I'm currently employed as a professional Android Developer. Although I'm a Texas native, I've been living out of state since I graduated from college. I lived in Columbus, Ohio for 5 years and really liked it but moved to Seattle this past year to try something new.
After graduating from Rice University, I was employed at JP Morgan working on their Chase Pay mobile application. I helped shape its initial public release in November 2016 and continued work on it until its 2.0 release.
At that point, I moved over to L Brands and focused my work on the PINK Nation and Victoria's Secret Android apps, although I had to work on the Bath & Body Works app on occasion. My primary focus at L Brands was leading Android development on an internal Shopping library that powered the shopping experience in both the VS and PINK applications.
As of May 2022 I am working at Zillow as a Senior SDE focused on the Android app.
For more detailed information on my professional experiences, take a look at my profile on LinkedIn!
I have recently been trying to write more articles, mostly on programming and programming-related topics. If you are interested in reading them, please check them out at https://jdvp.me/articles/. I usually write about Android topics since I have more experience there than elsewhere but would like to branch out more into other topics in which I am more of a hobbyist, such as Jekyll or scripting on a NAS.
I have set up commenting on the articles so please feel free to ask any questions or leave any feedback (even just on writing style if you'd like). The site should also work with atom-readers if you'd prefer to keep up-to-date that way.
On a less technical front, I also tried writing about a recent month-long trip to Japan in order to share with others but also so I can remember more small details when I look back on the trip in the future. Take a look at my Japan 2023 blog here.
These are projects that I am actively engaged on and improving
jekyll-comments-google-forms is a tool that enables free commenting functionality on Jekyll-generated static sites by leveraging Google Sheets as a backend.
If interested, take a look at the source code on the Github Project page or check the associated article for a more in-depth explanation.
These are projects that I am no longer working on for various reasons. If you happen to use any of them though and have an idea for an update, feel free to reach out and let me know!
Notification Launcher is an Android app that allows scheduling of notifications for any app on your phone. It also can be used to share reminders from other apps.
See the old release notes page for more details.
Statistexts is an Android application that allows users to see how responsive their contacts are and how they compare to each other.
See more details on its official website.
Animosaic is a web app that lets users create mosaics of images using the cover art from multiple anime series. The duck mosaic above was made using the app.
You can check it out here!
TextMessageViewer is a Java executable that allows users to view SMS backup files generated by apps such as SMS Backup & Restore on their PC.
More info and download links can be found here.
My interests include mobile development, which explains my day job, and web development which I do as more of a hobby. I don't keep up with web frameworks since (from my perspective) they seem to change so fast and I go long stretches of time without doing web apps. I think it would also be really cool to do video game programming but to be honest, I'm not sure entirely what that entails!
When I'm not programming, I like to try to stay active by hiking and visiting the Metro Parks that Columbus has to offer. Since I'm stuck in a cubicle for hours every day, I try to make it to the gym as often as I can.
I also really like watching anime and playing video games! I really enjoy RPGs and some of my favorite games I've played lately include Lost Judgement, Elden Ring, and Horizon Forbidden West. I won a Nintendo Switch in an arcade game (it's possible!) and have been playing it pretty often. I am also (unfortunately) an avid gacha gamer and currently have FGO, Princess Connect, and Genshin in my rotation.
If you need game or anime recommendations, let me know!