Doug Finke
New York, New York, United States
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RockstarDoug Finke is a seasoned systems architect and full-stack engineer with 15 years of experience and a 16-time Microsoft MVP recognition, based in New York. He authors practical developer guidance (PowerShell for Developers) and contributes widely to the PowerShell ecosystem, including key features and UX improvements in the vscode-powershell extension and PowerShellEditorServices. Doug builds pragmatic tooling—like the popular ImportExcel module that manipulates spreadsheets without Excel—balancing feature design, refactoring, and unit testing. Recently focused on generative AI engineering, he blends research-driven exploration with production-ready implementation to move ideas into working developer tools.
15 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (20)
language-server-protocol10
functional-design10
functional10
powershell10
api-design9
csharp9
dotnet-core9
html-parsing9
cmd9
associative-array9
debug8
debugging8
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
dfinke/ImportExcel
Mar 2015 - Dec 2022
PowerShell module to import/export Excel spreadsheets, without Excel
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:53 releases, 8 reviews, 1002 commits in 7 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Doug primarily contributed to enhancing a PowerShell module for importing and exporting Excel spreadsheets without requiring Excel. Their work focused on implementing new features and functionalities, such as adding the ability to set passwords on sheets, introducing sheet visibility control, and creating functions to convert Excel data to other formats (such as SQL insert statements). They also refactored the code and added unit tests, showcasing a focus on module improvement.
exportexcel-exportpowershellpowershell-moduleimport-export
PowerShell/PowerShellEditorServices
Nov 2015 - Feb 2019
A common platform for PowerShell development support in any editor or application!
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 9 PRs, 8 pushes in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Doug primarily contributed to enhancing the PowerShell Editor Services by adding features and expanding its functionality. Their work included adding online help capabilities, implementing requests for module discovery and installation, and enabling alias expansion. Further contributions include implementing core features like creating new files and interacting with the editor's workspace through new commands like `Out-CurrentFile`.
windowspowershellintellisensedebuggerlanguage-server
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