Joshua Erb
Washington, District of Columbia, India
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Top SchoolJoshua Erb is a software engineer with a decade of experience building front-end and data-focused systems across startups and consulting engagements. He contributed to Mapbox.js—improving documentation, examples, and rendering behavior for a widely used mapping library—and later worked on ocean tech at Sofar Ocean before moving into freelance engineering and writing. Joshua combines a formal background in social sciences and data science with practical experience in support, consulting, and product engineering, which helps him translate complex domain problems into clear technical solutions. Based in Washington, D.C., he describes himself as a "recovering technologist" now exploring the intricacies of the publishing industry, bringing both curiosity and a habit of improving developer-facing documentation to new domains.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Professional Certification, Data Science, Professional Certification, Data Science at Georgetown University School of Continuing StudiesB.A., Global Studies, B.A., Global Studies at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMaster's degree, Social Sciences, Master's degree, Social Sciences at University of Chicago
French, Polish
Stackoverflow
1,674reputation
68kreached
60answers
1question
Github Skills (12)
javascript10
leaflet10
documentation10
api9
apim9
ios6
swift6
mapbox-android6
elevation6
android6
mapbox-gl-js6
java6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
mapbox/mapbox.js
Jan 2020 - Jan 2021
Mapbox JavaScript API, a Leaflet Plugin
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 7 reviews, 10 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Joshua primarily contributed to the Mapbox.js JavaScript API, focusing on updating and correcting documentation and examples. They fixed API usage examples related to plain-leaflet and ensured the proper rendering of the mapbox logo when layers were added after map initialization. The user also updated default tile/style endpoints for mapbox styles, modifying the underlying code to improve functionality.
leafletapimapboxleaflet-plugindocs-site
riastrad/cyberbspace
Jun 2017 - Dec 2022
these instructions, when read by a worthy machine in the prescribed order, will conjure cyberbspace from a mere jumble of files
Contributions:5 reviews, 87 commits, 318 PRs in 5 years 6 months
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