Josh Universe
Founder at Reddit, Inc.
Melbourne, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJosh Universe is a founder and science communicator blending astronomy and entrepreneurship to build decentralized space technologies and vibrant online communities. As CEO of AstroChain and founder of the International Biohacking Community and The Transhumanist Council, he applies eight years of hands-on product, branding, and front-end development experience to bridge blockchain, space science, and education at scale. He reaches millions monthly across platforms and has grown a combined social following exceeding half a million, enabling partnerships with research-focused NFT and longevity brands. Trained in applied astronautics through IIAS and NASA programs, Josh pairs mission operations experience with practical web and automation skills (including front-end contributions to popular Hexo themes adding dark mode and modern comment systems). Comfortable switching between grassroots community-building and technical feature work, he’s unusually fluent in both space policy and open-source UX improvements that improve scientific outreach.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science - AS Astronomy and Astrophysics, Associate of Science - AS Astronomy and Astrophysics at Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeHigh School Diploma Engineering, High School Diploma Engineering at Bullitt East High SchoolLong-Term Certificate (TC) Cybersecurity / Information Assurance, Long-Term Certificate (TC) Cybersecurity / Information Assurance at Ivy Tech Community CollegeTracks to Space Program Space Studies, Tracks to Space Program Space Studies at International Space UniversityProspective Master of Science - MS* Commercial Enterprise in Space, Prospective Master of Science - MS* Commercial Enterprise in Space at Florida Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS Business Administration and Management General, Bachelor of Science - BS Business Administration and Management General at Southern New Hampshire University
Spanish, spanish 🇲🇽 🇪🇸, english 🇺🇸, japanese 🇯🇵, python 🐍, italian 🇮🇹
Github Skills (11)
html10
theme-development10
css10
responsive-design10
javascript10
hexo10
front-end-development10
ejs9
darksky9
material-design9
darkmode9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
volantis-x/hexo-theme-volantis
Apr 2020 - Nov 2022
A Wonderful Theme for Hexo.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:21 releases, 6 reviews, 526 commits in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Josh primarily focused on enhancing the Hexo theme by implementing and updating comment systems, including the addition of a simple and minimalist comment system (MiniValine). Furthermore, they implemented and updated the Google Analytics and Baidu Analytics key in the layout and changed the page's head. They also made modifications to enable content-visibility, improved anchor positioning, added a dark mode feature, and fixed various styling and code issues.
hexovolantishexo-themehexo-blog
shen-yu/hexo-theme-ayer
Apr 2020 - Aug 2022
一个干净优雅的hexo主题 A clean and elegant theme for Hexo. 🐋
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 8 PRs, 6 comments in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Josh primarily focused on enhancing the Hexo theme's comment system and implementing dark mode functionality. They added MiniValine comment integration, then made updates to incorporate the latest features of MiniValine. The user also made modifications to enable a dark mode theme, modifying CSS and JavaScript to achieve the desired effect.
elegant-themehexohexo-themecleanayer
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