icodeforlove/mrz-fast
★ 907 commits
Zero-dependency MRZ (TD3 passport) parser/generator with built-in OCR error correction; see https://mrz.codes for specs and live examples.
Chad Scira - Projects
Projects
Chad believes code is only valuable when it ships, compounds, and is shared. He started coding as a 12-year-old learning from IRC mentors and message boards, and he still publishes open-source projects to help other builders. When an answer can unblock someone, he jumps into Stack Overflow and similar forums—reaching close to three million people helped so far.
Enterprise modernization
B2B Platforms & Legacy Replacement (2025 - Present)
Designing enterprise-grade platforms that replace fragmented vendor suites with purpose-built systems tailored to a single business. Structured pipelines, rigorous testing, and rules-based architecture keep workflows aligned with operational constraints.
Tumblr virality
Tumblr Cloud
Viral word-cloud visualization from Tumblr data; reached millions of users.
Facebook platform era
Facebook Status Cloud
Real-time status cloud generation; rapid adoption and press attention.
Apple creative tooling
Apple HTML5 Ad Framework (~5KB)
Led the move away from Flash in Apple's advertising, as per Steve Jobs' order; among the first in the world to complete this transition. Custom micro-framework (pre-React-like) replaced Flash in Apple ads and powered interactive sites and takeovers during iPhone launches where every kilobyte mattered.
High-volume ingestion
AuctionClub Data Platform
Real-time ingestion from hundreds of auction houses; normalization into tens of millions of records for reliable market analytics and trend detection.
Art market reporting
Artory Data Products
Integrated AuctionClub systems; contributed analytics for The Art Market reports (2019-2022, Art Basel & UBS).
Indie OSS
Open Source & Community
Independent repositories spanning developer tooling, automation, and data processing. These projects support enterprise workflows and systems reliability experiments.
Chad publishes new open-source kits every year and answers Stack Overflow-style questions whenever he can help; nearly 3,000,000 people have read those posts.
icodeforlove/task.js
★ 42111102 commits
Promise-style task runner that simplifies sequential and parallel flows for Node.js and browser builds.
icodeforlove/template-colors-web
★ 1971744 commits
Web visualizer for the Template Colors palette builder used across React/Node design systems.
icodeforlove/node-requester
★ 1681190 commits
Lightweight HTTP client with automatic retries, caching, and instrumentation hooks for Node.js.
icodeforlove/react-rcs
★ 50232 commits
React component system focused on extremely small bundles and SSR-friendly render pipelines.
Encrypted configuration store for Node services with pluggable adapters (Redis, S3, memory).
icodeforlove/string-saw
★ 13283 commits
Fast string slicing helpers inspired by Vim motions and editor macros.
icodeforlove/doapi
★ 17531 commits
Typed DigitalOcean API client for Node.js, powering provisioning scripts and server automation.
icodeforlove/vault-config
★ 13236 commits
HashiCorp Vault configuration helper for syncing secrets into twelve-factor apps.
Cloudflare API toolkit for managing DNS, firewall rules, and cache settings from Node scripts.
icodeforlove/template-colors
★ 24122 commits
Core color-token generator that powers the template-colors web visualizer and theme exports.
Minimal Backblaze B2 streaming helper for piping uploads directly from Node.
Historic color-picker utility used in early React/Canvas experiments (pre template-colors).
Balanced ternary math helpers and load-balancing utilities for Node services.
icodeforlove/slack-typeform-inviter
★ 22415 commits
Slack bot that bridges Typeform submissions into automated invites and workflows.
icodeforlove/component-css
★ 9912 commits
Proof-of-concept component-scoped CSS tooling predating CSS-in-JS mainstream adoption.