Who am I?

The person behind Better At Coding, and the work that got me here.

Open to interesting problems

Zacarias
Ripoll Cid

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Seasoned software developer and content creator building my interpretation of the digital world one line of code at a time, from planning and design through to solving practical problems with code and the tools sitting at the frontier of the field.

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Zacarias Ripoll Cid

01 / about

Over ten years of shipping software, now paying it forward one lesson at a time.

I write software for a living and teach it for the love of it. Most of my day is spent on production systems: APIs, data flows, and front ends that have to hold up under real users. The rest goes into Better At Coding, where I take what took me years to learn and try to make it take you an afternoon.

When the lessons are free and the bar stays high, people get further than they expected. That belief drives the job and the teaching.

10+ Years building
4 Channels teaching
Free lessons

02 / experience

Where I've built things

// 10+ years across sports, media, and adtech

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  1. ESPN

    4 yrs 10 mo

    Software Developer Oct 2021 — Present

    React.js TypeScript Node.js Tailwind AdTech
  2. NBCUniversal

    1 yr 5 mo

    Senior Software Developer Jun 2019 — Nov 2020

    React.js JavaScript Node.js Tailwind AdTech
  3. Flashtalking by Mediaocean

    3 yrs 3 mo

    Software Developer Mar 2016 — Jun 2019

    JavaScript CSS PHP Python
  4. Spotible

    11 mo

    Creative Developer Engineer Apr 2015 — Mar 2016

    HTML JavaScript CSS Python Django
  5. Complex

    5 mo

    Web Developer Nov 2014 — Apr 2015

    JavaScript Angular.js

03 / contact

Let's build something.

Contract work, collaborations on a video, or just a good argument about why Vim is the best editor. My inbox is open.

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