Robert Guss

Work

Real projects. Real outcomes. Here's a look at some of the work I'm most proud of.

Case Studies

Westminster Theological Seminary: 259 Hours Saved, $130K in Outsourcing Avoided

Software Engineer

AutomationCanvas LMSNext.jsConvexAirtableAI

Saved 259 hours annually and avoided $130K in outsourcing costs by automating workflows across Canvas, Populi, Circle, and Help Scout.

Open Source Work

HowToCode.io

Founder & Educator

EducationTechnical WritingVideo ProductionCommunity Building

10 years of teaching developers through courses, books, tutorials, and a podcast. 50,000+ students and counting across Udemy and my own platform.

Real World Testing with Cypress

Developer Experience Engineer

Technical WritingCurriculum DesignReactTypeScriptTesting

Co-authored the official Cypress testing curriculum—4 courses, 25+ lessons, used by tens of thousands of developers worldwide.

SocialPost

Creator & Maintainer

Next.jsConvexBetter AuthTypeScriptAI Starter Kit

A self-hosted social media scheduling application for scheduling and publishing content to X/Twitter and LinkedIn. Built with Next.js, Convex, and Better Auth.

AI Starter Kit

Creator & Maintainer

Next.jsConvexBetter AuthTypeScriptshadcn/ui

A modern, production-ready starter kit for building full-stack applications with Next.js 16, Convex, Better Auth, and shadcn/ui.

Convex Precision PDF

Creator & Maintainer

Next.jsConvexTypeScriptPythonFastAPILanding AI

An open-source document processing platform featuring visual data verification, real-time processing, and smart table recognition. Built with Next.js, Convex, FastAPI,and Landing AI.

Astro Creek

Creator & Maintainer

AstroLunr.jsMark.jsTypeScript

An open source blog theme for Astro SSG, featuring search, sitemap, and RSS feed. Inspired by Statamic's Starter Creek.