Reed Harston
Software Engineer at Dad
Pullman, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolReed Harston is a versatile software engineer with 10 years of hands-on experience spanning embedded firmware, desktop clients, macOS and cross-platform desktop development, and web integrations. He combines low-level understanding of digital logic and hardware with practical full-stack software design, enabling solutions that balance performance, cost, and maintainability. Reed consistently improves team throughput and software quality through automation, build/test infrastructure, and by mentoring peers with guided code review and training. His background includes building production test and desktop tools that reduced cycle time and costs, and he continues to ship cross-platform apps as a freelance developer while contributing at Koble. Based in Pullman, WA, he brings a pragmatist’s approach—using the best tool for the job, including existing systems—to deliver customer-focused, durable software.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Arizona State UniversityBrigham Young University-Idaho
English, Portuguese
Github Skills (180)
shortcut10
websocket10
macos-big-sur10
ui-automation10
linting10
command-line-tool10
blackbox-testing10
swiftui10
hex10
rxswift10
reactive10
keyboard-shortcuts10
functional10
observer10
automation-ui10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
rtharston/Craft
Jun 2016 - Dec 2024
Contributions:4 pushes, 2 branches in 8 years 8 months
minecraftcppminecraft-clonegamedevshaders
rtharston/RayTracingWeekend
Jan 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:53 pushes, 16 branches, 1 tag in 2 years 2 months
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