I have been primarily coding in Javascript for the last 15 years. I know the ins-and-outs of the language thoroughly, as well as how to get the most out of it in complex situations. I also know when to not use it, which is becoming more important for performance on mobile devices.

After being focused on Ruby for the first few years of my career, I switched full-time to Node when I realized how much easier it was for my brain to stay in Javascript. I am currently maintaining several Node servers in production, and understand how to keep them alive and performant.

I have built and managed all parts of the Shopify experience for a number of clients. I am comfortable working in Liquid, and I have also published an app that has average 5 star reviews (https://apps.shopify.com/serverless-extentions) which provides developers and technical shop owners with a server-less Javascript platform for responding to web hooks in various ways.

I have used Firebase (Auth/Firestore/Database/Hosting/Functions/Storage) on many projects, both before and after they were acquired by Google. It is a great platform with a generous free tier for trying things out.

Ruby was my primary back-end language until I switched fully to Node.js. I still run into occasional Rails apps when I am working on the frontend, and am able to contribute to the full stack.

I am always trying to learn about things in software development. Whether it is writing a language from scratch and learning about interpreting and compilers, or diving into languages like Lisp and Haskell for a nice mind-bending experience, there is so much more than just web development out there.

The web has been my medium since I started programming. The browser and I are close friends and occasional mortal enemies.

I use Git every day as part of my personal projects and freelance work.

I have used either Flow or Typescript for various projects, depending on the complexity of the domain. Simple apps are fine without, but once you have a lot of data shapes and polymorphic functions, type checking is just too useful to ignore.

I rarely build things in it myself, but seems I am always working with it on the job. I am stronger with Ruby than with the Rails framework itself, but I know where all the pieces go and how to make it work.

A javascript developer with 15+ years of experience on the full-stack.

Brendan Barr

Cloud Hooks provides a secure, serverless Javascript environment for responding to your shop's webhooks.

Cloud Hooks

A Nationbuilder app that automatically matches incoming users to relevant social, demographic, and contact data.

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