Raul Tomescu

Hi friend, nice to meet you. I'm Raul, a 25 y/o software engineer who started coding around 2013, starting with simple static websites, simple chrome extensions then did mobile for about two years and finally switched to Node and React about 5 years ago. I really love Node and React for how simple yet powerful they are.

Currently, I do best in:

★ Node.js 🚀
​ ​ ☆ REST APIs
​ ​ ☆ Command line tools
​ ​ ☆ Express.js
​ ​ ☆ Large scale Node.js applications
​ ​ ☆ Using npm
​ ​ ☆ Creating npm packages for Node.js (and for front-end as well)
​ ​ ☆ Web scraping
​ ​ ☆ Automation of repetitive tasks
​ ​ ☆ Node.js architecture
★ JavaScript ✨
​ ​ ☆ ES6, ES7 and beyond
​ ​ ☆ TypeScript
​ ​ ☆ React
​ ​ ☆ Redux
​ ​ ☆ Creating and using libraries
​ ​ ☆ Publishing npm packages
★ HTML & CSS 🎨
​ ​ ☆ Fixing CSS quick issues
​ ​ ☆ Implementing mockups
​ ​ ☆ Making the page responsive
​ ​ ☆ SEO tips & tricks
★ Databases 📚
​ ​ ☆ Postgres (+sequelize)
​ ​ ☆ MongoDB
★ Command line 💻
​ ​ ☆ Shortcut tips
​ ​ ☆ Using VIM & Tmux
★ Code Review 👀
​ ​ ☆ I do code review offline, for Node.js, JavaScript, eventually CSS.
​ ​ ☆ Can be done in a live session as well.
​ ​ ☆ I can give advice on how to improve things
★ Using Git & GitHub/GitLab/BitBucket etc. 😸
​ ​ ☆ Introduction to how Git works
​ ​ ☆ Using Git hosting services (e.g. GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket etc)
​ ​ ☆ Top Git commands
​ ​ ☆ Shortcuts

♦ 🚀 Node.js: 5 years of experience, built lots of npm libraries
♦ 💛 JavaScript: 5 years of experience
♦ 🗣 Fluent english
♦ 🍀 Comfortable with Postgres and MongoDB (especially, the native driver for Node.js)

Why you can trust me:
★ I am doer. I make promises and stick to them. 🥑
★ I love coding and everything related to it. 💕
★ I want to help people grow. I won't charge you if you feel unsatisfied with my work. 🔨
★ I love teaching and try to be better every day. 🧑‍🏫