Tech used: Docker, Mesosphere DC/OS, Mesosphere Marathon, Node, Ember, Event Store, Knex.js, Jira, MySQL, JavaScript, Handlebars, HTML, GitConcepts applied: Microservice architecture, containerization, event sourcing, collaborative Git workflow, asynchronous JavaScript, RESTful APIsBilly is a startup with only a handful of employees, some of whom are halfway across the world, and it's been an amazing learning experience to dive into their code base and then learn to swim. A highlight of my time with Billy thus far has been integrating a new credit card processing system into their existing infrastructure, which required work in both the front and back-end. It taught me a lot about the overall infrastructure of the application and the way its services interact, as well as the value of thoroughly planning and breaking down large projects beforehand.

Tech used: OneLink, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, UNIX, SVN ( SubVersion ), Jira, Atlassian Confluence, regular expressions, a cappucino machineConcepts applied: Reverse proxies, web crawling, time tracking/budgeting, task prioritization, cappucino drinkingDuring my time at Translations.com I was tasked with learning how to use the company's proprietary OneLink software and regular ole' JavaScript, HTML, and CSS to do things such as:* Run and maintain site spiders, both scheduled and impromptu.* Review and edit captured content to ensure quality and to minimize workload for linguists when it was sent for localization.* Push changes to staging and live sites using a combination of the UNIX command line and web-based interfaces.