Blake Wilson
Software Engineer

Projects

Some of the projects I've been proud to work on throughout my career. In no particular order.

TSConfig Guide

A simple web app to generate TSConfig files for new TypeScript project based on a few toggles.

Faust.js

While at WP Engine, I had the opportunity to help build and lead the development of the Faust.js Headless WordPress framework. Built on top of Next.js, the framework provides helpful features for interacting with a headless WordPress site like support for previews, authentication, sitemaps, template hierarchy system, and more.

The Unsent Project

I had the chance to work with Rora Blue on The Unsent Project to reinvent the publishing experience and overall site architecture. Using cloud services like AWS Lambda, RDS, API Gateway and Next.js/Vercel we were able to create an amazing UI/UX experience for users all while being scalable for large viral traffic events. The site grew from 50k submissions to over 7 million in under a year. The largest traffic spike was over 100m page views in a month.

Video Background Pro

A premium version of the Video Background plugin with advanced features and integrations like mobile video background playback, Vimeo and YouTube video backgrounds, integrations with WPBakery and SiteOrigin, and more.

Video Background

Video Background is a free WordPress plugin that easily allows you to add a video background to any section of your WordPress site by simply specifying a CSS selector.

Directions Link Generator

Directions Link Generator lets you quickly enter a business name or address, then will generate a link for you to get directions from Google Maps to that location.