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Engineering Manager at Greenplaces. Writing about PR review, merge risk, and EM craft. Building Merge Lantern, a risk-triage platform. Strange and wonderful things for the web, mostly.

Location Raleigh, NC Joined Joined on  Personal website https://mergelantern.com github website

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Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering, University of Phoenix

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Engineering Manager at GreenPlaces

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AI Code Generation Has a Social Media Problem

AI Code Generation Has a Social Media Problem

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What I Look For When a Risky PR Lands

Blast radius over line count

What I Look For When a Risky PR Lands

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The Stale Feature Flag We Deleted That Turned a Feature Back On

The Stale Feature Flag We Deleted That Turned a Feature Back On

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The Real Reason Your PRs Get Big

Breaking down work as a learned skill

The Real Reason Your PRs Get Big

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Merge Standards That Actually Get Followed

Merge Standards That Actually Get Followed

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Three Targets I Set for My Engineering Team

Three Targets I Set for My Engineering Team

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The Code Review Checklist I Actually Use

The Code Review Checklist I Actually Use

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Your MVP Should Embarrass You (Here's Why That's Good)

Your MVP Should Embarrass You (Here's Why That's Good)

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Productivity Unlocked: Your Guide to Daily Inbox Processing

Productivity Unlocked: Your Guide to Daily Inbox Processing

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The Hallmark of Great Developers: Writing Simple Code

The Hallmark of Great Developers: Writing Simple Code

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Ditch the Clutter: Why You Need an Inbox for Your Brain

Ditch the Clutter: Why You Need an Inbox for Your Brain

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Embracing Change: The Real Skill Every Software Engineer Needs

Embracing Change: The Real Skill Every Software Engineer Needs

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The Roadmap to Real Impact: Goal-Setting for Productivity

The Roadmap to Real Impact: Goal-Setting for Productivity

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Beyond the Bare Minimum: How Software Engineers Can Truly Stand Out

Beyond the Bare Minimum: How Software Engineers Can Truly Stand Out

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Busy vs. Productive: Why Prioritization Is the Real Game Changer

Busy vs. Productive: Why Prioritization Is the Real Game Changer

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The Uncomfortable Truth: You'll Always Feel Behind in Software Development

The Uncomfortable Truth: You'll Always Feel Behind in Software Development

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Mastering Your Week: The Power of a Weekly Review

Mastering Your Week: The Power of a Weekly Review

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Translating Tech: Their Understanding Is Up To You

Translating Tech: Their Understanding Is Up To You

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The Art of Context: A Game-Changing Approach to Task Management

The Art of Context: A Game-Changing Approach to Task Management

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Beyond the Code: What It Means to Be a Software Engineer

Beyond the Code: What It Means to Be a Software Engineer

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Transforming Procrastination into Progress: A Practical Approach

Transforming Procrastination into Progress: A Practical Approach

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Think Before You Code: The Art of Understanding Problems

Think Before You Code: The Art of Understanding Problems

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Think Before You Code: The Art of Understanding

Think Before You Code: The Art of Understanding

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Double Your Output - The Secrets of Action Stacking

Double Your Output - The Secrets of Action Stacking

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Accessibility: No More Excuses, It's Time to Step Up

Accessibility: No More Excuses, It's Time to Step Up

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Building for Users: The Real Purpose of Software Development

Building for Users: The Real Purpose of Software Development

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Productivity Unlocked: The Two-Minute Rule

Productivity Unlocked: The Two-Minute Rule

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The Time Trap: How Much are You Losing?

The Time Trap: How Much are You Losing?

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Micro-Moments, Macro-Results: The Art of Time Gap Optimization

Micro-Moments, Macro-Results: The Art of Time Gap Optimization

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Micro-Moments, Macro-Results: The Art of Time Gap Optimization

Micro-Moments, Macro-Results: The Art of Time Gap Optimization

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The Productivity Secret Hiding in Plain Sight

The Productivity Secret Hiding in Plain Sight

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The best way to get better at writing code is...

The best way to get better at writing code is...

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Why do we need clean code?

Why do we need clean code?

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Write It Down

Write It Down

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What Are Your Geniuses?

What Are Your Geniuses?

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Time Saving Tip #2 - User Snippets in VSCode

Time Saving Tip #2 - User Snippets in VSCode

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Time Saving Tip #1 - Use Voice Dictation

Time Saving Tip #1 - Use Voice Dictation

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Coding Tip #1 - Stop Using Static Strings So Much

Coding Tip #1 - Stop Using Static Strings So Much

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4 Pitfalls to Watch Out For as a Developer

4 Pitfalls to Watch Out For as a Developer

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A Halloween Horror Story - The Missing CTA

A Halloween Horror Story - The Missing CTA

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So You Want To Be A Better Developer?

So You Want To Be A Better Developer?

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My 8 Tips for a Better Life as a Developer

My 8 Tips for a Better Life as a Developer

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Being a New Hire is a Super Power...Don't Waste It

Being a New Hire is a Super Power...Don't Waste It

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Exposure in the Workplace - VS Code Extensions

Exposure in the Workplace - VS Code Extensions

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My Favorite Interview Questions

My Favorite Interview Questions

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Let's Talk About Job Interviews

Let's Talk About Job Interviews

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Exposure in the Workplace - Pretzels and Arrays

Exposure in the Workplace - Pretzels and Arrays

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Exposure in the Workplace - Colors, Containers, and Looking Up (the tree) to Parents

Exposure in the Workplace - Colors, Containers, and Looking Up (the tree) to Parents

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I Made a Boo Boo Filling an Array

I Made a Boo Boo Filling an Array

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A (Mobile) Bug's Life - How to Debug Web Apps on Mobile Devices

A (Mobile) Bug's Life - How to Debug Web Apps on Mobile Devices

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The Tool That Made Building My Contact Form Painless

The Tool That Made Building My Contact Form Painless

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Attack of the Clones

Attack of the Clones

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CSS Scoping in Svelte and How to Work Around It

CSS Scoping in Svelte and How to Work Around It

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5 Habits to Increase Your Productivity

5 Habits to Increase Your Productivity

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OMG, so many tools!

OMG, so many tools!

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The Curse of "Imposter Syndrome" and How to Overcome It

The Curse of "Imposter Syndrome" and How to Overcome It

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Asking for Development Help...the Right Way

Asking for Development Help...the Right Way

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Sharing Data Across your React App with React Context

Sharing Data Across your React App with React Context

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