Mitch Wilson
Kihei, Hawaii, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMitch Wilson was a pioneering entrepreneur who transformed sports betting media by founding SportsChatPlace and co-founding Picks and Parlays before building PickDawgz into the most-watched sports betting YouTube channel through relentless consistency and transparent analysis. Over a 13-year span he scaled online communities and media properties from a $10 startup blog into a parent company, Dawn Patrol LLC, that partners across the sports betting ecosystem and mentors a generation of handicappers and broadcasters. Though not a traditional technologist, he contributed to engineering projects on GitHub—working on back-end and DevOps tasks for well-known open-source efforts like Nylas mail sync components and the IPFS Kubo CLI—illustrating a hands-on approach to product and platform problems. Based in Kihei, Hawaii, Mitch combined grassroots content creation with strategic B2B partnerships, favoring long-term trust over quick exits. His legacy is a durable media playbook centered on honesty, daily execution, and community-first growth.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Communication and Media Studies, Bachelor of Science - BS, Communication and Media Studies at Boston University
Github Skills (44)
javascript10
python10
imap10
css10
command-line-interface10
ipfs10
smtps10
smtp10
smtpd10
go10
command-line10
html10
react10
cli10
api-design9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
nylas/sync-engine
Jul 2016 - Sep 2016
:incoming_envelope: IMAP/SMTP sync system with modern APIs
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 14 PRs, 52 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Mitch primarily contributed to the back-end functionality of the IMAP/SMTP sync engine. They implemented features related to event creation, Gmail draft deletion, and allowed for the configuration of log levels. They also made improvements to the console interface and addressed TLS-related issues and certificate verification.
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ipfs/kubo
Apr 2016 - Jun 2016
An IPFS implementation in Go
Role in this project:Backend & DevOps Engineer
Backend & DevOps EngineerContributions:11 commits, 10 PRs, 15 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Mitch primarily contributed to the `ipfs/kubo` repository by implementing and maintaining command-line interface (CLI) features. They fixed bugs related to IPNS resolution, added a "repo fsck" command to manage lockfiles, and created supporting tests. Their work also involved updating existing commands, adding repo statistics, and improving documentation.
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