Rob Abby

Based in Bellingham.
Working locally and remotely.

I design and
build software.

My background is in frontend engineering. Over time, I’ve found myself getting involved in more of what goes into making a product—especially design and working with the people who use it. These days, I am working on WavePoint.

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Previously at

Some of the work.

WavePoint

Current business

Founder and operator

WavePoint’s homepage: Bring astrology into everyday life, with a Day chart and Moment example

WavePoint’s current dark-theme Day chart with a chart wheel and timeline

WavePoint’s Journal with fictional sample Moments, photos, and an audio recording

WavePoint’s website and iPhone app. App images are development previews with fictional sample content; the app is currently in TestFlight.

WavePoint is an astrology app I’m building for iPhone. It brings together charts, readings, and a place to record experiences and revisit them over time. I look after the product, design, engineering, and day-to-day business - collaborating with my wife, Shayna. The app is currently in TestFlight.

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PartySlate

Historical work

Frontend engineering and design-system leadership

PartySlate button variants and Storybook color tokens from the later Soirée design-system work

Button variants and states · a later design-system example, 2023.

At PartySlate, I built interfaces for finding inspiration, exploring venues and onboarding event professionals. I led the design system, worked across design and engineering, and helped other engineers build on shared patterns.

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SAVO

Historical work

Frontend engineering, product ownership, and UI/UX

Interface sketches and colored voting dots displayed on a glass wall during a SAVO team design session

Sketches and voting from a team design session.

My time at SAVO took me from frontend engineering into product ownership and helping establish our UI/UX team. I worked closely with our visual designer on design and implementation, built the shared component system and style guide, and helped other engineers with their frontend work.

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A bit about how I work.

A lot of my attention goes into how someone will actually use what we’re making. I’m interested in what they’re trying to do, how they think about it, and how the software could help.

I also enjoy helping other engineers grow—pairing on difficult problems, sharing what I’ve learned, and working across design and engineering to make it easier for a team to build together.

AI has become a substantial part of how I work. I use it throughout development, and I’m continuing to learn where it helps and what needs more attention from me. We’re a small operation at WavePoint, so keeping the work practical and avoiding unnecessary complexity is the focus.

Before WavePoint, I worked at SAVO, project44, and PartySlate.

Ways we can work together Résumé (PDF)

Let’s talk.

If you see an opportunity for us to work together, I’d love to hear from you. That could be a role, a project, or simply getting to know each other and seeing where it goes.

robabby23@gmail.com

Interested in WavePoint? Visit WavePoint.