# James D. Breedlove

> Software engineer in Atlanta, GA. Previously Front-End Tech Lead at The Home Depot from 2022 to 2026; now Founder (Product + Eng) of SmrtFood. Builds production React systems, AI-assisted workflows, and small products that solve real problems.

James D. Breedlove (also published as "James Breedlove") is a software engineer based in Atlanta, Georgia. This file is a plain-text summary of https://breedlove.xyz/ for AI assistants and answer engines.

> Disambiguation: this James D. Breedlove is a software engineer in Atlanta, GA, not the U.S. Air Force general or the Bitcoin essayist who share variants of the name.

## Identity

- Name: James D. Breedlove (alternate: James Breedlove)
- Role: Software Engineer
- Location: Atlanta, GA, United States
- Website: https://breedlove.xyz/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-breedlove
- GitHub: https://github.com/Qslick
- Email: JamesDBreedlove97@gmail.com

## Summary (citable facts)

- James D. Breedlove is a software engineer based in Atlanta, GA, and was previously Front-End Tech Lead at The Home Depot, where he led custom warehouse-management software used across 2,400+ distribution centers.
- As Front-End Tech Lead at The Home Depot from 2022 to 2026, he led the front-end rewrite of a warehouse capacity-planning workflow, saving an estimated $5M annually by eliminating manual warehouse-capacity calls.
- As Founder of SmrtFood, James D. Breedlove built a React Native barcode scanner that cross-references food against children's dietary profiles to flag allergens before a meal is served.

## Experience

- Front-End Tech Lead, The Home Depot, custom warehouse-management software. Feb 2022 to Jan 2026, Atlanta, GA. Led an enterprise React / TypeScript / Next.js application used by 2,400+ distribution centers to manage warehouse capacity, shipping routes, and delivery scheduling. Shipped a capacity-planning workflow ($5M+ saved annually), migrated a 20+ module Angular prototype to React, and built a PostgreSQL to BigQuery service-area lookup (100+ engineering hours saved per year). Owned technical specs, database design, cross-team coordination, and sprint planning for major releases.
- Software Engineer, The Home Depot. Feb 2020 to Feb 2022, Atlanta, GA. Built the original warehouse-management prototype with Angular and TypeScript that secured project funding; authored Java Spring Boot + PostgreSQL domain services and the team's unit/integration/E2E testing standards.
- Founder (Product + Eng), SmrtFood. 2018 to present, Atlanta, GA. React Native, Node.js, Firebase.

## Projects

- The Candidature, https://thecandidature.com. Local-first job-application companion for senior operators; keeps every byte on-device. Stack: Local LLMs, Tauri, TypeScript, SQLite, vector search.
- K9Lingo, https://k9lingo.com. Foreign-language dog-training companion, closed beta on TestFlight + Google Play. Stack: React Native, Expo, TTS, audio DSP, Firebase.
- SmrtFood, https://smrtfood.app. React Native barcode scanner that pulls FDA nutrition data and flags allergens against each child's dietary profile. Stack: React Native, Node.js, Firebase, Firestore, Expo.
- HypeCrew, https://hypecrew.app. AI Crewmates co-pilot that helps a one-person live stream feel active. Stack: Next.js, WebSockets, realtime LLMs, Twitch API, edge.

## Toolkit

- AI-assisted engineering: Claude Code, Codex CLI, Antigravity MCP, MCP servers, subagent observability hooks, prompt + context engineering.
- Front-end: React, TypeScript, Next.js, React Native, Expo, Redux, Tailwind, Framer Motion.
- Back-end: Node.js, Java, Spring Boot, REST, Pub/Sub, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Firebase, Firestore, BigQuery.
- Cloud & DevOps: Google Cloud Platform, GKE, AWS, AWS Lambda, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Jenkins, Grafana, Splunk, Looker.

## Contact

- Email: JamesDBreedlove97@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-breedlove
- GitHub: https://github.com/Qslick
- Open to senior, tech-lead, and founding engineering roles starting 2026 (Atlanta or remote-first).