Scott Gallant
Co-Founder at Meg
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Summary
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Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolScott Gallant is a founder and software engineer with 11 years of experience building developer-focused web products and CMS tooling. He co-founded and led TinaCMS—growing it to 100,000+ users, raising venture capital, building a team of ~20, and launching the open-source tina.io project before exiting in 2024. Currently a co-founder at Meg and based in Charlottetown, he combines hands-on front-end work (React/Next.js contributions to projects like tina.io and Forestry.io) with product and company leadership. His background in mechanical engineering gives him an analytical, systems-oriented approach to building UX-forward developer tools. Outside of code he’s an avid sailor and musician, traits that reflect a balance of creativity and discipline in his work. Notably, he has a track record of shipping polished docs and site experiences that help onboard both individual developers and enterprise customers.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering at Carleton UniversityCharlottetown Rural High School
Github Skills (16)
cms10
javascript10
nextjs10
hugo10
front-end-development10
react10
mustache9
jamstack9
content-management-system8
html8
content-management8
ui-design7
typescript-types7
css7
typescript7
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
forestryio/forestry.io
Jan 2018 - Jan 2023
Forestry.io website
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:430 commits, 10 PRs, 1036 pushes in 5 years
Contributions summary:Scott primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Forestry.io website. Their commits focused on modifying JavaScript files, specifically scripts.min.js, to add and update features such as quick start guides, tour pages, and updates to the application's documentation. The changes included restructuring the quickstart section and implementing image transformations.
cmsforestryhugojamstack
tinacms/tina.io
Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
Website for TinaCMS 🦙 - General info, documentation, blogs & contribution guidelines.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 148 commits, 148 PRs in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Scott primarily focused on updating and implementing features for the website, likely built with Next.js, based on the file paths and commit messages. Their work included modifying content templates and pages, integrating new components, and enhancing the user interface. They also made changes to the navigation and footer, reflecting a focus on overall site structure and user experience. Several commits point to front-end development with React and related libraries.
cms-frameworkreactcontribution-guidelinesjamstackguidelines
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