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Hello, I am Kit

Kitson Kelly

Doing Stuff at Deno Land, Inc.

I am a senior technical leader and father who has decided to pursue a passion project full-time.

Experiences

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Doing Stuff
Deno Land, Inc.

Sep 2020 - Present, Melbourne, Australia

Creators of Deno, a secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript built with Rust and v8.

Responsibilities:
  • Stuff
Principal Technologist
ThoughtWorks

Jan 2018 - Sep 2020, Melbourne, Australia

A global software consultancy.

Responsibilities:
  • Stuff
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CTO
SitePen

Aug 2015 - Dec 2017, London, UK

Enterprise web applications done right.

Responsibilities:
  • Stuff
Head of Technology
NOW TV

Sep 2013 - Aug 2015, London, UK

Stream the best and latest TV without a contract.

Responsibilities:
  • Stuff
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Head of Technology
Sky Business

May 2010 - Sep 2013, Livingston, UK

Providing commercial TV and broadband solutions for UK Businesses

Responsibilities:
  • Stuff
Director
Asseverate Services Ltd.

Oct 2009 - May 2010, London, UK

Providing technology consulting services.

Responsibilities:
  • Stuff
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Practice Solution Architect
Dimension Data

Dec 2006 - Oct 2009, London, UK

IT Systems Integrator

Responsibilities:
  • Stuff
Senior Principal Consultant
eLoyalty

Jan 1998 - Sep 2006, Lake Forest, IL, USA

Software Consultancy

Responsibilities:
  • Stuff
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Projects

Deno
Core Team May 2018 - Present

A secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript using Rust and v8.

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oak
Creator & Maintainer Dec 2018 - Present

A middleware framework for Deno’s net server.

hobby deno
Star
entente
Creator & Maintainer June 2020 - Present

A convention testing framework for JavaScript/TypeScript.

hobby javascript typescript
Star
nocuous
Creator & Maintainer July 2019 - Present

A static code analysis tool for JavaScript and TypeScript.

hobby javascript typescript
Star
Dojo
Project Lead August 2015 - December 2017

A Progressive Framework for Modern Web Apps.

professional javascript typescript
Star

Recent Posts

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Deno, CDNs and Types

Deno and some CDNs offer an easy and powerful way to develop.

July 11, 2021 Read
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Deno is a Browser for Code

Explaining the different mental model Deno has about managing dependant code.

May 28, 2020 Read
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Bundling in Deno

I’ve been working on Deno for a while now, and one of the features I am proud of, which I wanted to share a bit more detail on, is how we do bundling. Deno typically does all the heavy lifting for you. Modules are just URLs, so you don’t need any special tooling to include modules like a package manager. For example if you wanted to run a static web server, you would only need to do something like this:

December 10, 2019 Read