Jonathan Barrow
Project Lead Developer at Yesterware
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Summary
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RockstarJonathan Barrow is a backend developer and software researcher with nine years of practical experience, currently leading projects at Yesterware as Project Lead Developer. He specializes in reverse engineering, API reconstruction, web scraping, and building replacement game servers—particularly for legacy Nintendo systems—turning undocumented protocols into usable tooling and services. Jonathan pairs hands-on systems work with research-driven problem solving, often taking apart binaries and network traffic to rebuild dependable backends. Based in Jacksonville, Florida, he brings a pragmatic, full-stack backend focus informed by diverse early-career roles in operations and customer-facing positions. Colleagues rely on him to translate obscure technical challenges into maintainable APIs and automations that keep user-facing systems running. His unusual mix of reverse-engineering curiosity and production engineering makes him effective at rescuing and modernizing legacy platforms.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (200)
custom-server10
reverse-proxy10
discord-rpc10
switch10
pokeapi10
nintendo10
piracy10
branding10
cpp10
emulation10
launcher10
streaming10
markdown10
javascript10
movie10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
jonbarrow/SuperMarioBros
Aug 2017 - Apr 2019
A work-in-progress remake of the original Super Mario Bros. for NES, in the browser using canvas and P5JS.
Contributions:16 commits, 2 PRs, 15 pushes in 1 year 8 months
p5jsmariocanvasnessupermariobros
PretendoNetwork/grpc
Nov 2024 - Apr 2026
Contributions:12 reviews, 4 PRs, 21 pushes in 1 year 5 months
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