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<span>Software Engineering Manager</span>
<span>Hands-on builder</span>
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<h1 class="hero-title" aria-label="I turn ambiguity into systems teams can own.">
<span class="hero-line reveal" data-depth="0.18">I turn ambiguity</span>
<span class="hero-line reveal" data-depth="0.11">into systems</span>
<span class="hero-line hero-line-accent reveal" data-depth="0.04">teams can own.</span>
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For 15+ years, I’ve led engineering teams and stayed close to the work—shaping
architecture, improving delivery, and building production systems, browser games,
and open-source contributions.
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Explore the work
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<a class="text-link" href="https://github.com/schulerj89" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
View GitHub <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span>
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<aside class="loop-panel reveal" aria-label="Josh's four-part build loop: frame, build, verify, ship">
<div class="loop-meta" aria-hidden="true">
<span>BUILD LOOP / 01</span>
<span>OWN THE OUTCOME</span>
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<div class="loop-ring loop-ring-outer"></div>
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<strong>JS</strong>
<span>builder’s<br />feedback loop</span>
</div>
<ol class="loop-nodes">
<li class="loop-node node-frame"><span>01</span><strong>Frame</strong></li>
<li class="loop-node node-build"><span>02</span><strong>Build</strong></li>
<li class="loop-node node-verify"><span>03</span><strong>Verify</strong></li>
<li class="loop-node node-ship"><span>04</span><strong>Ship</strong></li>
</ol>
</div>
<p class="loop-caption">
A practical loop for turning a messy idea into software people can understand,
validate, and maintain.
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</aside>
<div class="proof-rail reveal" role="list" aria-label="Portfolio highlights">
<div role="listitem"><strong>15+</strong><span>years shipping software</span></div>
<div role="listitem"><strong>70</strong><span>programs in a full dynasty sim</span></div>
<div role="listitem"><strong>12</strong><span>hand-built stealth levels</span></div>
<div role="listitem"><strong>OSS</strong><span>Laravel framework + docs</span></div>
</div>
<a class="scroll-cue" href="#work" aria-label="Scroll to selected work">
<span>Scroll to work</span>
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<section id="work" class="section work-section" data-section="work">
<div class="section-intro page-shell reveal">
<p class="section-index">01 / Selected work</p>
<h2>Built close enough to the details to make the tradeoffs real.</h2>
<p>
I use side projects as a working lab for product judgment, architecture, testing,
performance, and the thousand small decisions between an idea and a release.
</p>
</div>
<article id="campus-gridiron" class="case-study page-shell" data-step="1">
<div class="case-visual-column">
<div class="case-visual">
<div class="case-frame">
<div class="case-frame-bar">
<span>CASE STUDY / 01</span>
<span class="case-status"><i aria-hidden="true"></i> Live build</span>
</div>
<figure class="case-screen">
<img
src="assets/campus-gridiron.webp"
width="1440"
height="980"
alt="Campus Gridiron Dynasty dashboard showing a fictional college football program, ratings, matchup preview, and navigation"
decoding="async"
/>
<span class="case-scanline" aria-hidden="true"></span>
</figure>
<div class="case-caption">
<span class="caption-index">01</span>
<span class="caption-copy">A 20-year world that has to stay legible.</span>
</div>
</div>
<dl class="case-metrics">
<div><dt>Simulation</dt><dd>20 seasons</dd></div>
<div><dt>World</dt><dd>70 programs</dd></div>
<div><dt>Roster</dt><dd>85 players / team</dd></div>
</dl>
</div>
</div>
<div class="case-story">
<header class="case-heading reveal">
<p class="project-kicker">Simulation system · React + TypeScript</p>
<h3>Campus Gridiron Dynasty</h3>
<p class="case-lede">
A fictional college-football world with recruiting, coaching movement, awards,
budgets, bowls, playoffs, and twenty seasons of consequences.
</p>
<div class="project-actions">
<a class="button button-primary" href="https://schulerj89.github.io/campus-gridiron-dynasty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
Open the dynasty <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span>
</a>
<a class="text-link" href="https://github.com/schulerj89/campus-gridiron-dynasty" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
View source <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span>
</a>
</div>
</header>
<div class="story-steps">
<section class="story-step is-active" data-step="1" data-caption="A 20-year world that has to stay legible.">
<span class="story-number">01</span>
<div>
<p class="story-label">Frame</p>
<h4>Make a deep simulation readable at a glance.</h4>
<p>
A dynasty only works when thousands of moving parts still resolve into a clear
next decision. The interface keeps the week, program, matchup, and long-term arc
in view without flattening the depth.
