Hey there š , Iām a self-taught developer from the Cajun prairies of Louisiana with a background in Industrial Design & People Management. I made the leap into software development in 2019 and havent looked back since! When not at my computer, I am usually spending time with my family, reading, gaming, or creating ambient & electronic music.
Jordan Vidrine
Leader | Designer | Developer
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Design Manager
Discourse
As the design team manager, I grew our team from three to six; splitting into two groups to match where the product was heading. Along the way, I shifted our design org from a support function to one that leads major product work. Horizon, a theme I drove from concept to launch, is now the default experience for every new Discourse community. I've stayed hands-on throughout, still writing code and pushing pixels alongside the team. March 2022 - Present
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Designer / Front-End Developer
Discourse
As a generalist, my work ranged between improving the user experience and interface of Discourse, website updates, implementing designs on the Discourse app frontend, and working with Enterprise clients to implement themes, customizations, and Ember components for their Discourse communities.
Feb 2020 - March 2022
Writing
Analyze this...
Feb 5 | Blog
A couple weeks back, I stumbled upon this video from Dia, the people behind Arc Browser (rip). In the video Chris Paik quickly shows a skill he created based on an article by Graham Duncan called "What's going on here, with this human?". I found it pretty interesting and thought it would be a nice way to test creating my first Claude Skill.
New Category Creation
January 2026 | Work
I worked with a lead designer (Kris Aubuchon) to help lead the design process on our recent changes to the category creation interface. Our previous category setup interface overloaded new users with options and information that is not relevant to them. We wanted to explore ways to remove any barriers a user may face when setting up this important structure of their forum.