jakiestfu

Howdy! My name is Jacob Kelley. I'm a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Turo. I've been writing software for over 17 years, with a strong passion for the web, UI, and the details that make software feel good to use.

Open source has been part of my work from the beginning. It gave me a place to experiment, share my goofy thoughts, and contribute back to the medium I was learning from. Over the years, I've published 45+ projects projects, collectively earning more than 18,000+ stars on GitHub.

I'm still constantly making things. Every idea is worth exploring, and the endless possibilities of software are what inspire me about this craft.

Contributions

1,797 in the last year

Selected work

  1. 01

    California’s Citrus Heritage

    A digital archive and essay exploring Southern California's citrus history through vintage crate label art.
  2. 02

    Hexed

    A local-first hex editor for interpreting binary data, extracting strings, parsing templates, checksums, and visualizations.
  3. 03

    Sound

    An audio production and software engineering collective building tools and experiences for artists, producers, and audio culture.
  4. 04

    Crop Mother

    A farm operations platform for managing crops, fields, seeds, tasks, and equipment from seed to sale.

Professional experience

  1. 01

    Apr 2022–Present
    4 yrs 5 mos across 2 roles

    1. Senior Staff Software Engineer

      Sep 2026–Present · 1 mo

    2. Staff Software Engineer

      Apr 2022–Sep 2026 · 4 yrs 5 mos

  2. 02

    Dollar Shave Club

    Apr 2015–Apr 2022
    7 yrs across 4 roles

    1. Senior Engineering Manager

      Mar 2021–Apr 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

    2. Engineering Manager, Frontend – UI

      Jun 2017–Apr 2021 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    3. Lead Software Engineer, Front End

      Nov 2016–Jun 2017 · 7 mos

    4. Senior Software Engineer

      Apr 2015–Nov 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos

  3. 03

    Maker Studios

    Aug 2013–Apr 2015
    Senior Software Engineer · 1 yr 8 mos

Open source

45
  1. 01

    Snap.js

    5,949
    A Library for creating beautiful mobile shelfs in Javascript (Facebook and Path style side menus)
  2. 02

    Medium.js

    4,378
    A tiny JavaScript library for making contenteditable beautiful (Like Medium's editor)
  3. 03

    himawari.js

    1,860
    Download real-time images of Earth from the Himawari-8 satellite
  4. 04

    Behave.js

    1,730
    A lightweight, cross browser library for adding IDE style behaviors to plain text areas
  5. 05

    Blur.js

    912
    blur.js is a jQuery plugin that produces psuedo-transparent blurred elements over other elements.
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