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David McIntosh

Frontend Engineer

// belize city, bz · UTC-6

Building in the open from Belize. Frontend Engineer.

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TypeScript tinkerer with LoopBack 4 backend repos

assessed from open-source footprint

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59signal

David is a solo author across 32 original TypeScript/JavaScript repos, the most concrete being small LoopBack 4 utilities like a Winston logging app (2★) and an Instagram scraper (1★). An 11-year account with package-publishing experience signals familiarity, but a 0.97 abandonment ratio and zero commits in the last year point to dormant, exploratory work rather than active impact. Worth a conversation to confirm current momentum.

Authorship & open source

Solo authorwrote 100% of commits on winston-app
33 merged PRs0 commits / yr

What they build

Frontend65%
Backend35%

Industry experience

  • Web & CMS
  • Developer Tools
  • Climate & Sustainability

Signal breakdown

Originality100
Impact45
Consistency28
Polish68
Stars

4

top repo 2

Original repos

32

3% forks

Followers

3

On GitHub

11 yr

Live demos

3

Activity

Quiet

97% stale

Publishes packages · npm

Strengths

  • Verified author — wrote 100% of commits on winston-app
  • 33 merged pull requests
  • Original builder — 32 of their own repositories
  • Ships to production — 3 live demos
  • Publishes open-source packages (npm)
  • Frontend focus with Backend
  • Domain experience in Web & CMS & Developer Tools