</p>
</div>
</section>
<section class="story-step" data-step="2" data-caption="Depth comes from connected systems, not a pile of screens.">
<span class="story-number">02</span>
<div>
<p class="story-label">Build</p>
<h4>Connect the systems so choices carry forward.</h4>
<p>
Seventy programs, 85-player rosters, recruiting classes, hidden traits,
coaching changes, budgets, rankings, awards, bowls, and an eight-team playoff
all evolve inside one persistent save.
</p>
</div>
</section>
<section class="story-step" data-step="3" data-caption="Fixed seeds turn a sprawling sim into repeatable proof.">
<span class="story-number">03</span>
<div>
<p class="story-label">Verify</p>
<h4>Test the long loop, not just the happy path.</h4>
<p>
Simulation-heavy tests run alongside repeatable browser smoke checks across
Chromium, WebKit, and an iPhone profile—forcing playoffs, awards, recruiting,
and multiple seasons so regressions surface before release.
</p>
</div>
</section>
</div>
</div>
</article>
<div class="projects-block page-shell">
<div class="projects-heading reveal">
<p class="section-index">02 / More systems</p>
<h3>Different surfaces. Same ownership.</h3>
</div>
<div class="project-grid">
<article class="project-card project-card-wide reveal">
<a class="project-media" href="https://schulerj89.github.io/sneak-game/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-label="Play Shadow Circuit">
<img
class="parallax-media"
src="assets/shadow-circuit.webp"
width="1440"
height="900"
loading="lazy"
decoding="async"
alt="Shadow Circuit stealth level with patrol enemies, light cones, keycards, and terminals"
/>
<span class="media-label">Playable / 12 levels</span>
</a>
<div class="project-body">
<div class="project-title-row">
<p class="project-kicker">Three.js stealth game</p>
<span>2026</span>
</div>
<h4>Shadow Circuit</h4>
<p>
Read patrol sightlines, collect gated objectives, and clear twelve dark sci-fi
levels. Built with level validation, desktop and mobile controls, browser smoke
tests, and repeatable screenshot tooling.
</p>
<div class="project-footer">
<ul class="tag-list" aria-label="Shadow Circuit technologies">
<li>Three.js</li><li>TypeScript</li><li>Vite</li>
</ul>
<div class="inline-links">
<a href="https://schulerj89.github.io/sneak-game/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Play <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a>
<a href="https://github.com/schulerj89/sneak-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Source <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</article>
<article class="project-card project-card-tall reveal">
<a class="project-media project-media-pixel" href="https://github.com/schulerj89/tecmo-basketball-port" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-label="View the Tecmo Basketball native port source">
<img
class="parallax-media"
src="assets/tecmo-presents.png"
width="1015"
height="579"
loading="lazy"
decoding="async"
alt="Tecmo Presents title card with the pixel-art rabbit mascot"
/>
<span class="media-label">Native C / work in progress</span>
</a>
<div class="project-body">
<div class="project-title-row">
<p class="project-kicker">Systems + preservation</p>
<span>2026</span>
</div>
<h4>Tecmo Basketball Native Port</h4>
<p>
A clean-room native C port workspace built from verified behavior, with strict
boundaries that keep original game data and copyrighted assets outside the
public repository.
</p>
<div class="project-footer">
<ul class="tag-list" aria-label="Tecmo port technologies"><li>C</li><li>Native</li><li>Tests</li></ul>
<div class="inline-links">
<a href="https://github.com/schulerj89/tecmo-basketball-port" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Source <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</article>
<article class="project-card project-card-tall orbit-card reveal">
<a class="orbit-visual" href="https://schulerj89.github.io/orbit-janitor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" aria-label="Play Orbit Janitor">
<span class="orbit-core" aria-hidden="true"></span>
<span class="orbit-line orbit-line-one" aria-hidden="true"><i></i></span>
<span class="orbit-line orbit-line-two" aria-hidden="true"><i></i></span>
<span class="orbit-line orbit-line-three" aria-hidden="true"><i></i></span>
<span class="orbit-copy"><strong>ORBIT</strong><em>JANITOR</em></span>
<span class="media-label">Playable / procedural arcade</span>
</a>
<div class="project-body">
<div class="project-title-row">
<p class="project-kicker">Procedural arcade game</p>
<span>2026</span>
</div>
<h4>Orbit Janitor</h4>
<p>
Clean orbital lanes without losing momentum: switch lanes, chain pickups,
manage boost fuel, read hazard telegraphs, and survive procedural sector missions.
