Hi, I'm Zach Hoskins
Building high-fidelity web experiences, open-source dev tools, and immersive games.
Recent Projects
An enterprise healthcare website built on Sitecore 10 serving over 1M annual users. Manages a high-volume directory of 1,000+ provider and 500+ location pages.
Fitness center website serving 100k+ annual page views. Engineered custom user forms powered by secure serverless API validation in Google Cloud Functions.
A domain hack generator that identifies creative URL structures (like goo.gle or instagr.am). Features a custom API querying 1,300+ TLDs to instantly brainstorm ideas.
A high-performance Godot 4 editor plugin built to organize, tag, and preview massive asset libraries. Leverages asynchronous UI loading and isolated 3D rendering pipelines.
Award-winning retro desktop horror simulation built in Godot (1st place, GDFG Game Jam #43). Players navigate a simulated virtual OS to survive a state-driven digital pet.
A PS1-styled 3D narrative thriller built in Godot 4. Players hack neighbors' networks to pay off debt to a syndicate. Developed within a rapid two-month game jam timeline.
My Work
Experience
- Migrated landing pages to React to reduce development time from 2 weeks to 2 days.
- Landing pages resulted in an ROI of $100,000+ per quarter.
- Implemented automated regression testing that tested 100s of pages in minutes rather than hours.
- Scrum Master for Agile workflow. Lead and organize standups, demos, and sprint planning sessions to make sure everyone has an appropriate amount of work.
- Supported critical applications used by 100s on a daily basis.
- Supported other LAMP stack applications.
- Maintained WordPress website.
- Worked to integrate and document APIs for our environments.
- Supported all Point of Sale devices on campus.
- Supported the Student ID printing process for entire campus.
- Created scripts to help coworkers get information quickly about callers' accounts and devices.
- Created note application for Help Desk to maintain personal logs of previous calls. This also allowed scheduling follow-ups to provide excellent customer service.
Open Source
Contributions
I'm a big fan of Open Source. Here are some projects I've contributed to over the years.
A modified web browser that helps in responsive web development. A web developer's must have dev-tool.
JavaScript
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Syntax Podcast Website
Svelte
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Next generation testing framework powered by Vite.
TypeScript
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Catch CSS curve balls.
JavaScript
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This is the codebase behind wesbos.com
MDX
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The best React-based framework with performance, scalability and security built in.
JavaScript
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The open curriculum for learning web development
JavaScript
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The official https://appwrite.io/docs documentation 📝
HTML
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CSS Art
With CSS and a bunch of squares, you can make great looking art
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