Johnny Domino
Founder & Creator
Software Engineer with an obsession for great products
Making things since 1986 (walking since 1987)
Experience
Nov 2025 – Present
Creator
Self-hosted media streaming for video and music. Native Apple apps, 4K HDR, lossless audio.
Oct 2025 – Present
Creator
Pool chemistry made simple. Track readings, get instant guidance, maintain safe swimming conditions. Works offline, no account needed.
2025 – Present
Founder
Wabi Sabi Ware LLC
Building thoughtfully crafted apps and services. Poolometer, PixelBrite, Soundstage.
2023 – 2025
Founding Engineer
Outerbase (Acquired by Cloudflare)
Built the client-side web app that was our product. Shepherded open-source projects and the NPM ecosystem. React and LitElement web components.
2022 – Present
Founder / Engineer / Designer
Medical applications maximizing clinical outcomes for patients suffering from severe depression and anxiety.
2021 – 2022
Principal Full-Stack Engineer
Built data acquisition tooling including web crawlers and scrapers. Orchestrated pods in Google Kubernetes Engine.
2014 – 2020
Lead Full-Stack Engineer
Heroku (Salesforce)
Built dashboard.heroku.com and status.heroku.com. Mentored engineers, worked on-call, authored engineering blog posts, represented Heroku at GitHub Universe and EmberConf.
2011 – 2014
Director of Architecture
Branding Brand
Serving Costco, Ralph Lauren, Kroger, American Eagle, and 100+ brands. Managed a team of 10 engineers while contributing as an IC. Built web apps and services with Ember, Node.js, and iOS native.
2010 – 2011
Full-Stack Engineer
UPMC Technology Development Center
Led all R&D projects during tenure.
Education
Carnegie Mellon University
B.S. Computer Science
Minor in Multimedia Production
Skills & Tools
Philosophy
Like the crack in the Liberty Bell or the mole on Cindy Crawford's face—sometimes it's the small imperfections that make you love something even more.
侘
Wabi
Finding beauty in simplicity and the impermanent
寂
Sabi
The patina of age, the warmth of wear
器
Ware
Vessels crafted by hand, software made with soul