Jesse Portnoy
Programmer, Builder & Packager, Automation Engineer
They call it full-stack nowadays but I prefer the former term..
Contact meWHAT I DO
Backend development
The nuts and bolts that everyone needs and most people don't want to hear about
Build & Packaging
Struggling to build and package your code and third party deps in a dependable manner? I can make these headaches go away.
Porting & Migrations
Got some C code written 20 years ago to run on AIX? I can help you port it to a modern day Linux distribution
ABOUT ME
Programmer & Builder
My name is Jesse Portnoy
I am a multidisciplinary programmer (they call it full-stack nowadays but I prefer the former term).
I have a clear preference towards backend development and automation (but can also do front-end stuff), a solid UNIX (that includes Linux, of course) system administration experience and basic understanding of hardware (I have never designed HW but I know how to put it together and apart and what common parts do and how to test them for issues).
I have vast experience with packaging and deployment automation and am well versed in packaging RPMs and Debs, as well as other common formats (NPM, PIP, Maven, etc).
I enjoy taking people's build and deployment headaches and turning them into rainbows.
PORTFOLIO
A selection of projects I contributed to. Flip the cards for details.
`zaje` is a syntax highlighter that aims to cover all your shell colouring needs.
zaje can act as an ad hoc replacement for `cat` and, with a spot of one-line shell functions `tail` and other friends.
`gohighlight` is a syntax highlighter for programming languages, config formats and UNIX commands.
Gohighlight includes over a 120 different lexers; contributions are most welcome:)
`md2pdf` converts markdown files into PDFs.
It supports syntax highlighting, paging and dark and light themes.
ZAM is a clone of the old times Amiga classic game "Xenon 2: The megablast"
Originally produced by The Bitmap Brothers.
Later ported by Gianluca Insolvibile and finally - by me:)
FooBillard++ is a free OpenGL-billiard game
Originally created by Florian Berger
Later remastered by Holger Schaekel and finally - by me:)
NGINX-based VOD Packager
On-the-fly repackaging of MP4 files to DASH, HDS, HLS, MSS
Guess the Booze
Looking for something fun to do on the go?
This may be the game for you:)
This code generates MKV files out of AC recordings
Struggling to migrate your content from Adobe? This is for you!
Absolutely have to produce FFmpeg binaries with zero dynamic deps?
Give this one a go:)
Code introspection based automation for API native SDKs generation