Jon Gottfried

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A working record, current-first, pulled from a decade of building in the open. Every entry links to real, live source on GitHub — nothing here is a screenshot of something that no longer exists. Star counts are live from GitHub.

Major League Hacking

1. 2020 — Present

   MLH Fellowship

   MLH’s remote internship-alternative for early-career engineers — the program Jon’s GitHub bio currently reads “preparing.”

   • education
   • open source
   • early-career
2. Guide

   mlh-hackathon-organizer-guide351

   The open playbook for running your first hackathon — the institutional knowledge of hundreds of student events, written down and given away.

   • guide
   • community
3. Ruby

   omniauth-mlh10

   “Sign in with MLH” for Ruby — an OmniAuth strategy against the MyMLH identity API.

   • Ruby
   • OAuth
   • identity
4. Node.js

   passport-mlh-oauth2

   The same MyMLH sign-in, as a Passport.js strategy for the Node ecosystem.

   • Node.js
   • OAuth
   • identity
5. JS

   cutthroat-anagrams

   A web implementation of the fast, ruthless word game — built for the fun of building.

   • JavaScript
   • game

Twilio & the hardware years

1. Node.js

   TwilioNodePhoneVerification37

   SMS phone-number verification with Twilio and Node.js — the reference implementation a lot of people copied.

   • Node.js
   • Twilio
   • SMS
2. Ruby

   GlassRails22

   A Google Glass + Rails project scaffold from the wearable-computing moment — the backbone of his “Social Sharing for Glass” work.

   • Ruby
   • Google Glass
3. Arduino

   TwilioBot18

   An Arduino robot driven wirelessly over Node.js and Twilio — text a phone number, move a robot.

   • Arduino
   • Node.js
   • hardware
4. C++

   ArduinoPusherClient11

   An Arduino interface to Pusher’s realtime API, adapted to run over WiFlyHQ.

   • C++
   • Arduino
   • realtime
5. Arduino

   TwilioPowerOutlet8

   A physical power outlet you switch with a text message — Twilio, Pusher, and an Arduino.

   • Arduino
   • Twilio
   • IoT
6. JS

   crayolajs8

   A responsive, bootstrappable analog presentation framework — slides as web pages.

   • JavaScript
   • framework
7. Ruby

   TwilioGlassSMS6

   Send and receive SMS from Google Glass with Ruby and Sinatra — the code behind the Twilio blog tutorial.

   • Ruby
   • Sinatra
   • Glass
8. JS

   TwilioClientNodeScreenpops6

   Caller screen-pops with Node.js, Twilio Client, and the FullContact API.

   • Node.js
   • Twilio
   • CTI

Hackathons & side quests

1. Ruby

   Twilio-Telephone-Game5

   The children’s game Telephone, recreated end-to-end with Twilio voice.

   • Ruby
   • Twilio
   • voice
2. JS

   twilio-node-2factorauth7

   A working two-factor-auth demo on Twilio + Node.js, back when 2FA was still novel.

   • Node.js
   • Twilio
   • security
3. PHP

   MashMe4

   A mashup generator built at Music Hack Day NYC.

   • PHP
   • music
   • hackathon
4. JS

   twilio-pacman3

   HTML5 Pac-Man you steer over the phone with Twilio + Node.js.

   • Node.js
   • game
   • Twilio
5. Ruby

   Predict-the-Sky2

   His team’s entry for the Predict-the-Sky challenge at the NASA Space Apps hackathon in NYC.

   • Ruby
   • NASA
   • hackathon

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