Eric Ferreira
Owner And Lead Engineer at Eric makes apps LLC
Florida, United States
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Top SchoolEric Ferreira is an entrepreneur and hands-on software engineer with nine years of experience building production systems and now leading his own consultancy, Eric makes apps LLC. He progressed through technical roles at AT&T from intern to Principal Software Engineer, bringing deep full-stack and TypeScript expertise to large-scale projects. A strong open-source contributor, he improved the popular palantir/tslint linter—adding nuanced backtick support and fixing tricky edge cases that improve developer experience and code quality. Academically rigorous (MS and BS in Computer Science, top grades), Eric combines disciplined engineering with a maker’s mindset—he’s as comfortable shipping new features as he is refining developer tools. Based in Florida, he balances professional focus with musical and family life, which shows in his collaborative, detail-oriented approach to product development.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, 4.0 at Georgia State University
English, Portuguese, Spanish
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Github Skills (17)
typescript10
lint10
typescript-types10
linter10
linting10
typescripts10
tslint10
javascript9
static-analysis9
swift6
macos6
uipagecontrol6
storyboard6
angularjs6
python6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
palantir/tslint
Jul 2018 - May 2019
:vertical_traffic_light: An extensible linter for the TypeScript language
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 6 PRs, 37 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Eric focused on enhancing the `tslint` linter, contributing significant changes to the `quotemark` rule. These changes included adding support for backtick quotes, addressing edge cases in backtick usage, and excluding specific scenarios to prevent incorrect flagging. The user also addressed issues in other rules, such as `no-inferred-empty-object-type` and `unnecessaryConstructorRule`, indicating a broad understanding of the project's codebase and linting principles. These changes demonstrate an ability to improve code quality and maintainability within the TypeScript ecosystem.
linterlighteslinttraffic-lighttslint
ericmakesapps/fast-ts-helpers
Oct 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:15 releases, 118 pushes, 5 branches in 4 years 6 months
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