Prescott Prue
Principle Software Engineer at Thinkful
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolPrescott Prue is a Principal Software Engineer with 12 years of experience who blends a mechanical/aerospace engineering foundation with deep expertise in full‑stack JavaScript and developer tooling. Based in Boulder, he currently architects systems at Side and mentors aspiring engineers at Thinkful, while authoring well‑used open source projects like react-redux-firebase and redux-firestore that simplify Firebase integration for React apps. He’s built products across communications, e‑commerce, and social platforms and has a habit of turning hardware-aware engineering instincts into software solutions, from realtime messaging to cloud orchestration. A founder and frequent open‑source contributor, Prescott focuses on developer productivity and reproducible tooling, and his work is documented across github.com/prescottprue and prescottprue.com.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD, Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD at Rochester Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering/Aerospace Engineering, 3.0, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering/Aerospace Engineering, 3.0 at Case Western Reserve UniversityPhysics and Advanced Robotics, Physics and Advanced Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University
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Github Skills (13)
firebase10
react10
redux9
javascript9
jtest8
jes8
testing8
google-cloud-firestore6
cypress6
nodejs6
react-redux-firebase6
react-redux6
react-native-firebase6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
prescottprue/react-redux-firebase
Oct 2016 - Nov 2021
Redux bindings for Firebase. Includes React Hooks and Higher Order Components.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:147 releases, 4 reviews, 457 commits in 5 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Prescott primarily worked on a React and Firebase project, contributing to the functionality of the application by adding features. They added population from redux-firebasev3, which involved changes to files related to connecting components to Firebase data and managing data changes. Unit tests were also added for the connect functionality and query actions. They also updated examples to using `react-redux-firebase` over `redux-firebasev3` and incorporating string templating.
reactredux-thunkredux-firebasefirebasereact-hooks
prescottprue/firebase-ci
Mar 2017 - Mar 2021
Simplified Firebase interaction for continuous integration
Contributions:45 releases, 101 commits, 121 PRs in 4 years
interactiondeploymentfirebasecontinuoussimplified
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