Hi! I'm Ken B.

A full stack developer with a background in sales & business consulting with a passion for creating web applications. I am a creative problem solver with excellent team building skills!

Freelance Demo

Outreach TypeScript, Next.js, React, Tailwind, PostgreSQL, Neon, Clerk, OpenAI, Stripe, Upstash Redis, Zod, Sentry, Vercel, Playwright & Hurl - Manual-first LinkedIn outreach workspace: capture prospects, run campaigns, work a daily follow-up queue, log touches, and write AI-assisted LinkedIn messages. Full SaaS with billing, rate limiting, and a Chrome extension for contact capture.

Open Source Contribution

Toronto JS Community Hub Lead Developer → Project Manager TypeScript, React, Vite, Hono, Zod OpenAPI, Cloudflare Workers, Cloudflare D1, Resend, Vitest, Playwright, Hurl, Git & Github - Open-source, full-stack cloud platform Toronto JS uses to track volunteer history and engagement. Started as Lead Developer, then promoted to Project Manager. Leads a Community Hub leadership team of 4 Coordinates a design team of 4 and a dev team of 5 Runs leadership meetings with the project owner, lead developer and design lead Still hands-on: built authentication, authorization, and user/team management pages, front end and back end Writes tests and reviews code from other contributors 800+ commits "This progression from individual contributor to project lead reflects both his technical depth and his growth into a leadership role trusted to guide a larger team." — Toronto JS

Freelance Work

Robert Tercek HTML, CSS, Next.js, Node.js, NPM, Git, Github & Strapi - Robert Tercek is one of the world’s most prolific creators of interactive content. He has created breakthrough entertainment experiences on every digital platform. I collaborated with a team of developers to convert the website's API from a Wordpress GraphQL setup to a Strapi backend.

Open Source Contribution

Date-fns Node.js, TypeScript, Git and Github - Date-fns is a lightweight JavaScript library that provides a comprehensive set of functions for manipulating and formatting dates in a functional programming style. Introduced formatRFC822 standard which specifies a syntax for text messages that are sent among computer users, within the framework of "electronic mail.

Open Source Contribution

Biodrop HTML, CSS, Next.js, React, Node.js, MongoDB, Docker, Tailwind, Git, Github - Open source contributor to Biodrop an open-source project to connect users to their audience with a single link showcasing the content they create and their projects in one place.

Blog

Comprehensive Next.js Guide for Internationalizing and Localizing Your Web Application HTML, CSS, Next.js, React, Node.js, Tailwind, Git, Github, GitHub Actions, CIDC, Jest, Testing Library & Playwright - Comprehensive Next.js Guide for Internationalizing and Localizing Your Web Application using next-i18next.

Personal Projects

mTrade HTML, CSS, SASS, Next.js, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Next-i18next, Next-auth, Git, Github, Playwright, Vercel, Superbase & Prisma - Internationalized full-stack, responsive web application that enables users to consolidate, analyze, and visualize digital asset data from private APIs across multiple platforms

Collaboration

eRenaissance HTML, CSS, CSS Modules, React, Webpack, Node.js, Webpack, MongoDB, TypeScript, Vercel & Git - eRenaissance is a custom-built state-of-the-art e-commerce website with Stripe integration built by over four developers!

Technologies