Jesse Mack is a pragmatic software engineer and longtime tinkerer with a decade of hands-on experience and four years freelancing, currently balancing technical freelancing with operational roles at Kroger. He specializes in PHP and TypeScript, with proven impact optimizing databases and server performance—cutting SQL query times from seconds to ~100ms and resolving 40+ critical bugs through rigorous testing. Comfortable across stacks, he leverages Docker, Python automation, and web server tuning to deliver reliable, performant systems and clean, idiomatic code. Passionate about open source, privacy, and great developer/user experiences, he brings a practical, results-oriented mindset informed by retail operations and PIT-certified logistics work. Off the clock he’s a synthwave-listening Pokemon nerd who cooks spicy food, studies Japanese, and values lifelong learning.
Ephemeral is a heavy work-in-progress engine, created with the intention of being able to create and play 3D-style Pokémon maps.
Contributions:10 PRs, 74 pushes, 4 branches in 11 months
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