Gabe G'sell
Co-Founder at Self
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolGabe G'sell is a product-minded software engineer and founder with 12 years of experience building modern JavaScript applications and developer tools from New York. He co-founded Dakota, a digital banking platform leveraging stablecoins, and previously launched Songcraft, a collaborative songwriting SaaS that fuses music and product design. Gabe combines hands-on front-end expertise in React and React Native with full‑stack experience from roles at Deco (later Airbnb) and contributions to well-known open-source projects like react-native-express and the Deco IDE. As a longtime consultant for early-stage startups he pairs pragmatic engineering with product strategy, and his background in data analysis and teaching surfaces in thoughtful UX and documentation work.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Michigan
Spanish, Vietnamese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (14)
uid10
javascript10
react-native10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
webpacker9
webpack9
redux8
file-parsing8
mobile-development8
activerecord6
ruby6
ruby-on-rails6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
decosoftware/deco-ide
Sep 2016 - Nov 2016
The React Native IDE
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:70 commits, 36 PRs, 49 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Gabe primarily contributed to the front-end development of the React Native IDE, specifically focusing on the integration of a storyboard feature for visual layout management. They implemented functionality for creating, deleting, and managing scenes within the storyboard. Furthermore, the user updated the webpack configuration for aliasing and added UI elements such as play buttons and improved autocomplete suggestions. They also worked on file parsing, and updated the entry point.
idereact-native
dabbott/react-native-express
Nov 2016 - Nov 2016
The all-in-one guide to React Native
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 5 PRs in 3 days
Contributions summary:Gabe contributed significantly to the React Native project by implementing various UI components and exercises. They added new pages, specifically for ES6/ES7 features and todo list exercises. The user also modified existing components and pages for the Reddit and Uber client examples. The contributions involve UI layout, content organization, and integration of interactive elements.
react-native
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