Rory Aronson
CEO at SLO MakerSpace
California, United States
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Top SchoolRory Aronson is a mechanical engineer, entrepreneur, and CEO based in California with 12 years of experience building open-source hardware and software for small-scale precision agriculture. He founded FarmBot and OpenFarm, leading product architecture, design, development, and community storytelling to make automated, transparent farming tools and crop knowledge freely accessible. Rory blends hands-on engineering—having contributed front-end and UX improvements to projects like the widely used FarmBot web app and the OpenFarm database—with organizational leadership of a benefit corporation and a nonprofit. He has practical maker skills from running a makerspace and deep experience turning prototypes into production robotics and web platforms. Known for marrying technical rigor with mission-driven design, he focuses on scalable solutions that benefit people and the environment. An under-the-radar strength is his ability to translate complex hardware-software workflows into approachable UX and open community resources.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoAppropriate Technology Development Spanish and the Physics of Energy, Appropriate Technology Development Spanish and the Physics of Energy at Guateca School of Appropriate Technology
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (15)
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angularjs9
responsive-design9
user-interface8
garden8
agriculture8
testing8
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
openfarmcc/OpenFarm
Oct 2013 - Dec 2019
A free and open database for farming and gardening knowledge. You can grow anything!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:88 commits, 19 PRs, 2 pushes in 6 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Rory primarily contributed to the front-end and UI elements of the OpenFarm project. They added links to the "About" page and improved the user experience by centering help text and adding links on search pages. The user also fixed and enhanced search functionality within the application, indicating their involvement in both the front and back end of the search feature. Additionally, the user changed UI copy and improved layout.
gardeningknowledgerailsplantsdatabase
FarmBot/Farmbot-Web-App
Jun 2014 - Jan 2023
Setup, customize, and control FarmBot from any device
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:128 commits, 46 PRs, 66 pushes in 8 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Rory primarily contributed to the front-end of the FarmBot web application. Their work included adding and styling elements to the sequence builder, such as new buttons for features like "WRITE PIN" and "READ PIN" within the dashboard. They also made significant styling changes to the new user registration, sign-in, and devices pages, ensuring the UI matched the intended design. Further contributions included migrating and styling the main navigation to use an HTML select element and building a mobile friendly nav bar.
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