Cody Lindley
Principal UI UX Front-end Web Software Engineer Architect (AI GroupMe) at Microsoft AI
Meridian, Idaho, United States
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Top SchoolCody Lindley is a Principal UI/UX Front-end Engineer and architect with 25+ years in front-end development, currently rebuilding GroupMe and shaping AI-driven experiences at Microsoft. A pioneer who started as a Flash developer in 1996 and was an original jQuery project member, he has influenced the profession through open-source work, widely used tutorials, and published guides. He specializes in design systems, real-time social web games, and cross-platform web-native applications, using modern stacks like SolidJS, TypeScript, Panda CSS, Vite, and Playwright. Cody has led component-driven systems and monorepos that serve multiple products, and his contributions to widely referenced resources like the Frontend Masters handbook reflect a commitment to developer education. Comfortable both architecting and shipping, he blends hands-on coding, test automation, and UX sensibility to modernize legacy products at scale. Based in Meridian, Idaho, he pairs deep historical perspective with current practice—often choosing pragmatic modern tools over hype to solve real user problems.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Comm Communications, Comm Communications at University of Idaho
English
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Github Skills (13)
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javascript10
mdbook10
frontend10
front-end-development10
maps9
user-interface8
interface-design8
ui-design8
kendo-ui6
telerik6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
FrontendMasters/front-end-handbook
Aug 2015 - Nov 2018
The resources and tools for learning about the practice of front-end development.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:281 commits, 58 PRs, 267 pushes in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Cody primarily made updates to CSS styles within the repository. Their commits focused on modifying the `cite` element's styling and the `page-inner` element's margin. The changes impacted both the `ebook.css` and `website.css` files, indicating a focus on improving the visual presentation of the content across different formats. Overall, the contributions suggest a role in front-end development, specifically tweaking the CSS.
reactcssjavascriptweb-development-toolsfront-end-development
FrontendMasters/front-end-handbook-2019
Jan 2019 - Jun 2020
[Book] 2019 edition of our front-end development handbook
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:32 commits, 6 PRs, 6 pushes in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Cody appears to be primarily focused on updating the content and structure of the front-end handbook. The commits reveal modifications to HTML files, including revisions to existing content and the addition of new sections and links, suggesting a role in maintaining and enhancing the handbook's information. They also fixed broken links within the content. The user is focused on improving the handbook as a resource for front-end developers.
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