Jason Dufair
Senior Software Engineer at Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolJason Dufair is a Senior Software Engineer with 14 years of experience based at Purdue University, where he builds research-driven technology to improve teaching and learning. He blends a developer’s attention to UI detail with systems-level thinking, demonstrated by impactful contributions to the emacs-dashboard project—adding UX features, refactoring with macros, and improving org-mode link handling. His background in visual and performing arts informs a strong design sensibility that surfaces in cleaner, more usable interfaces for educational tools. At Purdue he combines academic collaboration with production engineering to turn research insights into reliable software. Known for thoughtful code cleanup, documentation, and pragmatic problem-solving, he excels at making complex educator workflows feel intuitive.
14 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Visual and Performing Arts, Bachelor's degree, Visual and Performing Arts at Purdue University
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Github Skills (15)
macros10
elisp10
emacs10
refactor9
refactoring9
user-interface8
graphical-user-interface8
ui-design8
visual-studio-code6
asp-net-mvc6
text-editor6
resharper6
model-state6
dotemacs6
linq6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
emacs-dashboard/emacs-dashboard
Feb 2019 - Mar 2019
An extensible emacs dashboard
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:28 commits, 10 PRs, 38 comments in 12 days
Contributions summary:Jason primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and functionality of the Emacs dashboard. They implemented features such as centering content, adding shortcut indicators, and fixing issues related to opening org-mode links. The user also refactored the code, introducing macros for section generation and customizing content display, demonstrating a strong understanding of the codebase and its structure. Additionally, the user performed general code cleanup and documentation improvements.
elispemacsstartpageextensibledashboard
jkdufair/smudge
Sep 2019 - Apr 2021
Control the Spotify app from within Emacs.
Contributions:3 reviews, 1 PR, 114 pushes in 1 year 6 months
emacsspotify
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