Jorge Bucaran
Software Engineer at 弁護士ドットコム株式会社
Tokyo, Japan
Summary
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RockstarJorge Bucaran is a Tokyo-based software engineer with 11 years of experience building minimal, pragmatic tooling and production systems across startups and established companies. He has held architect and senior engineering roles at Mercari, SimpliRoute, and others, and currently contributes at 弁護士ドットコム株式会社, blending hands-on coding with system design. Jorge is an active open-source maintainer known for lightweight, developer-focused projects like superfine (a minimal view layer), colorette (terminal styling), and enhancd (an improved cd experience), where he drives refactors, bug fixes, and core implementations. His work favors simplicity and functional refactors that remove redundancy and improve testability, reflecting a philosophy of doing more with less code. Fluent in both front-end and back-end concerns, he brings practical craftsmanship to UX-facing tooling and command-line developer ergonomics.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
English, Spanish, Japanese
Github Skills (18)
javascript10
virtual-dom10
scripting10
command-line-interface10
bash10
web-components10
script10
sh10
nodejs10
shell10
cli10
testing9
fuzzy-search9
ui-design9
cd9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
jorgebucaran/superfine
May 2017 - Apr 2021
Absolutely minimal view layer for building web interfaces.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:10 releases, 3 reviews, 268 commits in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Jorge primarily contributed to the development of a minimal view layer for web interfaces. They implemented the initial implementation of the view layer, including the core `h` and `patch` functions. The user refactored the code, splitting the `h` and `patch` functions into separate files and fixing attribute handling. They also added a test stub and addressed export issues, showcasing their focus on the project's core functionality and structure.
virtualdomjavascripthyperappfrontendview-layer
jorgebucaran/colorette
Apr 2015 - Jun 2022
🌈Easily set your terminal text color & styles
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:35 releases, 21 reviews, 338 commits in 7 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Jorge primarily focused on refactoring and simplifying the codebase for the `colorette` project, which involves terminal text styling. They rewrote the core logic into a more functional style, and removed some features like logging, and also improved the test suite. They also contributed by adding additional features, such as new styles, while also improving the code by removing unnecessary lines and improving indentation.
browserconsolechalkstylesterminal
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