Clip2Remote
2026A VS Code extension that pastes any file from the macOS clipboard straight into a Remote-SSH terminal — uploading it and inserting the remote path, so terminal AI agents can read it. Published on the Marketplace.
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Hi, I'm Jayrome —
senior software engineer building things for the web.
Passionate full-stack engineer with a knack for clean architecture, robust APIs, and the occasional bit of cloud wrangling. Currently a Senior Software Engineer at LegalMatch Philippines.
01 — About
A bit about me
I'm a passionate client and server software engineer with hands-on experience designing and shipping web platforms end to end — from polished UIs to the messy plumbing underneath.
Over the years I've worked across the stack: building APIs and services, wiring up CI/CD and GitOps pipelines, hardening authentication and web security, and keeping cloud infrastructure happy. I care about code that reads like prose, systems that fail gracefully, and small details that make a product feel solid.
Outside of work I tinker with side projects, explore new tooling, and occasionally write about what I learn.
02 — What I do
Skills & areas of focus
A snapshot of the tools and disciplines I work with day to day.
Full-stack web
Designing and shipping production web apps front to back.
Cloud & DevOps
Cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and GitOps workflows.
Data engineering
Pipelines, SQL, and the unglamorous work of moving data well.
Security & auth
OAuth/OIDC flows, session hardening, and web security best practices.
Frontend craft
Component-driven UI with modern frameworks and a designer's eye.
System design
Pragmatic architecture that scales without over-engineering.
03 — Experience
Where I've worked
Nov 2025 — Present
Senior Full Stack Engineer
LegalMatch Philippines · Cebu
Leading the development of a New Client Dashboard to decouple the user experience from legacy systems. Upgraded microservices to Java 25 and Spring Boot 3.5.x using AI-assisted migration.
Feb 2025 — Nov 2025
Senior Backend Engineer
Benefex Philippines · Cebu
Developed core API products including ELM services and Workday connectors using Spring Boot, Redis, and GCP. Managed deployments via Argo and CircleCI.
Apr 2021 — Dec 2024
Fullstack Software Engineer
BigFork Technologies, LLC · Remote
Architected and implemented version 2 of the core product using NestJS, Hasura, and PostgreSQL. Integrated modern frontend frameworks like Svelte and Angular with AWS cloud services.
Sep 2016 — Mar 2021
Senior Software Engineer
LegalMatch Philippines · Cebu
Delivered feature enhancements and integrations for the legal SaaS platform. Optimized backend performance with Spring Boot and managed infrastructure on AWS.
2014 — 2016
Software Engineer
Elementz Interactive · Cebu
Developed and maintained desktop and mobile ERP systems for the steel industry using Adobe Air, Flex, and Java.
Oct 2012 — Aug 2014
Java Developer
Catapult International, LLC · Cebu
Led the migration of logistics platforms from Flex to HTML5. Built smart algorithms for Excel data processing and integrated Spring Security with CAS.
Jun 2009 — Oct 2012
Software Developer
Rameses Systems Inc. · Cebu
Developed custom MVC frameworks (Osiris II) for desktop and web. Implemented business rules engines and managed large-scale deployments for local government units.
03.1 — Education
Academic foundation
2005 — 2010
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
University of Cebu · Main Campus
Dean's Lister. Active in the Bond of IT Students (BITS) and the Association of Working Scholars.
03.2 — Professional Development
Continuous learning
Ongoing
Key Trainings & Achievements
Software Engineering Focus
• Developed a custom MVC framework for Java Swing.
• Specialized in Groovy Scripting integration for Java Applications.
• Trained end-users on system administration for Local Government Units.
04 — Projects
Selected work
A handful of projects I've collaborated on or built over the years.
API Gateway & Workday Connector
2025High-performance integration services for Employee Lifecycle Management (ELM) using Spring Boot, Docker, and GCP.
Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)
2024A modern CLM web application built from scratch using NestJS, Hasura, and Svelte to replace legacy systems.
Logistics Platform Migration
2014End-to-end migration of a subscription-based logistics system from Adobe Flex to a modern HTML5/Spring stack.
Osiris II Framework
2012A custom MVC framework built on Swing and JSF, featuring Groovy-based dynamic controller scripting.
Springboard
2013A collaborative platform project — exploring shared workflows and team productivity.
Quote Management System
2013A quoting tool built with Alvin Magalona and Jessie James Cosare — streamlining the proposal-to-invoice flow.
ETRACS
2007An early collaboration with Michael Ramos and Alvin Magalona — government revenue and tax-collection tooling.
05 — Open source
Public repos
Tools, plugins, themes, and demo apps I've published on GitHub, newest first.
Clip2Remote
2026Paste any file — zip, video, PDF — from your Mac clipboard into a VS Code terminal over Remote-SSH. Built for Claude Code.
Claude Skills
2026Claude Code commands and a skill for a plan → implement → review workflow.
Spoolcast
2026Standalone CLI that uploads scheduled videos to YouTube channels and Facebook Pages from a per-channel queue, with idempotent per-target tracking. No server, no daemon.
Internal AI Knowledge Base
2026Retrieval-augmented Q&A for internal docs: a hand-rolled, unit-tested TF-IDF + cosine retriever composes cited answers, with a real LLM when a key is set and a deterministic extractive fallback offline.
Payment Approval Tracking
2026Payment approval workflow: amount-based threshold routing to an ordered approval chain, a strict sequential state machine, and an aging/SLA dashboard over a pure, unit-tested routing engine.
Daily Profitability Dashboard
2026Daily P&L for a multi-unit operations business: gross margin, operating profit, profit per unit and per labor hour, with trend, waterfall, and date/unit drill-down.
Month-End Close Tracker
2026Finance month-end close: interdependent tasks with owners, dependencies, and due dates, gated by a strict status state machine and a live burndown.
Quality Complaint Investigation
2026QMS demo for product quality complaints end to end: severity triage with SLAs, 5-Whys and fishbone root-cause investigation, CAPA action plans, and AI-drafted customer responses.
Marketing Campaign Management
2026Marketing operations dashboard: plan campaigns across channels, track spend pacing and budget burn, monitor CTR/CPC/CPA/ROAS, and run team workload on a kanban board.
iTerm Islands Dark
2026A dark, low-glare iTerm2 color scheme with a near-black slate background and a soft, muted ANSI palette, inspired by the JetBrains Dark editor theme.
IntelliJ Editor Themes
2025Modified dark editor color schemes for IntelliJ.
SVN Status Bar Info
2023An IntelliJ plugin that shows SVN info in the IDE status bar.
Access Log Counter
2021Apache access-log traffic counter that aggregates hits by log date.
csv2mysql
2020Parses CSV files into MySQL insert statements.
Spreaded
2020A prompt theme for Oh My Zsh.
Express Mock Server
2019A mock API server on Express that serves and generates JSON mock data.
06 — Writing
Notes from the workbench
Occasional write-ups on developer tooling, architecture decisions, and the small details that make a workflow feel solid.
I Moved My Claude Sessions From tmux to herdr
Oct 2026Image paste into remote Claude Code sessions that just works, and an agents panel that shows which parallel session is waiting on me.
I Just Wanted to Paste a File Into My Terminal
Aug 2026A thirty-line zsh script I missed too much turned into a VS Code extension — and why every existing paste extension was running on the wrong computer.