Micah Ellison
Strategic Advisor, Desktop & Web Systems
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMicah Ellison is a strategic advisor and systems-focused software engineer with seven years of formal experience and a decade-plus background across public sector and biotech database roles. Based in Seattle, he currently guides desktop and web systems for the City of Seattle, blending operational IT know-how with application-level problem solving. He has deep hands-on experience in backend development and maintenance, notably contributing significant fixes and feature work to the popular jrnl command-line journaling project. Micah’s career traces a practical path from systems administration and web development to database engineering and strategic IT advising, giving him a rare perspective on both infrastructure and developer tooling. He holds a BA in History from the University of Washington and brings a pragmatic, user-centered approach to technical decisions—often favoring small, maintainable improvements that reduce operational friction.
7 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BA, History, BA, History at University of Washington
Github Skills (7)
command-line10
python10
cli10
journal10
shell9
ruamel-yaml8
pytest7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jrnl-org/jrnl
Jun 2019 - Jan 2023
Collect your thoughts and notes without leaving the command line.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:33 releases, 360 reviews, 148 commits in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Micah contributed to the `jrnl-org/jrnl` repository by implementing several features and resolving issues related to the command-line journal application. They modified the template interpreter to support Python commands and addressed date-related issues. Furthermore, the user worked on preventing readline usage on Windows, resolving upgrade issues, and adding support for directory-based journals. They also improved the functionality of the application by implementing deletion features and fixing several other bugs and minor issues.
command-linejournaljrnlpythonjournal-application
opencollective/jrnl
Oct 2019 - Apr 2020
A simple command line journal application that stores your journal in a plain text file.
Contributions:8 commits in 6 months
command-line
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