Russ Painter
Software Architect at CoderDojo
Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolRuss Painter is a seasoned Software Architect based in Ireland with 13 years of professional experience designing and building C#-centric web and desktop solutions. He leads teams and delivers full-stack systems using ASP.NET, WPF/WinForms, SQL Server and modern front-end frameworks like Angular and Vue, while retaining deep practical roots in game development and embedded systems. His career spans founding and directing a small consultancy, leading embedded advertising software with GPS-aware scheduling, and long-term contract architecture work at 8 West Consulting. An active mentor at CoderDojo and contributor to open-source front-end tooling, he has a knack for hardening legacy JavaScript for modern module systems—an example of his pragmatic approach to maintaining production stability across changing platforms. Reliable, hands-on and entrepreneurial, he’s available for contract or permanent roles where technical leadership and delivery matter.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Online Courses, Online Courses at Rice University
English
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Github Skills (16)
debugging10
debug10
javascript10
front-end-development10
jquery10
github9
visual-studio9
pullrequest9
html9
css9
generics6
asp-net6
wpf6
exit6
command-line6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jquery-textfill/jquery-textfill
Apr 2013 - Feb 2018
Resizes font-size of text to fit into container
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 10 PRs, 12 pushes in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Russ primarily contributed to the project by addressing JavaScript-related errors and improving the robustness of the code. They focused on preventing the application from crashing when certain debugging features were unavailable, especially in older browsers. The user also updated and maintained the minified JavaScript file, ensuring that changes in the main codebase were reflected in the production-ready version. They also refactored parts of the code to make it more compatible with modern module systems.
resizesfont-sizefontjquery-uifit
GeekyMonkey/CoderDojoEnnisWebsite
Sep 2015 - Dec 2024
Website for Coder Dojo - Ennis, Ireland
Contributions:17 reviews, 19 PRs, 202 pushes in 9 years 5 months
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