Random woman. Full-stack engineer with a filmmaking habit. Or filmmaker with a coding habit. Depends on the day.
Currently building tech to make filmmakers’ lives easier, which is arguably the hardest possible thing to do!!!!!

🎬 Drameter: Define the metadata of film language.

Drameter analyzes the underlying structure, rhythm, and cinematic language of a screenplay, quantifying tone, pacing, and visual storytelling at the scene level.

Why it’s different:

• 🗂️ Scene-by-scene analysis from screenplay headings (INT./EXT.)
• 🗣️ Differentiates dialogue from action for accurate pacing
• 🎭 Beat-aware timing: includes pauses for (beat) cues
• 🎞️ Visual pacing detection: montage, flashback, intercuts, fast cuts, and more
• 📝 Flags no-dialogue and low-dialogue scenes, transitions, and structural cues
• 📤 CSV export for production, editing, and planning
• ⚙️ Built with Python + pdfplumber
• 🪪 MIT licensed, open to contributions

Who it helps:

• Writers refining structure and rhythm
• Directors shaping tone and timing
• Assistant Directors tackling production complexities
• Editors anticipating pacing and style
• Producers estimating real runtime beyond page count

• Backend: Ruby on Rails, Python (Django, Pyramid), Node.js (working knowledge)
• Frontend: React, Vue, Ember, JavaScript (extensive), TypeScript (working knowledge)
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL
• Infrastructure: Docker, AWS, Elasticsearch, Ansible
• Security & Auth: OAuth, SSO, role-based access, multi-factor authentication (YubiKey)
• Other: API design & integration, workflow automation, testing (RSpec, Jest), secure collaboration platforms

Phoenix Platform (2017–2025) — Founding Contributor & Maintainer
Making digital rights legible for the public, transforming complex terms of service into accessible knowledge.

• Took Phoenix from a hackathon prototype to production (user onboarding, curation tools, moderation workflows).
• Refactored Rails backend & standardized frontend for scaling.
• Replaced the annotation system with customized Hypothesis (h, client), tightly integrated with Phoenix.
• Replaced outdated crawler with a federated crawler based on OTA’s engine.
• Led 2025 infra debugging (swap/memory tuning, Puma config, Rack::Attack cleanup, Elasticsearch load investigation).

📎 Repo: tosdr/phoenix

Full-Stack Engineer (2022–2023)
Building financial transparency tools for health systems across Africa.

• ORBF2 (Rails): Implemented APIs for users, sets, topics, activities, formulas, payments, and decision tables.
• Hesabu-Manager (React): Migrated to React Query, refactored components, and built UI for managing formulas, sets, and users.
• blsq-report-components (React + Tailwind): Built modular reporting components, org unit filters, contract/invoice tree views, and mutations for dataset sync.

📎 Repo: BLSQ/orbf2

Full-Stack Engineer (2018–2022)
Empowering investigative journalism with secure, scalable collaboration platforms.

• Xemx (Rails/Vue): Extended custom SSO with WebAuthn (YubiKey MFA), PGP integration, LDAP/Posix management.
• Customized Discourse (private): Partitioned instances by investigation, integrated with Xemx SSO, linked to Datashare documents.
• Managed infra with Ansible playbooks (production/staging deployments, env configs).

📎 Private repos (Xemx, Discourse) due to newsroom sensitivity.

• Challenge: Create an ambitious short film with strong creative vision while managing the complex logistics of a multi-location, international production on a fixed budget and timeline.
• Action: Selected cast from thousands of applicants and personally scouted filming locations to balance artistic goals with practical constraints; managed budget, schedule, and a 60+ person crew from pre-production through post; coordinated multi-site shoots and international teams; and secured financing through state film tax credits.
• Result: Delivered a festival-recognized short film awarded Best Short of the Season & Special Jury Award – Independent Shorts Awards (2025), Best Original Story of the Year – Independent Shorts Awards (IMDb profile).