Ross Ragsdale
Founding Engineer at Point Blank Dev
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolRoss Ragsdale is a seasoned infrastructure-centric developer relations leader with a decade of experience building scalable cloud and data-driven platforms. As Founder at Point Blank Dev and currently guiding technical strategy at Stacks Open Internet Foundation, he blends hands-on engineering with creator-friendly content, delivering 50+ hours of education and guides reaching thousands of developers weekly. His open-source footprint includes contributions to the AWS Amplify CLI as a backend engineer and cloud engineer, shaping bug fixes, UX improvements, and maintainability. Ross has architected TB-scale analytics pipelines, secure hot-wallet/bot frameworks, and cost-optimized infrastructure across startups and enterprises. Previously at Discover, he delivered high-performance storage and CI/CD improvements that cut deployment cycles by over 75% and saved hundreds of thousands annually. Based in Los Angeles, he combines practical production know-how with a knack for evangelizing infrastructure best practices to diverse developer communities.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at Purdue UniversityCheltenham High School
English, German, Japanese
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Github Skills (20)
aws10
serverless10
cli10
javascript9
node-js9
javascripts9
typescripts8
graphql8
typescript-types8
wordpress-graphql8
cloud-infrastructure8
typescript8
typescript28
typescript38
wp-graphql8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
aws-amplify/amplify-cli
Nov 2019 - Jan 2021
The AWS Amplify CLI is a toolchain for simplifying serverless web and mobile development.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Cloud Engineer
Back-end Developer & Cloud EngineerContributions:7 reviews, 7 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Ross contributed to the AWS Amplify CLI, focusing on bug fixes, code enhancements, and improving the user experience. Their work involved modifying the CLI's behavior, including fixing permission assignments, modifying error messaging, and adding features to improve code readability. They also made changes to the project's infrastructure, such as adding a file to the .gitignore, demonstrating their understanding of cloud-based development and associated best practices. These changes indicate a contribution to the core functionality and maintainability of the Amplify CLI.
amplify-cliaws-lambdaserverlessnotificationsstorage
pointblankdev/dynamite
Jun 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:12 releases, 55 commits, 54 pushes in 1 month
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