Jesse Smith
Multimedia Producer at Basementia
Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJesse Smith is a multimedia producer and creative technologist with 16 years of experience blending music, publishing, web development, and film production from Portland, Oregon. As founder of Basementia, he has self-published a dozen books, produced multiple albums (including two 2024 releases under Flumergex), and is actively pursuing music licensing and soundtrack opportunities. His technical background includes a decade-plus in web development and marketing as well as meaningful open-source contributions to projects like denyhosts (IPTABLES and PF support) and the Lumina desktop (audio, brightness, and battery integrations), bridging backend, DevOps, and full-stack UI work. Trained in English and global marketing (MBA), Jesse combines creative authorship and teaching with hands-on production skills and a knack for reimagining legacy material for the digital era. He’s comfortable leading small productions—recently producing a low-budget comic short film—and uniquely positions himself at the intersection of storytelling, technical implementation, and personal-transformation work.
16 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Global Marketing Management, MBA Global Marketing Management at City University of SeattleBachelor of Arts English, Bachelor of Arts English at Whitman College
Github Skills (19)
c-language10
qt10
python10
freebsd10
linux10
desktop-application10
openbsd10
enviroment10
security10
cprogramming-language10
x119
network8
bash8
ip8
net8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
denyhosts/denyhosts
May 2014 - Mar 2020
Automated host blocking from SSH brute force attacks
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:3 releases, 79 commits, 33 PRs in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Jesse contributed to various aspects of the DenyHosts project, primarily focusing on integrating and enhancing existing features. They applied patches from different sources, addressing reported bugs. Additionally, the user implemented the IPTABLES option, improving the project's ability to block incoming connections using a Linux firewall. Furthermore, they introduced support for PF packet filters, making DenyHosts compatible with a wider range of operating systems.
brute-force-attacksssh
lumina-desktop/lumina
Sep 2014 - Sep 2014
Lumina Desktop Environment
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 10 PRs, 10 pushes in 18 days
Contributions summary:Jesse primarily contributed to the Linux port of the Lumina Desktop Environment. They added features like audio volume and screen brightness controls, including the necessary system calls and configuration. Furthermore, they worked on the user interface, modifying .desktop file parsing to enhance application launching. They also integrated battery level detection and AC/battery detection and made changes to build configurations.
windowsgraphical-user-interfacedesktop-environmentdesktoplumina
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