~/projects — 8 entries
Things I've shipped.
Real projects pulled from the work history — marketing platforms, internal tooling, design systems, email infra. Each one was real production code with real users.
mason.os
Personal · Next.js + FastAPI + SQLite · 2026 –
This site. An interactive 'operating system' portfolio — window chrome, command palette, gamified exploration, Bug Hunt mini-game. Built with Claude Code as a co-author.
- Next.js 16 (App Router) on Netlify; FastAPI + SQLAlchemy on Fly.io with SQLite on a mounted volume.
- Live design system at /system uses the same component imports as the production hero.
- Light/dark theme with hydration-safe pre-paint toggle.
Uptime.com marketing site
Sole frontend owner · Level Studios · 2021 – 2024
Owned the entire marketing site end-to-end — architecture, design system, performance, SEO, and core flows including pricing and user profiles.
- Lifted organic visibility by ~20% through SEO + CI/CD discipline.
- Built scalable React component libraries and design systems from scratch.
- Optimized trial-to-paid conversion via cleaner architecture and component reuse.
Apple PM dashboard
Level Studios · Apple internal tooling · 2021 – 2024
React-based internal dashboard for Apple project managers — centralized project details, lifecycle steps, and team communications with automated email and ticket generation.
- Automated email + ticket generation tied to dev process stages.
- Ran code reviews enforcing Apple's engineering standards.
- Improved UI responsiveness through profiling and React optimization.
Apple-account React/Vue MVPs
Software Engineer Lead · AKQA · 2025 – present
Frontend architecture for Apple-account internal apps and prototypes. Owned scaffolding through delivery across React, Next.js, Vue.js, and Nuxt.js MVP builds.
- Internal React dashboards giving Dev Engineering Leads real-time visibility into project status and metrics.
- Shopify cart upsell and recommendation engines for high-traffic retail.
- First-party cookie + session tracking powering personalization.
Modular email template system
Email engineering team lead · AKQA · Amperity · 2019 –
Dynamic, session-cookie-based email templates powering multi-campaign workflows. Modular blocks let non-technical teams deploy branded campaigns independently.
- Cut email campaign turnaround by ~50% at Amperity through block-based authoring.
- Led the email engineering team on a Fortune-500 account at AKQA.
- Tested across Gmail, Outlook, dark mode — the one I'll show off in the inbox demo.
Amperity PHP → Craft CMS migration
Lead · Amperity marketing site · 2019 – 2020
Migrated the marketing site from PHP to Craft CMS — streamlined content workflows and dramatically reduced marketing's dependency on engineering.
- −40% on marketing's engineering dependency.
- +25% page performance; +18% inbound leads.
- WCAG-compliant components and brand alignment from the ground up.
Smartsheet multilingual platform
Frontend Drupal · Smartsheet · 2014 – 2019
Maintained and scaled a Drupal codebase serving millions of monthly users through two major migrations. Owned localization and frontend standards.
- −35% localization turnaround via extended Lingotek workflows.
- Cross-browser compatibility from IE8+ through modern browsers.
- Established frontend standards + docs during rapid company growth.
Federal Drupal · weather data UI
Senior Frontend · Aleut Federal · 2024 – 2025
Government agency sites surfacing complex weather and environmental datasets through clean, public-facing interfaces. Section 508 + WCAG 2.1 AA throughout.
- Custom Drupal themes and component-based templates for data-heavy interfaces.
- Federal release cadences with cross-team coordination.
- Accessibility as a gate, not an afterthought.