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Behon Baker, Software Developer

Behon Baker

Senior Full-Stack Software Developer · Open-Source Maintainer · Technical Problem Solver

I design, build, and ship production software: SaaS products, business systems, APIs, developer tools, and the infrastructure they run on. Much of my work replaces slow, manual processes with software that people can rely on.

I have 12+ years of experience across software development and IT. I started in QA, moved into systems administration and databases, then grew into full-stack engineering, architecture, and technical leadership. That path is why I think about the whole system: the interface, the API, the data model, the deployment, and what happens when something breaks in production.

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At a Glance

Experience 12+ years across software development and IT: QA, systems administration, full-stack engineering, architecture, and technical leadership
Scope Senior, full-stack: frontend, backend, databases, and infrastructure
Open source Creator and maintainer of UI Thing and a family of published Nuxt and Strapi packages
Architecture & delivery System design, production deployment, and Linux server administration
Leadership Has led projects and worked directly with clients and stakeholders, from requirements through launch and support
Business systems SaaS platforms, admin portals, and business-critical applications
Teaching Practical software development tutorials on YouTube
Availability Remote (Pacific Time). Open to senior engineering roles, contract work, and consulting

Featured Open Source

I build tools that other developers install and depend on. Stars and download counts below are live.

GitHub stars GitHub forks npm downloads npm version

A modern Nuxt component ecosystem built on Reka UI and Tailwind CSS, inspired by shadcn/ui and shadcn-vue. Components are added to your project as source code, so you can read, edit, and own them instead of fighting a black-box dependency. The ecosystem also includes a CLI, starter templates, and docd for building documentation sites.

Stack: Nuxt · Vue · Reka UI · Tailwind CSS · TypeScript

Documentation · Repository · Try it: npx ui-thing@latest init

More Nuxt & Strapi tooling

Project What it does
Nuxt PDFMake
Stars Downloads
Generate PDFs in Nuxt on the client or the server, with custom font support and a Nuxt DevTools panel. Docs
Nuxt Tour
Stars Downloads
Guided product tours for Nuxt apps through a VTour component and a useTour() composable. Accessible, SSR-safe, and fully themeable. Docs
Strapi Email Designer 5
Stars Downloads
A Strapi 5 plugin for designing reusable email templates visually in the admin panel, then sending them from your own controllers and services. npm

Also maintained: Strapi Gen Types (TypeScript types generated from your Strapi content types and components) · Nuxt Driver.js (onboarding tours with persistent progress) · Nuxt 3 + Vuetify 3 Starter · UI Thing Starter

Browse everything on my open-source page or all repositories by stars.

Selected Engineering Work

Open source is only part of the picture. Most of my commercial work is private, so the portfolio covers it in case-study form. These are the kinds of systems I have built, deployed, and maintained:

Area Examples
Business platforms SaaS products, customer portals, internal and admin dashboards, role-based access control
Data & reporting Relational database design, reporting, data visualization
APIs & integrations REST and GraphQL APIs, authentication and authorization, payments, email and notification systems
Web applications PWAs with offline support, customer-facing business websites
Infrastructure Linux deployment and administration, SSL, firewalls, backups
Process automation Turning manual, pen-and-paper business processes into software

Recent example: SwiftShift, a courier and logistics platform for a Jamaica-based company. I built it end to end: the public site, a customer portal for package tracking and service requests, a staff admin area, the API, Stripe payments, and the production server it runs on.

See selected work · Open-source portfolio

What I Build

I am most effective on projects that look like this:

  • Replacing manual workflows with software. Spreadsheets, paper, and phone calls become systems that track, automate, and report.
  • Admin portals and internal tools. Software that lets staff run the business without waiting on a developer.
  • SaaS and business applications. From first commit to a running production server, including hosting, email, SSL, and backups.
  • API and backend architecture. Data models, authentication, permissions, and integrations designed to be maintained.
  • Dashboards and reporting. Turning operational data into something people can act on.
  • Modernizing existing applications. Untangling legacy code, improving performance, and making systems easier to extend.
  • Developer tooling and reusable packages. Documented and published for other developers to use.

Technical Expertise

Nuxt, Vue, React, TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Docker, Linux, and Tailwind CSS

Frontend Nuxt, Vue, React, Tailwind CSS, Vuetify, Reka UI
Backend Node.js, NestJS, Express, Django, Strapi, REST, GraphQL, authentication (JWT, Passport.js, Better Auth)
Data PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Firebase, Prisma
Infrastructure & delivery Linux server administration, Docker, Nginx, Git, CI/CD, SSL, firewalls, backups
Languages TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, C#, PHP, SQL

Teaching & Community

I like explaining how things work. On Breezy Codes I publish practical tutorials on Nuxt, Vue, Strapi, and full-stack development, built from problems I have solved in real projects. I also maintain the open-source libraries above, which means writing documentation, answering issues, and shipping releases in public.

I am Jamaican, I work remotely, and I still enjoy building things I would want to use myself.

GitHub Activity

Behon Baker's GitHub stats Most used languages

Trophies

GitHub trophies for Behon Baker

Support My Open Source Work

If UI Thing or one of my other packages saves you time, you can help keep it maintained.

Buy Me a Coffee


Let's Work Together

Interested in working together, discussing a project, or using one of my open-source tools?

Portfolio · Contact · LinkedIn · YouTube · Open-source portfolio

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  1. ui-thing ui-thing Public

    A modern set of Nuxt components built with Reka UI & TailwindCSS. Inspired by shadcn/ui & shadcn-vue.

    Vue 729 48

  2. nuxt3-vuetify3-starter nuxt3-vuetify3-starter Public template

    Template to get you up and running with Nuxt 3 & Vuetify 3

    TypeScript 287 66

  3. analytics-ui analytics-ui Public

    Ecommerce admin dashboard built with Nuxt 4, UI Thing, Tailwind CSS v4 and TypeScript. Typed mock API, enforced roles, ~400 tests.

    Vue 98 18

  4. nuxt-pdfmake nuxt-pdfmake Public

    Easily generate PDFs in Nuxt.js using pdfmake

    TypeScript 52 4

  5. nuxt-tour nuxt-tour Public

    Empower your users with interactive guided tours of your Nuxt 3 applications using the nuxt-tour module. With this module, developers can seamlessly integrate step-by-step tooltips into their appli…

    TypeScript 51 4