Mike Mcneil
Contributor at Fleet Device Management
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolMike Mcneil is a seasoned software founder and contributor with 14 years of experience building scalable Node.js applications and open-source infrastructure from Austin, Texas. As creator and BDFL of Sails.js and founder of Balderdash, he turned an internal framework into one of the most widely used MVC tools for Node.js and continues to guide its ecosystem. He now contributes to Fleet, helping IT and security teams simplify infrastructure across macOS, Linux, Windows, Chromebooks, and major clouds while focusing on UX and docs for broader adoption. Mike blends full-stack engineering—authoring database adapters for MySQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL—with meticulous technical writing that improves developer onboarding and library clarity. His work spans deep backend systems, front-end product polish, and community-facing documentation, reflecting a rare combination of pragmatic engineering and open-source stewardship. An unexpected through-line: he balances large-scale production concerns with a hobbyist’s attention to copy edits and docs, ensuring both correctness and a smooth user experience.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at The University of Texas at AustinY Combinator
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (36)
javascript10
postgresql10
website-development10
back-end-development10
mysql10
async10
mongodb-database10
callback10
model-view-controller10
front-end-development10
querystring10
sailsjs10
sql10
database-design10
html10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
balderdashy/sails-mongo
Jan 2013 - May 2020
MongoDB adapter for Sails.js / Waterline ORM.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 12 reviews, 204 commits in 7 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Mike contributed to the `sails-mongo` project, a MongoDB adapter for Sails.js, by implementing new features and fixing bugs related to the adapter's core functionality. Their work involved integrating changes from the `sails-disk` adapter, improving error messages, and addressing consistency violations in collection management. Furthermore, the user focused on updating the adapter to work with newer versions of dependencies, and also removed deprecated features and improving general compatibility.
sails-jsadapterwaterlinewaterline-ormsails
balderdashy/sails-docs
Oct 2012 - Nov 2020
**Latest docs now live in the Sails core repo!** The source markdown files for the official Sails.js documentation, which gets compiled, squeezed, and stretched into HTML when we deploy the Sails website.
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:3 releases, 2310 commits, 97 PRs in 8 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Mike's contributions primarily involve creating and updating documentation for the Sails.js framework. They added and modified content related to various aspects of Sails, including routes, logs, and associations, as well as information on community plugins and adapters. The commits focused on structuring and refining the documentation to provide better clarity and guidance for users of the framework.
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