Kevin Bloch

5.0

(6 reviews)

US$25.00

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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.

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

Haxe

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 Software HaxeFlixel Openfl OOPNapeMulti-Platform Web|Mobile|DesktopGame Game PhysicsMunit Unit Testing

PostgreSQL

13 years experience | 2 endorsements

Wrote an advanced integrated CMS in PostgreSQL that interfaced with an undocumented third-party MSSQL database.

Database Stored Procedure Plpgsql

Database Stored Procedure Plpgsql Pl/perl Indexing Common Table ExpressionsPgtap Testing

Perl 5

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 modules Automation

Enterprise databasesCustom modules AutomationMod_perl2Pl/perl DbiInter Rdbms integrationsOOP Selenium

SQL

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 Server DatabaseRow Level Access

Microsoft SQL Server DatabaseRow Level AccessPostgreSQL MySQL Common Table Expressions PlpgsqlPgtap Database TestingStored Procedure

HTML/CSS

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.

Mobile friendly

Shell

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.

Bash PowerShell 2 Batch File

GDScript

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.

3D Game Mathematics

REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0

(6 reviews)

SAMIA

April 2017

He is Fast, clever, he is master of PostgreSQL. Thanks a lot

Brandon

April 2017

AMAZING!!!

Brandon

April 2017

AMAZING !!!!

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

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

old-fashioned-remote

Use any old smartphone as a basic remote control for your laptop

JavaScript

Stack Overflow

16181 Reputation

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.
Crafted questions and answers at various skill levels for a skill assessment package.

Python

Node.js

Bash

Python

Node.js

Bash

Shell

Unit Testing

Automation

Markdown

Test driven development

Es5

Es6

Data Science

Writer

JavaScript

Deep Learning

Es7

Mithriljs

Technical Writing

Ecmascript 2017

VS Code

Writing Skills

Machine Learning Models

Editing & Proofreading

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

Jira

Google Docs

Zapier

Zapier Integration

Slack

Google Sheets

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

Git

GitHub

TypeScript

JavaScript

Technical Writing

Editorial Skills

Editing & Proofreading

PROJECTS

PortfolioView Project

2017

HTML/CSS

C++

Node.js

HTML/CSS

C++

Node.js

Perl

Bash

Visual Basic

Haxe

JavaScript

HaxeFlixel