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Karl Jakob

Software developer learning systems programming and building open source tools

Learning Rust and Python for side projects and automation
Building web scrapers and data processing scripts
Contributing to open source developer tools
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kjakob8@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/karljakob github.com/krljakob
karl@portfolio:~ about.md
location
Boynton Beach, Florida, United States
background
Currently enrolled at Florida International University, B.A. Computer Science (Expected Dec 2026)

Open to working with teams building interesting technical products.

What I'm Working On

  • Automation scripts — Building tools for web scraping, data processing, and workflow automation
  • Learning Rust — Experimenting with systems programming and comparing performance to Python implementations
  • Open source projects — Maintaining prompt libraries and developer productivity tools
  • Web development — Building responsive sites with vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Learning Focus

  • Multi-language projects — Exploring Rust for performance-sensitive tasks while using Python for flexibility
  • Async programming — Working with asyncio and Tokio for concurrent applications
  • Performance comparison — Testing different implementations to understand speed tradeoffs
  • Open source maintenance — Managing community contributions and project documentation

Systems & Environment

  • Linux user — Comfortable with Ubuntu, Debian, and Arch Linux
  • Environment customization — Setting up and tweaking development environments
  • Desktop ricing — Experimenting with window managers and terminal configurations
  • Shell scripting — Writing bash scripts for automation and system tasks
karl@portfolio:~ skills.toml

Languages

Python Rust (learning) JavaScript HTML/CSS

Tools & Libraries

asyncio Tokio Git REST APIs

Development

Web Scraping Data Processing Async Programming Responsive Design

Environment

Linux Bash VS Code GitHub
karl@portfolio:~ projects.log
2024

RAGnificent

Web scraper combining Rust and Python to learn about performance differences between languages. Rust handles HTML parsing while Python manages the API. Converts web content to markdown, JSON, and XML formats. A learning project exploring FFI and async programming across different languages.

  • Rust
  • Python
  • Async/Tokio
  • HTML→Markdown
View Source
2025

CCPrompts

Collection of AI prompts and workflows for development tasks. Repository of reusable prompt templates for code generation and automation. Maintained as an open source project with contributions from other developers (54 stars, 7 forks). Organized documentation and examples for common development workflows.

  • Prompt Engineering
  • Documentation
  • Dev Workflows
  • Open Source
View Source
karl@portfolio:~ experience.txt
Nov 2022 — present

Personal Projects

Self-Directed Learning

Building automation scripts and trading bots as learning projects. Working with Python and Rust to understand async programming and system design.

  • Built Python scripts for monitoring and automated actions using asyncio
  • Experimented with pattern detection in data streams and event processing
  • Learned about WebSocket connections and error handling in long-running processes
  • Tested different approaches to optimize script performance
Aug 2022 — Aug 2025

Web Developer

Toy Mories (Freelance)

Freelance web development building a business website with responsive design. First client project working through requirements, design, and deployment.

  • Built and deployed a responsive website using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Worked with client to understand requirements and implement requested features
  • Set up hosting and handled ongoing content updates
karl@portfolio:~ contact.sh
kjakob8@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/karljakob github.com/krljakob