Jonathan Bennett
Senior Build Engineer at Jonathan Bennett Consulting
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJonathan Bennett is a Senior Build Engineer and consultant with 11 years of experience turning legacy, paper-based workflows into automated, user-friendly systems that cut costs and save time. Based in Sarnia, Ontario, he blends hands-on development (PHP, Node.js, JavaScript) and build/deployment tooling with strategic project management through his consulting practice and current role at Cisco Meraki. He has a background managing IT infrastructure and front-end development, and has shipped integrations and marketing automation solutions for clients at agencies and studios. An active contributor to open-source, he improved backend feed management and synchronization for the popular NetNewsWire RSS reader, demonstrating attention to API design and account workflows. Trained as a software engineer at Western University, he combines practical engineering with a knack for translating messy business processes into maintainable, automated software.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BEng, Software, BEng, Software at Western University
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Github Skills (15)
account-management10
rss10
swift10
ios10
api10
apidoc10
macos9
json7
craftcms6
twig6
swiftui6
testing6
webpacker6
ruby-on-rails6
ruby6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire
Sep 2019 - Jan 2021
RSS reader for macOS and iOS.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:58 commits, 11 PRs, 8 comments in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Jonathan primarily contributed to the backend logic of the NetNewsWire RSS reader. They refactored code to externalize API keys and allow adding Feed Wrangler accounts. They also introduced features for refreshing feed subscriptions and article synchronization. Additionally, the user added functionality for renaming and removing feeds, improving the account management capabilities.
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