acobster / aero

A small library for explicit, intentful configuration.

Hi, I'm Coby! 🤘

I grew up in Sacramento, CA and came up to Tacoma, WA for college and stayed for the beautiful people and summers. I graduated with a BS in Computer Science from the University of Puget Sound in 2011. Currently into Clojure/Script, Python, functional programming, REPL-driven development, Datalog. #reparations #landback

🤓 Current projects (Recurse Center/personal)

• 🎵 A prototype for fclooper, a looping system for live musical performance with some unique features. Rust
• 👩‍⚕️ A scheduler application for the Radical Telehealth Collective (currently in Beta with trusted orgs). Clojure, ClojureScript, Reagent/React
• 🍞 Bread CMS, a content management system and library built on top of Datahike. Clojure
• 🌺 Lei, a library for building visual design systems in Garden. Clojure

⚙ Recent projects (SiteCrafting)

• 🏥 MultiCare - several data integrations, three distinct search tools, special location features. PHP, JavaScript, React
• 🏞️ Metro Parks Tacoma - four search tools, integration with a legacy API, implementing a custom design system. PHP, JavaScript, ClojureScript, Reagent/React
• 🗺 Mapbox Places UI - Google Places-style find-as-you-type component for Mapbox. React, JavaScript
• 📜 Washington State Historical Society - search integration with a legacy API, shareable lists of collection items, pulling live Google Business hours. PHP, JavaScript
• 🌳 Timber - library for making WordPress development more MVC-like. PHP
• 🌲 Conifer - an opinionated OO library for building common website features with Timber. PHP, JavaScript

✏️ Writing

• 📝 Coby's Recursive Adventures - Recurse Center log
• 🍅 Tomato Tomato - My (very old) personal website

🎉 Misc

• 🔮 Mystery Calculator, an explainer for the classic number trick, as a way of teaching myself React. JavaScript, React
• 🎨 tamayo.pictures - Illustration and design
• 🎸 Fang Chia - my band