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 (the last song I listened to was Jekyll and Hyde (and Ted and Alice) by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones), making music, reading, writing, and watching movies (the last movie I watched was The End).

me on other websites

• twitter 𝕏
• letterboxd
• last.fm
• github
• linkedin
• setlist.fm
• mountain project
• mastodon
• bluesky
• concert board

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

I’m at james@jamesbvaughan.com and love hearing from new people.

Reach out if you’d like to chat about new ideas, work together, or get coffee.

about this website

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