Kevin Bloch

Kevin Bloch

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5.0
(6 reviews)
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ABOUT ME
There are no stupid questions. Coding most of my life. I love it when the UX has computers serving people, not the other way around.
There are no stupid questions. Coding most of my life. I love it when the UX has computers serving people, not the other way around.

Kevin specializes in PostgreSQL, JavaScript, Perl, and Haxe, among many other programming technologies he's explored since grade school. Primarily a lead desktop and full-stack developer, he enjoys project management, back-end technologies, and game development. With more than 20 years of remote work experience, Kevin excels both independently and as part of a team. Notably, he is a Pluralsight author and ranks in the top 2% on Stack Overflow.

For further detail please consult his Toptal Talent page.

English
Paris (+01:00)
Joined March 2017
EXPERTISE
2 years experience
I got started with Haxe to design and create video games. I completed one major game (made of many mini-games), one Mini Ludum Dare game...
I got started with Haxe to design and create video games. I completed one major game (made of many mini-games), one Mini Ludum Dare game jam game, and I have one other project still in development. I also made my own scrollbar library, since HaxeFlixel's ecosystem did not already have one, and used it in my games.
Open Source SoftwareHaxeFlixelOpenflOOPNapeMulti-Platform Web|Mobile|DesktopGameGame PhysicsMunit Unit Testing
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13 years experience | 2 endorsements
Wrote an advanced integrated CMS in PostgreSQL that interfaced with an undocumented third-party MSSQL database.
Wrote an advanced integrated CMS in PostgreSQL that interfaced with an undocumented third-party MSSQL database.
15 years experience
I used Perl for various dynamic web site features, then used it as my back-end language of choice during research and development of an i...
I used Perl for various dynamic web site features, then used it as my back-end language of choice during research and development of an integrated company intranet app and supporting tools (server monitoring, data extraction and B2B automation, etc.).
Enterprise databasesCustom modulesAutomation
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Enterprise databasesCustom modulesAutomationMod_perl2Pl/perlDbiInter Rdbms integrationsOOPSelenium
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13 years experience | 2 endorsements
Wrote an advanced integrated CMS in PostgreSQL that interfaced with an undocumented third-party MSSQL database. Hacked some MySQL projec...
Wrote an advanced integrated CMS in PostgreSQL that interfaced with an undocumented third-party MSSQL database. Hacked some MySQL projects too.
Microsoft SQL ServerDatabaseRow Level Access
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13 years experience | 1 endorsement
See HTML and JavaScript above. The company intranet app I worked on allowed me to stay on the bleeding edge of CSS development, using wh...
See HTML and JavaScript above. The company intranet app I worked on allowed me to stay on the bleeding edge of CSS development, using whatever made life easier as it came out.
10 years experience
Shell scripts I've used for work, play, and personal productivity. There's always something you can script! I've done .bat/.cmd files a...
Shell scripts I've used for work, play, and personal productivity. There's always something you can script! I've done .bat/.cmd files and a bit of PowerShell, but mostly Bash.
1 year experience
Used Godot to make a small first-person game for a Ludum Dare game jam. Required some custom scripting because I wanted to use a lot of ...
Used Godot to make a small first-person game for a Ludum Dare game jam. Required some custom scripting because I wanted to use a lot of dynamically generated objects.

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0
(6 reviews)
SAMIA
SAMIA
April 2017
He is Fast, clever, he is master of PostgreSQL. Thanks a lot
Brandon
Brandon
April 2017
AMAZING!!!
Brandon
Brandon
April 2017
AMAZING !!!!
Byonca
Byonca
April 2017
Kevin was VERY helpful. He was patient and explained things very thoroughly. I am looking forward to having another session with him.
David Politis
David Politis
April 2017
Absolutely amazing. I was really hesitant and unsure how my first experience using this service would go, and to say Kevin knocked it out of the park would be an understatement. Kevin was fast, efficient, knowledgeable, personable, and most of all kind. Didn't make me feel dumb for asking what were obviously dumb questions, and went above and beyond in making sure I understood what was going on through the whole process. Thank you Kevin!
SOCIAL PRESENCE
GitHub
FlxScrollableArea
a scrollable area with automatic scrollbars, intended for manual layout enthusiasts
Haxe
14
5
old-fashioned-remote
Use any old smartphone as a basic remote control for your laptop
JavaScript
6
3
Stack Overflow
16181 Reputation
16
81
113
EMPLOYMENTS
Contractor (Expert/Author)
Pluralsight
2024-05-01-Present
  • Wrote and proofread tutorial text for a hands-on lab on JavaScript basics.
  • Created a supporting JavaScript module to mak...
  • Wrote and proofread tutorial text for a hands-on lab on JavaScript basics.
  • Created a supporting JavaScript module to make lab tasks more interactive, as well as the starting and final solution versions of each task's user code.
  • Developed robust tests (both for the user and for my official task solutions) using Mithril's ospec testing library, approaching them with a combination of hand-written spies and regular expressions.
  • Wrote a bash script for my local testing and build processes, as well as supporting JavaScript code to automatically generate regular expressions based on finalized solution code.
Node.js
Bash
Shell
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Node.js
Bash
Shell
Unit Testing
Automation
Markdown
Test driven development
Es5
Es6
Writer
JavaScript
Es7
Mithriljs
Technical Writing
Ecmascript 2017
VS Code
Writing Skills
Editing & Proofreading
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Contractor
Toptal
2023-11-01-Present
  • Wrote, reviewed, edited, and SEOed hiring resources. Wrote and provided technical input on other content.
  • Maintained tech...
  • Wrote, reviewed, edited, and SEOed hiring resources. Wrote and provided technical input on other content.
  • Maintained technical dialogue on Jira about platform improvements affecting publishing goals.
  • Oversaw and maintained team process automation in Asana and Zapier.
Jira
Google Docs
Zapier
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Jira
Google Docs
Zapier
Zapier Integration
Slack
Google Sheets
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Managing Editor
Toptal
2022-12-01-2023-10-01

✔ Oversaw editorial process, providing content review along editorial, technical, and stylistic lines.

✔ Reported, tracked, and ...

✔ Oversaw editorial process, providing content review along editorial, technical, and stylistic lines.

✔ Reported, tracked, and advocated for issues affecting team processes using Jira.

✔ Managed publishing process, responding to changes in requirements and improving efficiency while maintaining world-class quality standards.

Git
GitHub
TypeScript
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Git
GitHub
TypeScript
JavaScript
Technical Writing
Editorial Skills
Editing & Proofreading
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PROJECTS
PortfolioView Project
2017
HTML/CSS
C++
Node.js
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HTML/CSS
C++
Node.js
Perl
Bash
Visual Basic
Haxe
JavaScript
HaxeFlixel
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