Dusty Reagan
Web Developer at Patch My PC
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolDusty Reagan is a seasoned web developer with 11+ years building scalable, high-performance SaaS platforms and consumer products from Austin, Texas. He combines full-stack expertise in PHP, React, TypeScript, Laravel, MongoDB and .NET with a strong track record of backend optimization, uptime engineering and performance-first architecture. At Automattic he led performance consolidations and A/B/C experiments that materially increased engagement across hundreds of thousands of users and drove migration of legacy plan checks validated in a 2025 audit. As a founder of multiple startups, Dusty engineered systems that sustained 99.9% uptime on lean infrastructure and reduced social-media processing latency from minutes to under one minute through clever caching and parallelization. He is also an active contributor to flagship WordPress projects like Calypso and Jetpack, focusing on front-end refinements and server-side refactors that improved UX and efficiency. Known for blending entrepreneurial product sense with meticulous documentation and cross-functional leadership, Dusty excels at turning complex problems into measurable business outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science Computer Science, Bachelors of Science Computer Science at Texas A&M University
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Github Skills (22)
javascript10
wordpress10
css10
ui-design10
plugin10
uid10
php10
front-end-development10
wordpress-plugin10
react10
apidoc9
s69
api9
html9
automated-tests8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/wp-calypso
Jul 2021 - Jan 2023
The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:781 reviews, 71 commits, 685 PRs in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Dusty primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the WordPress.com platform. Their work involved refactoring and removing references to "Calypsoify," which included modifications to JavaScript files for plugins, and fixing redirect URLs. They also made adjustments to the user interface by hiding and showing elements during the checkout process and theme selection, and updating copy within the UI. Further contributions include updating copy and functionality around Woocommerce install steps.
apireactwordpressjavascriptes6
Automattic/jetpack
Aug 2021 - Nov 2022
Security, performance, marketing, and design tools — Jetpack is made by WordPress experts to make WP sites safer and faster, and help you grow your traffic.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:227 reviews, 35 commits, 113 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Dusty contributed to the Jetpack plugin, primarily focusing on the post-list package and related functionalities. They implemented features for the admin interface, including thumbnail previews and share actions, and refactored existing code to server-side execution, improving performance. Their work involved changes across PHP, JavaScript (removed in later commits), and CSS, touching upon both backend and frontend aspects. Further contributions included enhancing settings endpoints with WooCommerce-related options.
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