Jared Krause

 

Hi!

I'm a web developer currently living in Toronto.

I build modern, scalable web applications with & . I tend to focus on writing component-based, reusable code.

I <3 . Lately I've been building apps, , , and a bunch of other cool stuff.

I have experience leading teams and mentoring developers.

If you want to chat, email me at jared@kravse.dev

Work

View my full work history.

Recent Projects

Websites

TunnelBear Website
[tunnelbear.com]

I'm the tech lead for the team that built and maintains the TunnelBear website. This is built on , and , hosted with , and serves millions of users a month.

Sound Less Dumb
[soundlessdumb.com, Github]

This is a project that creates funny and nonsensical translations of sentences. I built it with & and . Initially this project relied on the Merriam-Webster API, but due to daily usage limits, I used Python to generate chunked thesaurus files and lazy load them with Webpack.

This website!
[Github]

I built and designed this website with and . It's hosted, served and continuously deployed as a static bundle through . The background animation is done with .

Browser Extensions

TunnelBear Browser Extension
[Firefox, Chrome]

I'm the core developer for the TunnelBear browser client. Built with , , . Put a in your browser! This extension is used by hundreds of thousands of users globally.

Other stuff

Slack Responder Bot
[Github]

A work in progress, this is a service based Slack app that responds to user input. Built with , and .

js-type-text
[npm, Github]

This is an package that generates a typing animation. It's a framework agnostic typing animation package built with vanilla JavaScript. Works with Vue.js, React, and everything else.

Toolbox

frameworks = [

  • Vue.js,

  • React,

  • Angular,

  • Backbone,

  • WordPress,

  • Drupal,

  • TypeScript,

  • jQuery,

  • CoffeeScript,

];

buildTools = [

  • WebPack,

  • Babel,

  • Unix,

  • Git,

  • RVM,

  • npm,

  • Bower,

  • Gulp,

  • Grunt,

  • MAMP,

];

frontEnd = [

  • HTML5,

  • Pug,

  • Stylus,

  • LESS,

  • SASS/SCSS,

  • Bootstrap,

  • Foundation,

];

backEnd = [

  • Node.js,

  • Express,

  • SQL,

  • PHP,

  • Python,

  • Java,

];

hosting = [

  • Netlify,

  • Cloudflare,

  • AWS,

  • Ghost,

  • Shopify,

];

design = [

  • Sketch,

  • Photoshop,

  • Zeplin,

];

Hobbies

I love boardgames. My favourites are and . I write reviews of games on Instagram.

I'm a . I love to take candid and documentary style photos. I've got a portfolio of my work up at kravse.com

I travel whenever I can. I've visited 33 countries (and counting!). Some of my favourite destinations have been Morocco, China, Sweden, and India.