Ash Drake
Senior Software Engineer at Netflix
Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolAsh Drake is a senior software engineer with 11 years of experience building reliable, maintainable realtime and batch analytics systems, currently at Netflix. Comfortable across Python, Go, Swift, and JavaScript, Ash has a strong backend pedigree—improving Kafka client resilience at pykafka and enhancing CLI UX on the popular exercism/cli project. A long-time remote worker since 2013, he pairs disciplined engineering practices with a curiosity for new domains and rapid iteration. His contributions to freeCodeCamp show a willingness to improve developer and learner experiences, not just internal systems. Based in Colorado, Ash combines production-grade systems thinking with a knack for pragmatic, test-driven improvements that reduce operational toil.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Sociology BA Criminal Justice, Sociology BA Criminal Justice at Clemson University
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Github Skills (34)
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javascript10
python10
testing10
command-line-interface10
kafka10
go10
command-line10
nodejs10
apache-kafka10
cli10
expressjs9
mongodb-database9
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error-handling9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
exercism/cli
Oct 2017 - Jul 2018
A Go based command line tool for exercism.org.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 5 PRs, 14 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Ash contributed to the `exercism/cli` project by implementing and improving the submit command. They added checks for empty files, updated the command to use printf, and integrated interactive confirmation for directory submissions. Further work involved refactoring submit command tests, adding support for file flags, and refining error messages, enhancing the usability and functionality of the CLI tool.
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freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp
Feb 2015 - Apr 2015
freeCodeCamp.org's open-source codebase and curriculum. Learn to code for free.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 9 PRs, 20 comments in 2 months
Contributions summary:Ash contributed to the development of a freeCodeCamp bonfire challenge by implementing and enhancing the display of MDN links within the bonfire challenges. They added and formatted links from a database to the view, iterating them through the page. Further development included adding more links for level 2 and 3 challenges, and fixing errors in the existing code.
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