Matt Ehlinger
Staff Software Engineer at gravitywiz
Summary
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RockstarMatt Ehlinger is a Staff Software Engineer with nine years of hands-on experience building full-stack web applications and infrastructure. Currently contributing at GravityWiz, he combines deep front-end React expertise with practical back-end skills—demonstrated by focused contributions to the high-profile Gatsby framework, where he improved image processing, cross-platform file handling, and preview/loading UX for WordPress sources. He excels at performance-sensitive engineering and CDN/image service integrations that improve build times and developer workflows. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who surfaces subtle platform issues (like Windows path handling) and delivers reusable components.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (15)
gatsbyjs10
javascript10
webapp10
react10
gatsby10
wpgraphql9
static-site-generator9
wordpress-graphql9
graphql9
typescripts8
typescript8
wordpress8
typescript-types8
compiler7
compiler-compiler7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
gatsbyjs/gatsby
May 2021 - Jun 2022
React-based framework with performance, scalability, and security built in.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:155 reviews, 24 commits, 16 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Matt's commits indicate a focus on improving the Gatsby framework, particularly addressing issues within the gatsby-source-wordpress plugin and the Gatsby Cloud integration. They implemented a reusable preview loader component and added support for aspect ratio within the image service, demonstrating a deep understanding of image processing within the framework. Furthermore, they addressed Windows-specific file path issues and added features for image CDN functionality, contributing to both build performance and cross-platform compatibility.
reactsecuritygatsbystatic-site-generatorweb-app
gravitywiz/tom-select
Oct 2023 - Jul 2025
Tom Select is a lightweight (~16kb gzipped) hybrid of a textbox and select box. Forked from selectize.js to provide a framework agnostic autocomplete widget with native-feeling keyboard navigation. Useful for tagging, contact lists, etc.
Contributions:7 reviews, 13 PRs, 67 pushes in 1 year 9 months
autocompletecontact-listkeyboard-navigationselectboxselectize
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