Hi, I'm Nate 👋👨‍💻

I'm a software engineer with a passion for the open web. I like making code and information organized and accessible. I strive to build simple maintainable systems that serve the public.

Now

I live in Portland, Oregon with my partner Amanda and our cat. 🐈‍⬛
I work on transit data at Optibus.
I hike, bike, cook, watch movies, read books, and eat lots of good food.

Then

2010s - Worked in design and programming, spent time on open source projects, civic tech, and open data intiatives.
2000s - Studied philosophy and linguistics, worked a lot of odd jobs, spent most of my money on travel.
1990s - Played a lot of video games and made websites for fun. Sometimes forced to do homework.
1980s - Focused primarily on legos and playing outside.

Open source work

I've done a lot of work for the open source community over the years!

Some open source projects I've contributed to, directly or indirectly, according to Github:

repo	⭐️
electron/electron	113k
remix-run/react-router	52.6k
standard/standard	29k
npm/npm	17.5k
cdnjs/cdnjs	10.3k
webtorrent/webtorrent-desktop	9.6k
Turfjs/turf	9.1k
dat-ecosystem/dat	8.2k
conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog	7.7k
bluesky-social/social-app	7.2k
hackergrrl/art-of-readme	7k
choojs/choo	6.8k
csstools/sanitize.css	5.2k
browserify/browserify-handbook	4.6k
moose-team/friends	3.2k
hyperhype/hyperscript	2.6k
jakiestfu/himawari.js	1.8k
Esri/esri-leaflet	1.6k
standard/semistandard	1.4k
webtorrent/webtorrent-cli	1.1k
flosse/sloc	944
wearefine/fae	845
pull-stream/pull-stream	794
electron-userland/electron-prebuilt	760
choojs/nanohtml	684
Esri/terraformer	674
koopjs/koop	655
meatspaces/meatspace-chat	436
choojs/nanocomponent	364
max-mapper/maintenance-modules	351
max-mapper/tabby	345
choojs/wayfarer	332
hypermodules/hyperamp	305
kenichi/angelo	303
max-mapper/standard-format	264
digidem/mapeo-desktop	260
cugos/dropchop	251
Esri/esri-leaflet-geocoder	243
yoshuawuyts/github-standard-labels	242
freeall/progress-stream	232
choojs/nanobus	224
bcomnes/npm-run-all2	223
Esri/quickstart-map-js	221
choojs/awesome-choo	197
hackergrrl/hyperpad	197
max-mapper/simplify-geojson	176
t-mullen/simple-signal	161
webtorrent/webtorrent.io	125
Esri/calcite-web	108
Flet/prettier-bytes	98
csvconf/csvconf.com	89
busterc/microgen	88
browserify/awesome-browserify	87
node-hocus-pocus/legerdemain	83
feross/arch	79
mafintosh/pbs	68
hypermodules/entypo	63
domoritz/himawari-8-chrome	62
neocities/neocities-node	61
marcbachmann/electron-rpc	59
Esri/node-arcgis	56
louiscenter/awesome-media-archive	55
choojs/choo-devtools	53
PDXNode/pdxnode	53
Esri/esri-leaflet-renderers	51
release-notifier/release-notifier	51