Johnny Domino

Johnny Domino

Founder & Creator

Software Engineer with an obsession for great products

Making things since 1986 (walking since 1987)

github.com/jmonster · linkedin.com/in/jmonster

Experience

Nov 2025 – Present

Creator

PixelBrite

Self-hosted media streaming for video and music. Native Apple apps, 4K HDR, lossless audio.

Oct 2025 – Present

Creator

Poolometer

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

Ketamine Games

Medical applications maximizing clinical outcomes for patients suffering from severe depression and anxiety.

2021 – 2022

Principal Full-Stack Engineer

Volition

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

Vibin'Software ArchitectureResearch & DevelopmentPrototypingUser ExperienceMarketingAnalyticsE-commerce TypeScriptSwiftSwiftUIXcodeReactQwikEmber.jsLitElementTailwindCSSNode.jsGoffmpegPostgreSQLPocketBaseCloudflareAWSFigma

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.

Wabi

Finding beauty in simplicity and the impermanent

Sabi

The patina of age, the warmth of wear

Ware

Vessels crafted by hand, software made with soul