Nathaniel Daniel
Freelance Software Developer
Rocklin, California, United States
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Top SchoolNathaniel Daniel is a freelance software developer with nine years of experience building web applications, cloud solutions, and data-driven tools, grounded in a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno. He combines full-stack JavaScript and Python skills with systems programming in Rust—evidenced by contributions to the napi-rs project where he improved cross-platform build and dependency handling for Node.js native modules. Comfortable leading projects end-to-end, Nathaniel has delivered practical client solutions from automated image extraction and video processing order systems to targeted web scrapers. He’s mentored through Google’s TechWise program and is actively preparing for AWS Developer-Associate certification, blending cloud fluency with ML/data science toolkits like pandas and scikit-learn. Known to be pragmatic (and frustrated by buggy software), he brings a detail-oriented, engineer-first approach to shipping reliable systems.
9 years of coding experience
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at TechWiseBachelor of Science, Computer Science & Eng. (ABET accredited), Minors - Big Data, Statistics, Digital Interactive Games | Honors Program, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science & Eng. (ABET accredited), Minors - Big Data, Statistics, Digital Interactive Games | Honors Program at University of Nevada, Reno
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (10)
nodejs10
rust10
build-automation10
build29
windows9
build-engine9
buildx9
build-time9
applescript6
javascript4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
napi-rs/napi-rs
Oct 2020 - Nov 2020
A framework for building compiled Node.js add-ons in Rust via Node-API
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 16 commits, 4 PRs in 3 days
Contributions summary:Nathaniel focused on improving the build process and dependency management for the `napi-rs` project, a framework for building Node.js add-ons in Rust. They integrated the `ureq` crate for downloading necessary files during the build process, specifically the `node.lib` file for Windows. Further contributions involved respecting environment variables such as `NPM_CONFIG_DISTURL` and `CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ARCH` to enhance build flexibility and cross-platform compatibility. The user also refactored parts of the build process by modularizing scripts to improve readability.
apiadd-onsrustnode-jsjavascript
adumbidiot/win-nfd-rs
Aug 2021 - Dec 2022
A library to interface with native file dialogs on windows
Contributions:7 commits, 12 PRs, 16 pushes in 1 year 4 months
file-dialogwindowsdialogs
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