about me

I grew up in Auburn, California where I was introduced to lots of things that I’m into today, like climbing, computers, music, movies, and people.

I learned more about computers at UCLA and then moved up to San Francisco where I spent a few years working on cloud infrastructure at Stripe.

I’m in Oakland now, working at Arcol, building the future of architecture software and making the power of computer-aided design accessible to more people.

I try to spend my free time slacklining, climbing, listening to music, making music, reading, writing, and watching movies.

me on other websites

selected projects

  • Listening Spaces (2024-) - A directory of listening spaces around the world
  • james.land (2024-) - Misc sketches and experiments
  • Concert Board (2023-) - Letterboxd/Goodreads for concerts
  • Meadow Desk (2023) - A configurable DIY desk
  • Inside Patterns (2022) - My collection of interior design and decorating patterns inspired by A Pattern Language

get in touch

Email me at james@jamesbvaughan.com if you’d like to get in contact for any reason.

about this website

I’ve written about how I build and manage this site here.