Ben Woodson

About Ben Woodson

Software Engineer specializing in developing and deploying JavaScript applications with an emphasis on React and Node with Express. Co-Creator of Charon GraphQL, lightweight cache-management library enabling straightforward GraphQL query deletion and invalidation.Featured speaker at Ethiq\'s Speaker Series, Los Angeles |\"Progressive Web Apps: Hype, or the Demise of Native Mobile?\"https://github.com/BigHatNoCattle

Experience

1. Co-creator

   Charon Graphql

   Jan 2019 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   Architected opinionated GraphQL caching module to promote data integrity by normalizing query results, yielding a cache of resources that is straightforward to manipulate and invalidate• Composed dynamic flattening algorithms to atomize query results and eliminate caching of duplicate resources• Framed Single-Page Application with React Hooks and Apollo Client to sandbox caching library and actualize use cases, exploiting React Fiber’s ability to asynchronously accommodate substantial data sets • Engineered recursive algorithm to parse GraphQL query string and diff fields against cached results curtailing redundant database fetching and reducing round-trip time latency• Constructed Node.js server with Express for a lightweight, high throughput data layer to facilitate and accelerate a cross-functional team with full life-cycle ownership in the course of client development• Leveraged React Router to conditionally delegate rendering logic to the browser, diminishing load-time between page views while preserving in-memory cache state and programmatically updating history

Education

• UC Irvine

  Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Creative Writing (Fiction)

• UCLA

  BA, English

Skills

• Creative Writing
• Editing
• Teaching
• Higher Education