Kevin Bloch
Mentor
(6 reviews)
US$25.00
For every 15 mins
7
Sessions/Jobs
ABOUT ME
There are no stupid questions. Coding most of my life. I love it when the UX has computers serving people, not the other way around.
There are no stupid questions. Coding most of my life. I love it when the UX has computers serving people, not the other way around.
My primary motivation is to be useful, usually by getting computers to do what they're good at: the tedious stuff. When we do this as much as is reasonable to implement, we leave us humans more time to enjoy life.
I got my real start in software development by proving myself doing exactly that: I took a very boring and error-prone business process, and automated most of it away, leaving a UI that even the most computer-averse users found intuitive. The direct and side benefits of this system are still felt at that business, decades later.
Freelancer and Toptal talent; open to remote jobs.
English
Bern (+02:00)
Joined March 2017
EXPERTISE
2 years experience
I got started with Haxe to design and create video games. I completed one major game (made of many mini-games), one Mini Ludum Dare game...
I got started with Haxe to design and create video games. I completed one major game (made of many mini-games), one Mini Ludum Dare game jam game, and I have one other project still in development. I also made my own scrollbar library, since HaxeFlixel's ecosystem did not already have one, and used it in my games.
13 years experience | 2 endorsements
Wrote an advanced integrated CMS in PostgreSQL that interfaced with an undocumented third-party MSSQL database.
Wrote an advanced integrated CMS in PostgreSQL that interfaced with an undocumented third-party MSSQL database.
15 years experience
I used Perl for various dynamic web site features, then used it as my back-end language of choice during research and development of an i...
I used Perl for various dynamic web site features, then used it as my back-end language of choice during research and development of an integrated company intranet app and supporting tools (server monitoring, data extraction and B2B automation, etc.).
22 years experience | 1 endorsement
Got started with a corporate web site, and evolved my knowledge alongside the web's, going through 13 major rewrites throughout the years...
Got started with a corporate web site, and evolved my knowledge alongside the web's, going through 13 major rewrites throughout the years. See JavaScript above, same context. Also used HTML5 Canvas for a university project 8 years ago, and the code still works today even though I haven't touched it.
13 years experience | 2 endorsements
Wrote an advanced integrated CMS in PostgreSQL that interfaced with an undocumented third-party MSSQL database. Hacked some MySQL projec...
Wrote an advanced integrated CMS in PostgreSQL that interfaced with an undocumented third-party MSSQL database. Hacked some MySQL projects too.
13 years experience
See HTML and JavaScript above. The company intranet app I worked on allowed me to stay on the bleeding edge of CSS development, using wh...
See HTML and JavaScript above. The company intranet app I worked on allowed me to stay on the bleeding edge of CSS development, using whatever made life easier as it came out.
7 years experience
Shell scripts I've used for work, play, and personal productivity. There's always something you can script! I've done .bat/.cmd files a...
Shell scripts I've used for work, play, and personal productivity. There's always something you can script! I've done .bat/.cmd files and a bit of PowerShell, but mostly Bash.
REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS
(6 reviews)
SAMIA
April 2017
He is Fast, clever, he is master of PostgreSQL.
Thanks a lot
Brandon
April 2017
AMAZING!!!
Brandon
April 2017
AMAZING !!!!
Byonca
April 2017
Kevin was VERY helpful. He was patient and explained things very thoroughly. I am looking forward to having another session with him.
David Politis
April 2017
Absolutely amazing. I was really hesitant and unsure how my first experience using this service would go, and to say Kevin knocked it out of the park would be an understatement. Kevin was fast, efficient, knowledgeable, personable, and most of all kind. Didn't make me feel dumb for asking what were obviously dumb questions, and went above and beyond in making sure I understood what was going on through the whole process. Thank you Kevin!
SOCIAL PRESENCE
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a scrollable area with automatic scrollbars, intended for manual layout enthusiasts
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