Nick Schonning
Open Source Advisor at Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Nick Schonning is an Open Source Advisor with 14 years of software experience, blending Microsoft-platform ALM expertise (TFS, VB.Net, C#, ASP.Net) with deep open-source contributions in DevOps, build systems, accessibility, and localization. Based in Ottawa, he modernizes CI/CD and developer workflows—migrating projects to GitHub Actions, integrating ESLint/Prettier, and improving Docker and Node build pipelines across high-profile repos like nodejs/node and nodejs/docker-node. He pairs meticulous technical writing and QA instincts—dozens of typo and documentation fixes across dotnet, MDN, and W3C projects—with practical front-end and back-end changes for projects such as Mastodon and Docusaurus. At the Treasury Board of Canada he advises on open source strategy while drawing on earlier hands-on roles delivering ALM and release management for federal systems. That combination of policy-facing advising and low-level build/tooling craftsmanship makes him effective at scaling developer experience and cross-organizational open-source collaboration.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Toronto Metropolitan University
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (136)
pnp-powershell10
website-development10
github10
python10
testing10
readability10
databases10
bash10
text-formatting10
gruntjs10
asp-net10
automation10
code-analysis10
entity-framework10
visual-studio10
Programming languages (39)
Github contributions (5)
nodejs/nodejs.org
Aug 2019 - Mar 2022
The Node.js® Website
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:216 reviews, 95 commits, 321 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Nick primarily contributed to the website's frontend and build process. They fixed typos and casing issues in the website's content, improved HTML minification for optimized performance, and updated banner text. Additionally, the user made changes to the build configuration, including adding an ESLint Prettier plugin, and refactored to rename the default branch.
node-jsjavascriptnodejsnodenextjs
mdn/content
Dec 2020 - Jan 2023
The content behind MDN Web Docs
Role in this project:Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:307 reviews, 722 commits, 737 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Nick's commits primarily focus on correcting typos and fixing formatting issues within the documentation of the MDN Web Docs. These commits involve standardizing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code snippets, along with fixing general grammar and spelling errors to improve readability and accuracy across various articles. The contributions demonstrate a focus on ensuring clear and well-formatted documentation for web technologies.
cssjavascriptreferencefundamentalsmdn
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