wheat
Electrical Engineer
United States
Summary
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Rockstarwheat is an Electrical Engineer with 11 years of hands-on software and front-end development experience, blending hardware-minded problem solving with modern web engineering. Based in the United States, they have been a consistent open-source contributor to prominent Vue ecosystems (notably vueuse), where they fixed core utilities, implemented features like useAuth for Firebase and useFetch, and modernized APIs such as useAxios. Their front-end work on the Elk Mastodon client shows a knack for UX-driven engineering—adding mobile navigation, virtual scrolling, hover cards, and swipeable image previews to improve real-world user experience. Comfortable full-stack, they focus on reliable utilities and polished interfaces, often surfacing subtle fixes that improve developer ergonomics and end-user interaction alike.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (19)
javascript10
utilities10
mastodon-app10
css10
typescript10
nuxt10
ui-design10
uid10
mastodon10
front-end-development10
vue10
utility10
composable10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
vueuse/vueuse
Jan 2021 - Jan 2023
Collection of essential Vue Composition Utilities for Vue 2 and 3
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:198 reviews, 66 commits, 123 PRs in 2 years
Contributions summary:Wheat primarily contributed to bug fixes and feature implementations within the VueUse library. They resolved issues in various components, including `useResizeObserver`, `useIntersectionObserver`, and demos for `useMouseInElement` and `useMediaQuery`, demonstrating a focus on core utilities and demo functionality. The user also added new features like `useAuth` for Firebase and `useFetch`, expanding the library's capabilities, and updated the `useAxios` API to align with `useFetch`.
vue-nextcompositionvue3vueessential
elk-zone/elk
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
A nimble Mastodon web client
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 17 commits, 2 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Wheat primarily contributed to the front-end development of the Elk Mastodon web client. Their work includes implementing new UI components like a mobile navigation bar, account hover cards, and a virtual scroller for timelines. They also fixed bugs related to UI elements and navigation styles, and integrated features such as a search widget and image preview swipe functionality. Several commits show a clear focus on improving the user interface and overall user experience.
nimblenuxt-appweb-clientmastodon-clientmastodon
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