work, experience and skills
This portfolio strives to comprehensively present my personality and work, but primarily focuses on professional activities in the field of software engineering and information technology.
At twelve, a cursor blinked on a dark screen and everything changed. Not a career choice — a recognition. This is where curiosity finds its form. What follows is a decade of that impulse: to take apart, to understand, to rebuild better than before.
The need for creation, curiosity, the need to understand the world around me, and a thirst for new knowledge—which from the earliest years found their most fertile ground in software, and informatics and computing in general.
At twelve years old began my daily journey through code and computer systems—from microprocessor architecture to the sophisticated levels of abstraction that characterize application software today.
After more than a decade of practical engagement with computers, and almost a decade of writing software, today I can present my technical knowledge as the result of years of consistent dedication to every aspect of software development—from basic logic and understanding hardware limitations to complex architectures of distributed systems.
"I see myself as homo poeticus who seeks creative synthesis through all aspects of work.
All of this converges, or rather: all of this is the convergence. The code I write carries the same aesthetic demand as the sentence I construct. The architecture of a distributed system mirrors the architecture of an argument. There is no separation between technical and humanistic—that distinction belongs to an era of specialization I refuse to inherit.
The literary tradition that shaped my thinking runs through the French moralists and Russian maximalists in equal measure—André Gide's acte gratuit and the liberation of authentic action, Proust's obsessive archaeology of memory and time, Dostoevsky's unflinching descent into the cellars of human psychology where logic dissolves into paradox.
Philosophy functions here not as academic credential but as operational framework. Kierkegaard's leap remains the founding gesture—the recognition that at some point analysis must yield to commitment, that infinite reflection is paralysis dressed in sophistication.
Philosophy gives you the questions. Engineering demands the answers. Between the thinking and the building lives the work that matters — late nights, broken deploys, elegant solutions, and the slow accumulation of craft.
Every project begins as abstraction and ends as someone's reality. A clinic goes paperless. A shop opens online. A team communicates without friction. The measure of code is not complexity — it is the moment the tool disappears.
Technology only matters when it serves real people. These are the industries where I've helped local businesses replace manual processes with software that actually works for them.
Custom patient management systems replacing paper records—appointment scheduling, medical history tracking, automated reminders, and reporting dashboards for clinic owners.
Taking brick-and-mortar shops online with inventory management, local payment integration, order tracking, and sales analytics that shop owners can actually understand.
Native mobile applications that let businesses connect directly with their customers—booking systems, loyalty programs, push notifications, and real-time communication channels.
Replacing spreadsheets, phone calls, and sticky notes with custom CRM systems, operational dashboards, and workflow automation tailored to how each business actually operates.
A contribution graph is just colored squares — until you read it as a calendar. Each square is a day something got built, fixed, or broken and rebuilt. The interesting part is not the streaks but the gaps — the weeks spent reading, rethinking, or simply living. Consistency is not about never stopping. It is about always returning.
The contribution graph is a journal — each square a day spent building, learning, breaking, fixing.
Before the first function, there was a sentence. Dostoevsky taught that reason has limits. Kierkegaard, that the leap is the only honest move. Proust, that attention is the rarest form of generosity. Every book left a residue — not knowledge, but posture. The way you hold a problem. The patience before the elegant solution. Code is written in languages, but thinking is shaped by literature.
Software is written in code, but the thinking behind it was shaped elsewhere.
The leap of faith as the founding gesture — analysis must yield to commitment.
The aesthetic vs the ethical — every architecture is a choice between beauty and duty.
Questioning inherited frameworks. The will to build something genuinely new.
Creation as the highest act. The discipline to become what you are.
Radical freedom — you are condemned to choose, even in code.
One must imagine the debugger happy. The absurd persistence of craft.
The cellars of human psychology where logic dissolves into paradox.
Obsessive archaeology of memory. Attention as the rarest form of generosity.
The acte gratuit — liberation through authentic, uncommissioned action.
A crack in everything — ecstasy and ruin as twin engines of creation.
The honesty of refusing to perform. Code that does exactly what it means.
Faith, doubt, and the weight of free will — the novel as total philosophy.
The eye learns before the hand. Every interface begins as a gaze — a fraction of a second where the visitor decides: stay or leave. Beauty is not ornament. It is the shortest path to trust.
Fragments from the screen, the street, and the sketchbook.
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I specialize in developing web and mobile apps end-to-end – frontend, backend and databases. That includes social networks, e-commerce systems and business applications. Core stack: React + Next.js & Node.js on web, React Native for mobile, PostgreSQL/MongoDB for data, AWS & Google Cloud for hosting.
I've been programming for almost 10 years – started at 12. I'm open both to freelance projects (1-6 months) and full-time roles. Comfortable joining an existing team, leading small squads or mentoring juniors – and I enjoy working with startups. I already work with partners across Europe, the US and other regions.
I always provide post-delivery support: bug fixes, minor changes and explanations on how to use the app. For bigger changes or new features we can plan additional phases. I can share live demos of past projects and arrange a video call to show you the code and architecture.
I'm happy to work with teams anywhere in the world and seamlessly fit your existing workflow. To get started just email contact@jjovan.com with your project idea – we'll organize a 15-30 min, no-obligation call to discuss scope and approach.
Available for projects requiring both technical depth and product vision—particularly those where the problem space has genuine complexity. I'm open both to freelance projects and full-time roles, comfortable joining an existing team, leading small squads or mentoring juniors.
The records that shape the silence between keystrokes.
