About

👋 Hey there! My name’s Kaniel.

I’m a software developer from Abilene, Texas, passionate about new technologies and lifelong learning. Currently, I’m working full-time at Dome Software, where I help maintain and upgrade legacy systems, publish technical articles, and research new tools for our team.

My journey began in high school while working at a local deli. After 2 years, the stress led me to take a year off, with the support of my family. I learned HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, creating my first website, Polychrome, a simple color-picker, which helped motivated me to pursue a tech career.

For the next 6-8 months, I dived into React, Go, SSR, and built various projects. I collaborated on open source projects, helped lead development of an e-commerce clone, and helped design for a few friends.

After 2-3 months and 100 applications, I had a single callback to my name. This wasn’t working. Over three weeks, I connected with industry professionals on LinkedIn. One of these connections, Matthew, offered me some insights into the field, and a part-time/contracting developer role. His belief in me has been invaluable.

Six months later, I secured a full-time position at Dome Software.

These days, I’ve been getting more into open source, contributing to Helix and GitUI in my free time, as well as revamping this very blog!

Want to connect? Reach out on LinkedIn or email me! Check out my GitHub to see what I’m working on.