Paul Keen
Consultant at JetThoughts LLC
Germany, United States
Summary
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RockstarPaul Keen is a seasoned consultant and technical leader with 15 years of experience building and advising on web applications and backend systems. Based in Germany with roots in the United States, he blends hands-on engineering with strategic CTO experience at JetThoughts. A top 100 Rails contributor, Paul has deep expertise in Ruby frameworks—his work on Padrino's routing and request handling highlights attention to core framework reliability and compatibility. He excels at untangling subtle bugs and integrating upstream changes, making him valuable for legacy modernization and platform stability projects. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he pairs open-source stewardship with client-facing consulting to deliver maintainable, production-ready systems.
15 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (13)
url-routing10
padrino10
sidekiq10
ruby10
ruby-on-rails9
testing9
waf9
rspec6
minitest6
macos6
bash6
filtering6
postgresql6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
padrino/padrino-framework
Jun 2011 - Jul 2011
Padrino is a full-stack ruby framework built upon Sinatra.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Paul primarily focused on improving the routing functionality within the Padrino framework. Their work included converting a format parameter to a symbol for better compatibility and priority management, addressing issues with route parsing, and preserving format parameters. They also addressed some test failures and integrated upstream master changes. These commits demonstrate the user's expertise in the core routing and request handling mechanisms.
ruby-on-railsruby-frameworksinatrarailsfull-stack
jetthoughts/vuejs-rails-starterkit
Jan 2018 - May 2021
Vue.js + Rails Starting Kit GitHub Template to develop Hybrid Mobile Application: https://vuejs-rails-starterkit.herokuapp.com
Contributions:61 commits, 70 PRs, 164 pushes in 3 years 4 months
herokuvueboilerplate-templatevuejsruby
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