About GrokCode

The GrokCode blog is written by Jess Johnson, and has been up and running since 2007. It features a selection of in-depth articles on programming tips, tricks, and trends, recommendations on development books and tools, interviews with famous programmers, and opinions on anything related to software development.

Occasional open source projects appear on GrokCode, when I have time to work on them, which lately hasn’t been too often. You may want to have a look at GrokCode’s Common Lisp joke generator, the Ravatars WordPress plugin, or Jess's Github if you are itching to see some code.

GrokCode has been featured on Slashdot, Daring Fireball, The Code Project, and various other publications around the interwebs.

This site is powered by WordPress and lots of coffee, and is kindly hosted by Bluehost. Some icons are a Token remix.

GrokCode specializes in the creation of bespoke web applications. We create solutions that are well-crafted, robust, and evolve alongside your changing business needs.

In 2008, as my consulting projects grew in size and scope, I began moving projects under the GrokCode name. Grokcode.com is now the online home for both the blog and the software development shop. Today, GrokCode is a small but thriving software development shop with an international client list.

We specialize in backend development, and are comfortable with a variety of technology stacks including J2EE, PHP, and Ruby on Rails.

I'm Jess Johnson, publisher of the GrokCode blog, and principal backend developer at the GrokCode Dev Shop.

I graduated from the University of California – Berkeley with a degree in Computer Science in 2004. (Go Bears!) In 2005, I came to sunny Costa Rica to do some consulting work at a client site, and still haven't left. Since then I have been enjoying the expat life and have been busy building awesome web apps and WordPress plugins at GrokCode.

I enjoy using Emacs and Linux (I'm currently on Ubuntu). In my spare time I can be found riding horses, salsa dancing, or sampling one of the local brews.

Get in touch at jess@grokcode.com. (If you are interested in working together, please fill out the form for new clients instead.)