Johnmark Beaty

Balance Budget

Introducing Balance Budget. The best budgeting app for beginners. Balance is my pride and joy. I released it in January of 2024 and I'm already serving a handful of customers. I'm incredibly proud of the technology aspects and the learnings I've had on the product side. I am the only

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ArtStory

ArtStory is a great project I got to partner with Roz Dimon on. ArtStory has stories dating back to the 80s, hundreds of pieces of artwork, and a custom CMS + Editor built from scratch. We were able to build this entire platform in just under 12 months working 5 hours

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Security talk at University of Luzon, Dagupan City Philippines

I was honored to have the opportunity to give a presentation on security best practices to a class of college students at the University of Luzon. We touched on everything from common attack techniques to writing policies and coaching executives on the importance of following procedures.

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Syncbak TV

Syncbak is a privately held media company. I primarily worked on their AppleTV platform. I also worked as a lead for FireTV and Roku (supporting developers, doing code reviews + testing, and setting up + managing CI/CD) for a few years. I spent the majority of my time adding features to

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Guidance Network

I believe that cross-generational relationships are an important part of personal growth. I have worked to address this passion of mine in a few different ways. I started on a project called MentorNetwork. As I gained some traffic with that project, my local church was interested in partnering to address

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University of Illinois Open Source Panel

I had the great opportunity to join an Open Source software development panel during a hackathon at the University of Illinois. We were able to speak on topics around open source including how to make money with open source, how businesses use open source software, and how to license your

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Wellness Data Solutions

WDS is a health platform built from scratch in Node and Vue.js. Since 2016 I have helped build and support their product. I've built new features and helped onboard multiple clients. With a unique focus on the health and wellness space, I've had the opportunity to learn a lot

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DIMONscapes

DIMONscapes are an innovative concept created by artist Roz Dimon. I worked with her to create MVPs of how she could take her digital art, and provide an experience that allows you to dive deeper into a painting. After a successful MVP, we created a custom CMS that allows Roz

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Lexington Fire Department

Lexington Fire Department was a fun project I did with our local fire department.

Introduction

Hi and welcome to my blog. I want to tell you a little about myself. I started in computers at a young age and quickly got a job spec'ing out and building gaming PCs for a local company. I got the opportunity to tag along and work on computer security