Summary
Jahmal Brown is a Rails software contractor and full-stack developer with a track record of delivering reliable web applications that solve real-world problems for social service organizations and small businesses. As the sole architect of Mad-Dice, he built a real-time virtual tabletop platform using Rails 8, Turbo Streams, Stimulus, and WebSockets, with Docker-based deployments and automated tests. His technical breadth spans Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, PHP, Go, and C/C++, with hands-on experience across back-end systems, authentication, and real-time features. Beyond engineering, he is a published game designer and event organizer, hosting the Diceology podcast, streaming actual-play sessions, and crafting narratives centered on outsiders and underdogs. Based in Kansas City, MO, he holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer and Information Sciences from DeVry University and serves as a technical consultant for Digital Gnomes, LLC since 2006.
9 years of coding experience