Jasen Lo
Software Engineer
Summary
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RockstarJasen Lo is a software engineer with six years of experience focused on front-end development for interactive journalism, currently building interactive news features at The Philly Inquirer. He contributes to open-source tooling for explorable explanations, notably implementing Annotation and Preview components in the Idyll project to enhance interactivity and UX. Jasen combines styling, integration, and refactoring skills to turn complex data and narratives into polished, user-friendly experiences. His newsroom background gives him a pragmatic knack for rapid prototyping and for bridging editorial needs with reusable, production-ready components.
7 years of coding experience
Github Skills (3)
javascript10
css10
react10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
idyll-lang/idyll
Mar 2021 - Jun 2021
Create explorable explanations and interactive essays.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 4 PRs, 3 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:Jasen primarily contributed to the front-end development of the `idyll-lang/idyll` repository, focusing on the creation and enhancement of interactive components. They implemented an `Annotation` component, including styling and integration with the existing framework. Further work involved building a `Preview` component and refactoring existing components, which suggest a focus on improving the user interface and overall user experience within the explorable explanations and interactive essays.
live-editingexplanationsessaysinteractive-storytellingidyll-project
jasenlo123/The-Minerva-Quest---Worth-Or-Nah-
Oct 2020 - Apr 2023
Contributions:31 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 6 months
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