Asa Ayers
Software Engineer at Dropbox
Las Vegas Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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RockstarAsa Ayers is a software engineer with 14 years of experience specializing in front-end architecture, developer tooling, and systems modernization. He led Dropbox Sign’s migration to TypeScript, expanded Storybook into full-experience workflows with a type-safe mock backend, and introduced automated visual testing via Chromatic to shorten feedback loops. Asa builds by example—shipping patterns in working code, mentoring through thoughtful reviews, and automating style and workflow wherever possible to raise team velocity. His open-source work spans accessibility, linting, and core tooling (notably contributions to react-a11y, linter-eslint, and node-semver), reflecting a practical focus on reliability and developer experience. He also created AppExplorer, a VS Code extension that links Miro diagrams to code to improve system understanding and documentation. Based in Las Vegas, he thrives on shaping long-term direction and creating tools that make good decisions easy and bad ones hard.
14 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
4,884reputation
307kreached
20answers
42questions
xdebug
top-5%
Github Skills (37)
atom-editor10
accessibility10
javascript10
develop10
coffeescript10
npm-cli10
testing10
eslint10
backbonejs10
linter10
linting10
nodejs10
backbone10
react10
test-automation10
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
clutchski/coffeelint
Aug 2013 - Oct 2016
Lint your CoffeeScript.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:260 commits, 50 PRs, 69 pushes in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Asa primarily contributed to the CoffeeLint project by fixing bugs and improving the codebase. Their commits involved modifying the codebase to address specific issues, such as fixing a linting issue and refactoring code to improve accuracy. Additionally, the user worked on enhancements, like supporting new CoffeeScript features and adjusting the tool to recognize new operators. The contributions improved the functionality and maintained the quality of the CoffeeLint tool.
linterlinteslint
steelbrain/linter
May 2015 - Jul 2015
A Base Linter with Cow Powers http://steelbrain.me/linter/
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:61 commits, 32 PRs, 28 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Asa primarily contributed to the core functionality of the linter tool by refactoring and integrating legacy linter compatibility. They made changes to the main and legacy code, introduced a temporary file system to handle legacy linter execution, and updated the code to ensure correct behavior and avoid issues during tab switching in the application. These contributions demonstrate expertise in adapting and integrating different linter tools and frameworks.
linterlintcowpowers
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