Jason Hicks
Freelance at Self-employed
Springfield, Missouri, United States
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Top SchoolJason Hicks is a full stack web developer and freelance software engineer with 11 years of experience building user-focused interfaces and contributing to open source projects. He pairs front-end craftsmanship—demonstrated by enhancements to the Ace editor and significant UI and performance improvements across the Linux Mint Cinnamon ecosystem—with back-end and integration work for desktop applets and desklets. Based in Springfield, Missouri, he balances technical problem solving with design sensibilities to improve user experience and compatibility across versions. Comfortable working independently or within teams, he brings a pragmatic approach to quality assurance, maintainability, and incremental feature delivery.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Kickapoo High School
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (18)
customizer10
cinnamon10
javascript10
custom-theme10
component-development10
software-update10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
customisation10
code-editor10
clutter10
react10
ux-design9
performance-optimization9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
linuxmint/cinnamon-spices-applets
Jan 2017 - Jun 2019
Applets for the Cinnamon desktop
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:384 commits, 1093 PRs, 859 pushes in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to applet development for the Cinnamon desktop environment, focusing on Icing Menu and Icing Task Manager. Their work involved updating and implementing UI components, adding features such as window cycling, thumbnail menu control, and setting up the underlying structure for application pinning and re-ordering. The user also focused on integrating the UI with Cinnamon for theming support and performance.
applet
linuxmint/cinnamon
Dec 2016 - Jun 2019
A Linux desktop featuring a traditional layout, built from modern technology and introducing brand new innovative features.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:284 commits, 202 PRs, 60 pushes in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jason primarily focused on improving the Cinnamon desktop environment's menu applet. They extracted functions from loops in the applet's JavaScript code to improve performance. The user also made several changes to the menu applet, including implementing new features, such as allowing users to show or hide the desklets in the applet. Furthermore, they addressed several UI-related issues and improved the user experience.
linux
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