Jay Simons

Software Engineer

Jay is a 25-year veteran coder with a vast spectrum of experience and skills ranging from software development, electrical engineering and computer science.

My current area of expertise is in large-scale and small-scale applications using Next.js, Svelte, RAG, MCP servers, data vectorization, on-prem AI, n8n, fully automated chatbots and AI workflows, and systems engineering.

Jay Simons

Featured Project

Yoober

A privacy-focused desktop media app that creates better closed captions using existing subtitle tracks or OpenAI Whisper running locally or through the OpenAI API.

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Yoober

A privacy-focused desktop media app that creates better closed captions using existing subtitle tracks or OpenAI Whisper running locally or through the OpenAI API. Free, MIT-licensed, with media and library data kept on your machine.

Key Features:

  • Cross-platform desktop app for macOS and Windows
  • Whisper transcription locally or via OpenAI API
  • Local media library with caption search and playlists
  • Caption-aware player with timed subtitles
  • Media downloads via yt-dlp and ffmpeg
  • Privacy-first — data stays on your machine
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Technical Expertise

Frontend Development

Next.js
Svelte/SvelteKit
React
TypeScript
Tailwind CSS

Backend Development

Node.js
Python
PHP
PostgreSQL
MongoDB

AI & Machine Learning

RAG
MCP Servers
Data Vectorization
On Prem AI
Chatbots

Automation & DevOps

n8n
AI Workflows
AWS
Docker
Cloudflare