Hi, I'm JC Brand, and I run a boutique software consultancy named Opkode.
I specialize in integrating chat and instant messaging systems into various platforms and applications, often relying on XMPP and Converse, a popular open source XMPP chat app that I originally created for Star Alliance.
I've integrated XMPP-based instant messaging into company intranets, e-health platforms, video apps, social media sites and financial trading sites.
Besides XMPP, I've worked on social media apps, writing both frontend (e.g. React) and backend code (e.g. Go microservices with GraphQL).
At Kraken, I worked on the blockchain staking engineering team, writing code that interacts with dozens of blockchains.