Michael Ace
Video Editor at Motel 6
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Ace is a Los Angeles–based video editor with a decade of hands-on experience producing short-form content for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Self-employed since 2016, he combines formal study in Design and Visual Communications with real-world client work to move quickly from concept to polished edits. Comfortable handling fast turnarounds, he pairs technical proficiency with clear communication honed through both editorial projects and front-desk hospitality work. He also brings a tester’s attention to detail from contributing QA and test automation improvements to the widely used Scrapy open-source project. Known for being a fast learner and adaptable collaborator, Michael blends creative storytelling with disciplined process to help creators and brands stand out in crowded feeds.
11 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Design and Visual Communications, General, Master's degree, Design and Visual Communications, General at Cypress College
Github Skills (11)
scrapy10
pytest10
python10
testing10
web-framework9
webscraping9
application-framework9
app-framework9
scrape8
data-scraping8
webscraper8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
scrapy/scrapy
Aug 2021 - Jun 2022
Scrapy, a fast high-level web crawling & scraping framework for Python.
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 6 commits, 4 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the testing aspect of the Scrapy framework. They added and refined tests for the `rel_has_nofollow` utility function, ensuring its correct behavior with various input scenarios, including comma-separated values. They also addressed flake8 issues, maintaining code quality within the test suite. Furthermore, the user's contributions were targeted at supporting the `.jsonl` file extension.
crawlingpythonscrapyscrapingframework
divtiply/artupptime
May 2024 - Jul 2026
Contributions:34377 pushes, 1 branch, 10043 comments in 2 years 2 months
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