Matthew Lauber
Senior Software Developer at Grant Street Group
Greater Indianapolis United States
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Top SchoolMatthew Lauber is a Senior Software Developer with 12 years of experience building full-stack and cloud-native systems, currently driving engineering efforts at Grant Street Group. He spent over a decade at DirectEmployers as a Python developer and DevSecOps engineer, leading AWS infrastructure work, a migration to Kubernetes/EKS, and technical SOC2 compliance. Matthew contributes to notable open-source projects like TiddlyWiki/TiddlyWiki5 and TiddlyDesktop, where he implemented multi-select widget improvements and command-line/wiki templating features that improved usability and automation. Comfortable across frontend and backend JavaScript as well as Python and infrastructure, he blends hands-on coding with systems thinking to deliver production-grade, secure platforms. Based in Greater Indianapolis and trained at Purdue, he pairs enterprise delivery experience with practical open-source craftsmanship that often surfaces in tooling and developer experience enhancements.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science, 3.2, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science, 3.2 at Purdue University
Github Skills (17)
web-widgets10
javascript10
widgets10
wikipedia10
command-line-interface10
nwjs10
filter10
tiddlywiki10
command-line10
filtering10
cli10
filesystem9
file-operations9
fileio9
html9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
TiddlyWiki/TiddlyDesktop
Oct 2015 - Apr 2020
A custom desktop browser for TiddlyWiki 5 and TiddlyWiki Classic, based on nw.js
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 12 PRs, 18 comments in 4 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Matthew focused on enhancing the functionality of the TiddlyDesktop application. Their contributions primarily involved modifying the application's main JavaScript files to open specific wikis from the command line, improving how command-line parameters are handled. Furthermore, the user integrated support for templates and cloning existing wikis, enhancing the application's flexibility and user experience by adding a new feature related to the copying of templates.
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TiddlyWiki/TiddlyWiki5
Nov 2015 - Apr 2020
A self-contained JavaScript wiki for the browser, Node.js, AWS Lambda etc.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 25 commits, 40 PRs in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily contributed to the core JavaScript codebase of the TiddlyWiki5 project, demonstrating a focus on enhancing the functionality of the select widget. They implemented features for multiple selections, and refactored the widget to use utility functions for list manipulation. Further contributions included bug fixes related to list field handling and addressing filter behaviors.
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