All developers

Dane Jackson

Backend Engineer

// kingston, jm · UTC-5

Building in the open from Jamaica. Backend Engineer.

View GitHub profile

profile sourced from GitHub

Scouting report

Jamaican backend dev in Java/Spring and Laravel, with merged PRs but stale repos

assessed from open-source footprint

Senior
51signal

A backend-leaning engineer on an 8-year account, working in Java/Spring, Laravel/Blade, and TypeScript, with 10 merged PRs as solo author. Projects include a Discord bot and EduCen v2 (a Laravel 12 app). The signal is mixed: no commits in the last year and a 0.62 abandoned ratio mean much of the portfolio is dormant, and stars are near zero. Real backend range, but currently low recent activity.

Authorship & open source

Solo authorwrote 100% of commits on the-isle-discord-bot
10 merged PRs0 commits / yr

What they build

Backend53%
Frontend34%
Mobile13%

Industry experience

  • Education & EdTech
  • Developer Tools

Signal breakdown

Originality85
Impact20
Consistency73
Polish37
Stars

1

top repo 1

Original repos

13

7% forks

Followers

0

On GitHub

8 yr

Live demos

0

Activity

Active

62% stale

Strengths

  • Verified author — wrote 100% of commits on the-isle-discord-bot
  • 10 merged pull requests
  • Original builder — 13 of their own repositories
  • Backend focus with Frontend
  • Domain experience in Education & EdTech & Developer Tools
  • Core stack: Java, JavaScript, Blade, TypeScript