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

• Speed up bin/webpack* executables by dropping yarn run overhead rails/webpacker

• Enable babel-loader cache rails/webpacker

• Configurable attachment captions basecamp/trix

• Improve JavaScript basecamp/google_sign_in

• Configure per-service request headers for direct uploads rails/activestorage

• Add JavaScript direct upload support rails/activestorage

• Add multiple hostname support puma/puma-dev

• 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

… and more »

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!