# Sean Conaty

> Sean Conaty is a Portland software engineer and the founder of PlaidMaker, an online pattern-design tool. His public technical writing covers Git workflows, HTML whitespace and escaping strings.

- **Role:** Senior Full Stack Engineer at Judi Health; Founder of PlaidMaker
- **Organizations:** Judi Health, Capital Rx, PlaidMaker, Scrunch AI, Atlassian, Remind, Hearsay Systems, Potrero Media Corporation, AdBrite
- **Education:** B.S. (subject not publicly verified), University of California San Diego
- **Known for:** Created PlaidMaker, an online tool for making and saving plaid patterns., Published practical technical explanations of Git workflows and browser text handling., PlaidMaker was credited by designer Su Schaefer in a photographed 2016 printed fabric design.

## Career timeline

- **2006-05 to 2008-10** — UI Designer/Developer at AdBrite; dates reported by ContactOut.
- **2008-09** — PlaidMaker project begins, according to his LinkedIn project listing.
- **2010-01 to 2011-01** — Front End Developer at Potrero Media Corporation; dates reported by ContactOut.
- **2011-01 to 2015-05** — Software Engineer at Hearsay Systems; dates reported by ContactOut.
- **2012-04** — Publishes Squashing Commits on GitHub Gist.
- **2012-05** — Publishes Whitespace in HTML on GitHub Gist.
- **2014-07** — Creates the Escape From HyperText gist.
- **2017-04 to 2019-09** — Software Engineer at Atlassian; dates reported by ContactOut.
- **2019-09 to 2024-04** — Senior Software Engineer at Atlassian; dates reported by ContactOut.
- **2024-07 to 2025-05** — Senior Software Engineer at Scrunch AI; dates reported by ContactOut.
- **2025-05** — Senior Full Stack Engineer at Capital Rx, as reported by ContactOut; current LinkedIn identifies Judi Health.

## Achievements

- Created PlaidMaker, an online tool for making and saving plaid patterns.
- Published practical technical explanations of Git workflows and browser text handling.
- PlaidMaker was credited by designer Su Schaefer in a photographed 2016 printed fabric design.

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — In a Hacker News comment, he said he enjoyed browsing David Rumsey’s map collection.
- **2025-05** — ContactOut reports the start of a senior full stack engineering role at Capital Rx; Judi Health is named on his current LinkedIn profile.

## Links

- Website: https://www.plaidmaker.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanconaty
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/seanconaty
- GitHub: https://github.com/seanconaty

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Last updated: 2026-10-07