I'm Jerrick Hakim, a software engineer and builder based in Maine.

I was born in San Mateo, right in the heart of tech and skate culture. At first, I thought I'd be an astronaut. Then I studied criminal justice for two years, thinking law enforcement might be my path. But life has a way of revealing what you're really meant for.

When I later moved to Wisconsin, two things clicked for me: skateboarding and technology. Both taught me the same lesson: fall, get up, try again. Whether it was landing a trick or debugging code at 3 a.m., that rhythm shaped how I approach everything I build.

My curiosity for tech took over. I worked at Best Buy, AT&T, and Samsung, spending my days around devices and my nights wondering how the software inside them worked. What started as "It'd be cool to make websites" turned into a lifelong pursuit of creating things that live on the internet.

My first site was a simple WordPress build, but it opened the door. I taught myself to code, to understand infrastructure, to bootstrap ideas from scratch, and to keep going even when things got hard. That mix of grit, curiosity, and stubborn creativity eventually became my path, not the one laid out for me, but the one I discovered.

Since then, I've built and launched full-stack products, collaborated with teams pushing tech forward, and turned ideas into real, working software. I've founded platforms like RepoGo, RockoAI, Fileie, and Boppr, and built everything from mobile apps to AI-powered developer tools to micro-VM infrastructure.

Today, I'm building RepoGo, an AI-powered mobile code editor that brings GitHub-level development to your pocket.

No matter what I'm creating, the through line is the same: Every problem is a chance to learn, try again, and build something better — just like skating, just like coding.

Open to work if you believe I'd be a great fit.