Zeke Sikelianos
Founding Designer at Replicate
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolZeke Sikelianos is a multidisciplinary founding designer and seasoned engineer with 18 years building developer tools, web platforms, and ML deployment workflows from Berkeley. He blends design sensibility with deep engineering chops—shipping core infrastructure at GitHub, Heroku, npm, and Electron and now building open-source AI tooling at Replicate (notably contributions to cog and replicate-python). Comfortable across the stack, Zeke has improved buildpacks, CI/CD, testing frameworks, and developer UX—work that quietly powers smoother Node.js and Electron developer experiences. He’s equally at home shaping UI details (fonts, colors, i18n) as refactoring backend build logic and async ML servers, a rare combo that helps teams turn complex systems into polished, usable products.
18 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
The University of New MexicoPrintmaking Linguistics, Printmaking Linguistics at Santa Barbara City College
English, French, javascript, Spanish, ruby, bash
Github Skills (85)
apim10
python10
testing10
bash10
swagger10
type-definition10
menu10
build-automation10
heroku10
build-process10
markdown10
javascript10
dockers10
swagger-ui10
api10
Programming languages (27)
Github contributions (5)
jacques/docs.npmjs.com
Aug 2014 - Apr 2015
The place where all the docs will live one day.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:169 commits in 8 months
Contributions summary:Zeke primarily worked on the documentation site for npm, adding and improving its structure and content. They implemented navigation and layout elements using Jade/HBS templates. The user also set up build processes using shell scripts and integrated tools for content generation and organization. Additionally, they made changes to the front-end styles and overall presentation of the documentation.
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npm/npm-expansions
Sep 2014 - Apr 2015
Send us a pull request by editing expansions.txt
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:414 commits, 190 PRs, 181 pushes in 7 months
Contributions summary:Zeke primarily focused on improving the build process and adding test functionality to the repository. They introduced a new build process that generates the JavaScript file, along with ensuring valid JSON output through unit tests. Further, the user made changes to the alphabetization script. These changes suggest a focus on improving the reliability and maintainability of the project.
txtnpm-packagejavascriptexpansionpull-requests
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