Hi, I'm Ross. A designer, programmer, and design systems thinker that loves making things for the web

I started my career running a screenprinting stationery company printing all kinds of fun products out of a 1-bedroom apartment in NYC. I worked as a hand-lettering artist, illustrator, and print designer for a while before teaching myself code to become a software engineer.

I helped launch a browser at Brave that was powered by cryptocurrency and have spent the years since focusing on design systems and bridging the gap between design and engineering teams.

These days I split my time between being a design technologist at Optro and building Pennyweight, a pricing engine that helps independent jewelers turn live spot prices, materials, labor, and margin into accurate retail prices. I like French Bulldogs, working on my house, and riding around in my 1993 Nissan D21.

Projects

Web App

Pennyweight

Pennyweight is a pricing engine for independent jewelers and small studios. It combines live metal spot prices, material weights, stone costs, labor, and margin into accurate retail pricing so every piece in a catalog stays priced right, every day.

Browser Extension

SVG Gobbler

SVG Gobbler is a browser extension that finds the vector content on the page you're viewing and gives you the option to download, optimize, copy, view the code, or export it as an image. Proud to say there are over 100k people gobbling SVGs with this extension.

macOS App

Assembl

The effortless window manager for macOS. Assembl resizes, organizes, and maximizes all visible windows on a screen with one easy-to-remember keyboard shortcut.

Browser Extension

Link Roamer

Link Roamer is a free and open-source browser extension for finding, organizing, inspecting, bookmarking, grouping, and exporting all the links on a page. It's pretty good at finding redirects and broken links, too.

Online Stationery Business

Fifty Five Hi's

55 Hi's was a company I owned and operated for several years that closed up shop in 2014. The claim to fame was making a card that turned into a shot glass. Though the business is now defunct, I leave the website up because it gives a good glimpse into how effective I am at writing bad jokes.