Kwadwo Asamoah
Full Stack Developer at Open Source
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKwadwo Asamoah is a Full Stack Developer with seven years of experience building scalable JavaScript applications, specializing in React, Redux, Node, and modular architecture. Based in New York, he has shipped production features at IBM and contributed key frontend work to Swell, a Product Hunt–trending open-source API tool that supports streaming protocols and GraphQL. He blends frontend polish with backend pragmatism—optimizing request/response paths, adding Electron UI integrations, and implementing proxy solutions to overcome CORS in desktop apps. His open-source projects range from interactive SVG tooling to invoice and dependency generators, reflecting a designer’s sensibility from a Graphic Design BA paired with CodeBridge and Codesmith engineering training. Known for improving developer experience, he focuses on practical tooling that makes APIs and creative workflows easier to use.
7 years of coding experience
Web Development Immersive Certificate, Full-stack Web Development, Web Development Immersive Certificate, Full-stack Web Development at General AssemblySoftware Engineering Residency, Software Engineering, Software Engineering Residency, Software Engineering at CodesmithBachelor of Arts - BA, Graphic Design, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Graphic Design at University at BuffaloCertificate of Completion, CodeBridge: Web Development, Certificate of Completion, CodeBridge: Web Development at Per Scholas
Github Skills (12)
javascript10
electron10
react10
wpgraphql9
front-end-development9
ui-design9
wordpress-graphql9
websocket9
uid9
graphql9
api8
nodejs7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
open-source-labs/Swell
Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
Swell: API development tool that enables developers to test endpoints served over streaming technologies including Server-Sent Events (SSE), WebSockets, HTTP2, GraphQL, gRPC, and tRPC..
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:46 commits, 12 PRs, 8 pushes in 22 days
Contributions summary:Kwadwo primarily contributed to the development of the frontend for the Swell application. Their work involved implementing and modifying UI components with Electron, including adding features like touchbar integration and handling user input. They also made changes to the codebase that included adding and modifying the app's menu functionality. Furthermore, they contributed to integrating GraphQL functionality and included the development of websocket messaging features.
grpcendpointsendpointswellmonitoring
addoasa/svg-tinker
Jul 2019 - Jul 2020
A tool for creating and manipluating SVGs.
Contributions:90 pushes, 3 branches, 2 issues in 1 year
svgrsvgssvg
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