James Hova

I’m a software engineer and Electron.js specialist with 5+ years engineering production-grade, cross-platform desktop applications for macOS and Windows. I build intelligent background tools that combine real-time system-level event capture with privacy-by-design TypeScript storage.

I’ve engineered an offline-first architecture that sustains a cross-platform Electron.js + TypeScript desktop agent at <1% CPU at idle and <50 MB RAM. My systems capture keyboard, mouse, and active-window telemetry via OS-native system-level APIs, processing 10 k+ signals/hour with zero data loss and GDPR-aligned privacy controls.

Across shipped products, I focus on measurable performance and reliability: I resolved critical memory-leak vectors using Chrome DevTools and node-memwatch, improving 24-hour session stability by 40% and eliminating OOM crashes. I also shipped auto-update infrastructure with electron-updater (delta-patch support), reducing mean time-to-patch by 60% and cutting update payload size by 70%.

Beyond desktop, I’ve delivered TypeScript/Node.js backend services and REST APIs that underpin desktop data flows, achieving 99.5% uptime across client deployments. I’ve also built a reusable Electron Desktop Agent Framework with typed IPC contracts and OS edge-case error boundaries (sleep/wake, permission revocation) as a foundation for multiple production projects.