</p>
<div class="project-footer">
<ul class="tag-list" aria-label="Orbit Janitor technologies"><li>Three.js</li><li>TypeScript</li><li>Procedural</li></ul>
<div class="inline-links">
<a href="https://schulerj89.github.io/orbit-janitor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Play <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a>
<a href="https://github.com/schulerj89/orbit-janitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Source <span aria-hidden="true">↗</span></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</article>
<article class="project-card project-card-wide oss-card reveal">
<div class="oss-field" aria-hidden="true">
<span class="oss-word">LARAVEL</span>
<span class="oss-mark">OSS</span>
<span class="oss-line"></span>
</div>
<div class="project-body">
<div class="project-title-row">
<p class="project-kicker">Open-source contribution</p>
<span>Framework + docs</span>
</div>
<h4>Make the path clearer for the next developer.</h4>
<p>
Documentation and framework pull requests across Laravel projects, with a bias
toward understandable APIs, maintainable changes, and developer experience.
</p>
<nav class="oss-links" aria-label="Selected Laravel pull requests">
<a href="https://github.com/laravel/docs/pull/8123" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>laravel/docs</span><strong>#8123 ↗</strong></a>
<a href="https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/43639" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>laravel/framework</span><strong>#43639 ↗</strong></a>
<a href="https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53097" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>laravel/framework</span><strong>#53097 ↗</strong></a>
<a href="https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/53109" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>laravel/framework</span><strong>#53109 ↗</strong></a>
</nav>
</div>
</article>
</div>
<div class="more-work reveal">
<p>More from the lab</p>
<div class="more-work-links">
<a href="https://schulerj89.github.io/tictactoe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>Tic Tac Toe</span><small>AI game ↗</small></a>
<a href="https://github.com/schulerj89/sigil-breaker" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>Sigil Breaker</span><small>FPS foundation / WIP ↗</small></a>
<a href="https://github.com/schulerj89/formula-js" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>Formula JS</span><small>TypeScript ↗</small></a>
<a href="https://github.com/schulerj89" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>All repositories</span><small>GitHub ↗</small></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="approach" class="section approach-section" data-section="approach">
<div class="approach-grid page-shell">
<div class="approach-heading reveal">
<p class="section-index">03 / Working approach</p>
<h2>A builder’s feedback loop.</h2>
<p>
Leadership works better when the plan stays connected to the product, the code,
and the evidence.
</p>
</div>
<ol class="approach-list">
<li class="approach-item reveal" data-loop-stage="frame">
<span class="approach-number">01</span>
<div><h3>Frame the ambiguity.</h3><p>Turn a fuzzy problem into constraints, risks, decisions, and a first testable slice.</p></div>
<span class="approach-verb" aria-hidden="true">FRAME</span>
</li>
<li class="approach-item reveal" data-loop-stage="build">
<span class="approach-number">02</span>
<div><h3>Keep the system legible.</h3><p>Choose architecture and interfaces the next teammate can understand, change, and own.</p></div>
<span class="approach-verb" aria-hidden="true">BUILD</span>
</li>
<li class="approach-item reveal" data-loop-stage="verify">
<span class="approach-number">03</span>
<div><h3>Validate the loop.</h3><p>Use tests, screenshots, telemetry, and real usage to replace assumptions with evidence.</p></div>
<span class="approach-verb" aria-hidden="true">VERIFY</span>
</li>
<li class="approach-item reveal" data-loop-stage="ship">
<span class="approach-number">04</span>
<div><h3>Ship ownership, not output.</h3><p>Release work that the team can operate, explain, maintain, and improve after launch.</p></div>
<span class="approach-verb" aria-hidden="true">SHIP</span>
</li>
</ol>
</div>
</section>
<section id="about" class="section about-section" data-section="about">
<div class="about-grid page-shell">
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<p class="section-index">04 / About</p>
<h2>Leadership with a builder’s feedback loop.</h2>
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I’m at my best when the problem is still messy: turning it into a plan, keeping the
architecture understandable, and building enough myself to stay close to the tradeoffs.
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I’ve spent 15+ years shipping production software and leading engineering teams.
Games and experiments keep my feedback loop honest—they force product choices,
performance budgets, edge cases, and release discipline into the same small space.
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AI is one tool in that loop. I use it to accelerate exploration and implementation,
then review, test, and reshape the result until it is work I’m prepared to maintain.
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<div role="listitem"><span>01</span><strong>Engineering leadership</strong><small>Plans, systems, delivery</small></div>
<div role="listitem"><span>02</span><strong>Product-minded architecture</strong><small>Clear tradeoffs, durable code</small></div>
<div role="listitem"><span>03</span><strong>Hands-on development</strong><small>TypeScript, JavaScript, APIs</small></div>
<div role="listitem"><span>04</span><strong>Evidence-led quality</strong><small>Tests, screenshots, telemetry</small></div>
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