refactoring hls.js to TypeScript for more maintainable browser HLS playback and improving Go libraries like jwt-go and gotests to strengthen security and test automation. Known for clear client communication and technical agility, he drives projects from requirements through delivery while mentoring teams. He has a formal background in computer science and web programming and a particular knack for modernizing legacy JavaScript into typed, testable code.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Web Programming Concentration Web Development, Web Programming Concentration Web Development at Nova Scotia Community College - NSCCComputer Science, Computer Science at Acadia University
English
Github Skills (29)
conversions10
javascript10
data-conversion10
convert10
api-design10
converting10
testing10
typescript10
go-testing10
go10
jsonwebtoken10
typescript-types10
jwt10
golang10
type-conversion10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
video-dev/hls.js
Jan 2019 - Nov 2022
HLS.js is a JavaScript library that plays HLS in browsers with support for MSE.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:96 reviews, 293 commits, 151 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Jamie primarily focused on refactoring and converting existing JavaScript code to TypeScript, notably converting key components like `buffer-controller.js`, `eme-controller.ts`, and parts of the playlist loader and fragment classes to TypeScript. They also made improvements to the build configuration by integrating a Babel loader, upgrading webpack, and ensuring the correct application of TypeScript rules. This involved adding tests and implementing optional chaining where applicable, and adjusting dependencies.
hlsjshls-streamplaybackhtml5stream
dgrijalva/jwt-go
Jul 2015 - Jul 2015
ARCHIVE - Golang implementation of JSON Web Tokens (JWT). This project is now maintained at:
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 commits, 1 PR, 40 comments in 9 days
Contributions summary:Jamie significantly contributed to the `dgrijalva/jwt-go` repository, which is a Go implementation of JSON Web Tokens. Their work involved refactoring the token structure to utilize a `Claims` interface, allowing for custom claim structs and enhanced validation. Furthermore, the user implemented new methods to handle custom claims and updated examples. These changes improved the library's flexibility and security by supporting more complex claim structures and validation logic.
golangtokensjwt-tokensarchivejson-web-tokens
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