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I Am Tyler Hackbart

I'm a developer, designer, and tech enthusiast. I build SaaS products, native iOS and macOS apps, and the cloud infrastructure underneath them.

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About Me (he/him)


You can call me Tyler. I'm a full-stack developer with a focus on SaaS architecture and native Apple development. I started in this industry through self-learning and a nine-week intensive at Bitmaker Labs, which landed me my first startup job and led me through eight years at Postmedia — where I went from full-stack developer to managing a four-person data ingestion team and eventually owning digital technology programs.

In late 2025 I officially incorporated Juice Box Monkey Designs Inc. and went all-in on building products. I'm currently shipping Just Drop and the Just Apps portfolio for Mac and iOS, building File Crate, and taking on selective client work that involves modernizing legacy systems with modern web stacks and the Google Workspace ecosystem. I'm excited by companies building meaningful products and disruptive technologies, and I bring a dedicated, farm-raised work ethic to everything I build.

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Current Titles

Founder
Indie Developer
Dad

Highlights

Self-taught programmer
Raised on a farm
Running 2-week sprints since 2021
Longest code streak: 19 hours
Owns 25+ Apple products
7+ apps shipped on the App Store

Me in a Nutshell

Drinks way too much coffee
Likes Star Trek
Memes are 70% of my photo library
Always working on something
Long walks on the beach...just kidding I hate sand
Juice Box Monkey Designs logo

Want to see everything I build?

The full project archive lives at Juice Box Monkey Designs.

See all projects on JBMD

Skills

An honest take on what I work with — what I know, what I love, and what I wish I didn't.

Most Knowledgeable

  • TypeScript & Node.jsdaily driver
  • React & Next.jssince 2017
  • Swift & SwiftUIindie apps
  • AWSLambda, EventBridge
  • MongoDBunstructured mess sometimes
  • Redis & Upstashedge cache
  • Vue & Nuxtclient work
  • Pythondata + scripts

Most Favourite

  • Swift & SwiftUInever gets old
  • Next.js & Vercelfast feedback
  • TailwindCSSshipping speed
  • CloudKitsync magic
  • Supabasepure joy
  • Figmadesign home

Know but wish I didn’t

  • Ad Networksenough said
  • Facebook Graph APIcursed
  • jQuerystill around
  • Webpack configssend help
  • Adobe XDRIP
  • Creative Cloudsubscription tax
  • XML APIslegacy tour

Experience

This is an outline of all the recent history in my career.

  • JOB

    Incorporated Juice Box Monkey Designs Inc.

    Officially incorporated as a Canadian corporation

    juiceboxmonkeydesigns.com

    December 2025

  • JOB

    Postmedia Innovation Outpost

    Integrated Program Manager for Digital Technology

    February 2024 - December 2025

  • JOB

    Postmedia Innovation Outpost

    Senior Data Ingestion Manager

    November 2020 - February 2024

  • JOB

    Postmedia Innovation Outpost

    Full Stack Developer

    June 2017 - November 2020

  • JOB

    Founded Juice Box Monkey Designs

    juiceboxmonkeydesigns.com

    January 2017

  • JOB

    Eventastic

    Full Stack Developer

    September 2015 - May 2017

  • JOB

    Grandezvous

    iOS Developer

    August 2014 - December 2014

  • JOB

    Blurbi

    Front End Developer

    March 2014 - August 2014

My Toolbox

Macbook Air CaseMac mini

M1 Macbook Air + M4 Mac mini

Notion Offical Logo

Notion

8-bit Xcode logo

Xcode

VS Code logo

VS Code

Font Awesome

Whiteboards

Tron Album official cover

Tron Album

Figma

iPad and Apple Pencil

iPad Pro

Yellow Notepads

Postman LogoSF Symbol LogoSlack Logo

Others

Claude logo

Claude

15 Pro

iPhone 15 - Blue
Smartmockups Logo

Shots.so

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

— Steve Jobs

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contact information

direct

t.hackbart@gmail.com

call me

+519 500 8887

location

waterloo

canada

Made in Canada 🇨🇦

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