Mika Busante
Full Stack Developer at Oak Studios LLC
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMika Busante is a hybrid full stack developer and designer based in New York with 8 years of experience crafting thoughtful, user-centered web products. Comfortable across JavaScript, React, Node.js and modern styling tools, Mika blends visual sensibility from a BFA in Graphic Design with practical engineering skills to deliver polished interfaces and reliable front-end components. At Oak Studios they ship full stack solutions; previous roles in design and teaching inform a collaborative, user-first approach. An active contributor to Mastodon's official homepage, Mika has implemented branding-focused React components and content pages—demonstrating an eye for both brand systems and component architecture. Always curious, they pair prototyping instincts with production discipline, moving smoothly between design mockups and deployable code.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Graphic Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Graphic Design at State University of New York at New PaltzBachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Graphic Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Graphic Design at Purchase College, SUNYFullstack Academy
Github Skills (9)
typescript10
typescripts10
nextjs10
react10
typescript-types10
javascript9
mastodon9
css8
html8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mastodon/joinmastodon
Aug 2022 - Nov 2022
The official Mastodon project homepage
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 4 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Mika primarily focused on front-end development within the Mastodon project homepage. Their contributions centered on implementing branding updates, including adding and adjusting wordmarks, mark-only logos, and clear space guidelines. They created and modified React components, including a `BrandSection`, `Logo`, and `UsageRule`, demonstrating expertise in component-based UI development, and they also implemented new pages such as the Covenant page. These commits involved modifying the website's UI elements and structure.
mastodonmastodon-api
gh-wanderlust/wanderlust
Jan 2020 - Feb 2020
Contributions:61 PRs, 71 pushes, 50 branches in 18 days
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