Hello, Javan Makhmali here. I’m a programmer at Basecamp, co-creator of Trix, and remote worker from Ann Arbor, Michigan. You can find me on twitter, github, and at javan@javan.us.

Recent open source contributions

• Fix “Paste and Match Style” in Safari basecamp/trix

• Fix cursor appearance around attachments basecamp/trix

• Improve editing attachment captions basecamp/trix

• Only load Rakefile when necessary rails/webpacker

• Update BrowserView docs. Fixes #9553 electron/electron

• Fix asset host support & improve output path rails/webpacker

• Lazy compile in test env rails/webpacker

• Throttle scroll handler turbolinks/turbolinks

• Restore rails-ujs.js UMD module support rails/rails

• Match all resolved extensions as entry points rails/webpacker

• Restore action_cable.js UMD module support. Fixes #28366 rails/rails

• Add “context-menu” DOM event to <webview> electron/electron

• Improve multi-file insertion performance basecamp/trix

• Action Cable: JavaScript test updates rails/rails

• Invalidate attachment view cache when preview URL changes. Fixes #77 basecamp/trix

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Talks

• Electron — If you can build a website, you can build a desktop app at SEM.js
• Introducing Trix at connect.tech
• Basecamp 3 Unraveled at A2RB
• The JavaScript That Makes Basecamp Tick at SEM.js

Thanks for stopping by!