Hi there 👋

I am Gemma, a senior full-stack software engineer with 12 years experience who has helped teams develop products and software quickly, laying the groundwork that resulted in20+ services deployed to production@Kammain 6 years, and led the delivery of features and releases to over 30+ live in-person event websites with a team of 3 @ WTG within 3 years.

My goal isn't just to produce software, but to:

1. Help teams achieveoptimal product velocityby improving the developer experience.
2. Build productsthat customers need and are easy to use.
3. Increase internal productivitythrough collaboration, and building/sourcing tools.

I love working with different languages, frameworks and tools across the entire stack including:

Highlights

What am I up to?

• I recently designed and built version 1 ofUposcar,a simple free profit/loss calculator for those using the FIFO accounting method.
• I'm currently working onMelimundo,a visa application assistant for UK citizens looking to live and work in Spain as digital nomads.
• I'm currently deep-diving intoBun.
• I'm looking forward to either learning Solidity or Rust.

Writing Highlights

• 🔥📈 My most engaged article:“16 Principles for Tech-led Start-ups as a Software Engineer”on Dev.to.
• ⚡💬 My most controversial article:“NodeJS: 4.8x Faster if You go Back to Callbacks!”on Hackernoon.
• ⏱️🔍My fastest syndicated article:“NodeJS: We can run tests natively!”for“Software Testing Weekly #207”.

To contact me

Ping me a message on Twitter@GemmaBlackUK.

Outside of work

Apps in the wild

Uposcar

uposcar.com- A frameworkless, free FIFO profit and loss calculator.

Melimundo

melimundo.com– A free Digital Nomad Visa applications assistance for UK expats moving to Spain.

Fun Facts

If you're still reading my profile, I've somewhat managed to come across as remotely interesting.

• I use Plain Text Accounting for simplicity. Kudos tohledger.
• 🇪🇸 I decided to move to the heart of Spain where no one speaks English. I can attest that my Spanish is improving.
• 🔨 I'm renovating some beech-wood chairs that I was given for free.
• 🎹 I love making music on my phone and once upon a time released loops to practice my production skills @Roxxibox Loop.
• 👩🏽‍💻 I created a Tailwind analog calledPreonsbefore I knew it existed, after realizing how useful functional CSS was and needing more flexibility than whatTachyonsprovided.