Ross Paskett
Founder at VanillaBean AI
Utah, United States
Summary
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SeniorRoss Paskett is a pragmatic software developer with 12 years of experience building scalable web applications and back-end systems, currently driving feature development for a real estate marketing platform. He specializes in PHP/MySQL and Laravel, with strong Node.js and Vue.js skills, and has designed microservices, Kafka migrations, and custom integrations across logistics, CRM, and eSignature domains. Comfortable across AWS, Linux/macOS, and Git workflows, Ross also contributes to open-source front-end projects—recently refactoring WYMeditor APIs and tests to improve plugin extensibility. Known for turning legacy systems into maintainable modern stacks, he pairs hands-on coding with mentoring and pragmatic architecture choices. Based in Utah, he’s expanding into Python and Flutter/Dart, reflecting a steady appetite for new languages and cross-platform development.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (11)
html10
javascript10
unit-testing9
api-design8
nodejs6
php6
sqlite6
nodemon6
database6
pdo6
mysql6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
wymeditor/wymeditor
Aug 2014 - Sep 2014
Pure js cross-browser WYSIWYM editor with a focus on the clean separation of content and styling.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits in 9 days
Contributions summary:Ross primarily focused on updating the WYMeditor codebase. Their contributions involved refactoring the API by repurposing functions, specifically the `html()` and `rawHtml()` methods, for enhanced plugin development. They also updated unit tests and documentation to align with the new API, ensuring code maintainability and correctness. Furthermore, they addressed and fixed a variety of issues.
cross-browserpurejswysiwym
chocolatetoothpaste/camino
Jul 2013 - Jun 2016
Contributions:193 commits, 49 pushes, 12 tags in 2 years 11 months
web-applicationsclient-sidestoproutingrouter
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