Chris Dolphin

Understanding the performance benefits and nuances of web tech enable a smooth 60 frame per second user experience. As a designer smooth ux is a high priority for me, as a developer I just wanna show off my work :]. I have experience tuning for mobile and desktop, from single pages, to visualizers, to game development.

I worked on a sizable front-end team on a single large scale repo with millions of users. There I learned how to manage a repo and work together to get features done and bugs fixed. That and personal projects have taught me how to prevent merge issues and fix commit history problems with confidence.

I use Node daily in my development workflow, but I’ve created a number of back-ends using Express, Koa, other Restful solutions or hand-written RPC solutions. For the benefit of performance, I’ve integrated Serverside rendering lazy-loading. Regularly work with and modify build systems written with Webpack and Babel, or Gulp, Browserify, etc..

Worked with large and small scale systems. Single page apps, visualization demos, web games, and static sites. I can handle architecture, performance, feature development, design of web projects. Prefer ES6 and React projects, but very familiar with Backbone, Jquery, most MVC and Flux frameworks, charting and map libraries as well.

I immensely enjoyed working with the HTML5 platform as it became more standard. I’m known for creating a CSS music visualizer, using the Web Audio API. I’ve written an abstraction layer for the Gamepad API, since it can be hard to work with. And I’ve worked on several projects that have used higher-end web technology, like the Service Worker, Websockets, and Geolocation.

Started with Flash, and transitioned to HTML5 game and mobile game development. I have a wide range of knowledge pertaining to game design, production, development, and monetization. Worked with Blender, Phaser, the HTML Canvas, and SVG to craft the best experience depending on the platform.

I take pride in considering the end user’s experience as much as possible. Questioning moderning design practices when they seem to work against the user. Several years experience with Photoshop and web design. I’ve fleshed out my skillset with masks, filters, scripting, and by adopting the use of Gimp.