Gjorge Karakabakov - Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer Gjorge Karakabakov

Crafting unique digital experiences with JavaScript for 11+ years — React, React Native and Node.js.

II The craft

JavaScript engineering and team leadership

Highly motivated

JavaScript Engineer

crafting unique digital experiences for 11+ years. My specialization lies in developing robust, scalable and high performance web and mobile applications.

Dedicated

Team Leader

with experience in leading small to large teams, mentoring junior engineers, managing deadlines and stakeholder expectations.

11+ years shipping
III The products

Two apps and a shelf of browser games

Free to start, none of them wanting an account, and I wrote up how I built each one.

Drawn illustration of switches down the left, four of them thrown in colour, each feeding a line into a bar chart on the right that grows taller with every switch that's lit.
macOS and iOS

Cadence

Thirty trackers in one app, with nothing on a server.

Notes, habits, trips, recipes, workouts and finances, each a module you switch on or leave off. One menu item exports the lot as a JSON file.

Free on one device · macOS 15 or iOS 18 · iCloud sync $14.99, paid once
Drawn illustration of a laptop with its screen dimmed to a starry night sky and a crescent moon, tied by a line to a marker set on a timeline beneath it.
macOS menu bar

Sleep Timer

Sleep in forty minutes, or at eleven tonight.

Apple took the sleep schedule out of System Settings in Ventura. This puts it back, counts down beside the menu bar clock, and warns you ten minutes before it fires.

Free · macOS 13 or later · ten languages · source on GitHub
IV The domains

Business knowledge in multiple industries

Fintech

Security. Innovation. Accessibility.

HR Tech

Compliance. Scale. Trust.

Medtech

Precision. Empathy. Reliability.

Edtech

Engagement. Adaptability. Inclusivity.

E-Commerce

User experience. Scalability. Convenience.
V Writing

Notes on building for the web

Let's build something amazing together!

I am a Senior Software Engineer in Skopje, working remotely with teams anywhere — eleven years of React, React Native and Node.js, a good part of it leading the people building alongside me. I take on product work, design systems and technical leadership. Everything here is free and open: the courses need no sign-up, the writing has no paywall, and email is the fastest way to reach me.