loopj

I’m James Smith, software engineer and entrepreneur with a British accent based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently having fun with hardware, software and reverse engineering. Formerly co-founder at Bugsnag, CTO at Heyzap.

I’m @loopj.com on Bluesky and I’m active on Discord.

Projects

WavePhoenix
Open-source implementation of the Nintendo WaveBird protocol using Silicon Labs Wireless Gecko SoCs
Short Stack
World’s smallest Nintendo Wii, using a trimmed motherboard and custom stacked PCBs
Home Assistant Vantage and aiovantage
Home Assistant integration and Python library for Vantage InFusion home automation controllers
Open RTS
Open implementation of the Somfy RTS shade control protocol for microcontrollers
Asynchronous Http Client for Android
Asynchronous callback-based HTTP client for Android used by Instagram, Pinterest, Trello and many other large apps.
jQuery Tokeninput
jQuery plugin for selecting multiple items from a predefined list, using autocompletion as you type to find each item. Used by Twitter and many other large sites.
jQuery Simple Slider
Unobtrusive jQuery plugin for selecting a value from a numerical range by simply dragging a slider.
Android Smart Image View
Drop-in replacement for Android’s standard ImageView which allows images to be loaded from URLs or the phone’s contact address book. Images are cached to memory and to disk for super fast loading.