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Michael Cowan

Frontend Engineer

// jamaica, jm · UTC-5

Software Engineer - Web & Mobile

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Scouting report

Jamaican frontend engineer building an animated TypeScript component library

assessed from open-source footprint

Mid
47signal

Michael focuses on web and mobile frontend in TypeScript and JavaScript across 11 original repos. The notable piece is Velvety, an animated component library — a more ambitious, reusable effort than typical practice projects, signalling design-system interest. Recent activity is light (six commits in the past year, 0.73 abandoned ratio) and stars are minimal, so the profile reads as a capable frontend developer with one genuinely original library worth a closer look.

Authorship & open source

Solo authorwrote 100% of commits on Velvety
1 merged PRs6 commits / yr12 private contributions / yr

What they build

Frontend66%
Backend34%

Industry experience

  • Developer Tools
  • Fintech & Payments
  • Web & CMS

Signal breakdown

Originality81
Impact22
Consistency67
Polish25
Stars

1

top repo 1

Original repos

11

8% forks

Followers

3

On GitHub

6 yr

Live demos

0

Activity

Active

73% stale

Strengths

  • Verified author — wrote 100% of commits on Velvety
  • Original builder — 11 of their own repositories
  • Frontend focus with Backend
  • Domain experience in Developer Tools & Fintech & Payments
  • Core stack: TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML