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Sam DeSota

Brooklyn, NY | sam@438d.xyz | github.com/samdesota

I'm a full stack web hacker with a strong interest in product design. I'm inspired by software that creates new mediums of expression and like games, editors, DAWs and developer tools that make it possible to build great software.

Some tech I've worked with: React, SolidJS, Tailwind, Cloudflare Workers, Lambda, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Mongo, AWS Athena, Svelte, Next.js, Terraform, GH Actions, Bun, JS / Typescript, CSS, Clojure, Go, Rust, Swift, Java, Docker, Nix, Cursor, Cline, Claude Code

Experience

HubSpot

Tech Lead II | January 2024 - June 2025

Learned to manage a team including running meetings, managing performance in a large organization and bring actionability to nebulous goals. We designed and launched an internal product that teams across the org used successfully everyday and processed millions of JS exceptions.

Kumospace

Senior Software Engineer | June 2023 - July 2024

Helped Kumospace build their virtual office product. I loved the team dynamic at Kumospace. Even though we were remote, the virtual office product we were working on helped reduce meeting fatigue and created a virtual space to hang out casually. I shipped many things I was proud of, but came away from this role appreciating the healthy workplace culture most of all.

Toptal / Freelance

Freelance Software Consultant | August 2019 - Present

I'm a member of the Toptal freelance platform and have worked on a number of interesting projects, including:

  • Designing and building a d-pad based UI for military solar energy equipment
  • Helped stabilize and refactor MOTI technologies real-time system design and built a CI workflow for their electron application including auto-updates and code signing
  • Helped the peer-to-peer equipment sharing platform Stuff4Hire develop and ship their MVP
  • Helped the Re:Wild organization resolve systemic issues in their website preventing them from being able to publish changes to their site at the velocity they needed without rebuilding from scratch

Noir Gallery (Now Framer.art)

Partner / Tech Founder | January 2020 - August 2021

I met a photographer in LA who had started to sell his own art prints and the prints of other artists from around the world, and partnered up with him to automate his business. We built portal allowing artists to upload their work, integrations to list their work on sites including Etsy, Overstock and our own svelte-based e-commerce site, photo editing tools to help with fulfillment and automation to submit orders to our printing partners. I left to work on new projects in 2021, the platform continues to operate at https://framer.art

HubSpot (1st time)

Senior Software Engineer | June 2017 - November 2018

My first time at HubSpot, I learned the basics of working within a large organization, learned the importance of automated testing when shipping a product used by thousands of users and got to DRI multiple important features and new apps at HubSpot, including contributing to the product development and design lifecycle from start to finish.

Freelance Web Developer

January 2014 - June 2017

Got my start developing websites and internal tools for a couple of companies in the Solar Energy space.

  • Designed and developed the primary marketing website for EthoSolar Inc. They were installing hundreds of residential solar panel systems in Canada at the time.
  • Built tools to help with quoting for customers
  • Supported the team with IT and equipment management
  • Worked with WordPress, React, Excel and HubSpot

Open Source Projects

jam.438d.xyz (project | github)

An experimental keyboard design that helps give a feel for musical improvisation to novices.

MacBar (github)

A swift based taskbar and window manager for macOS