Paul Poulsen
Software Engineering Manager at Hudl
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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Top SchoolPaul Poulsen is a software engineering manager at Hudl with 12 years of experience blending hands-on full-stack development and team leadership to deliver end-to-end product features. He splits his time between coaching engineers, improving processes, and contributing as a senior individual contributor across the development lifecycle. His background spans embedded Linux, device drivers, C#/C++ application work at Microsoft, and front-end contributions to well-known open-source projects like the Medium Editor where he improved link handling behavior. Based in Lincoln, Nebraska, Paul is pragmatic about shipping reliable software and brings a rare combination of low-level systems experience and modern web UI craftsmanship to help teams move faster and with higher quality.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Github Skills (16)
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rich-text-editor9
html9
wysiwyg8
css7
32-bit6
bluez6
linux6
bit-manipulation6
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
yabwe/medium-editor
Nov 2015 - Nov 2015
Medium.com WYSIWYG editor clone. Uses contenteditable API to implement a rich text solution.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 7 days
Contributions summary:Paul focused on enhancing the link validation functionality within the Medium Editor. They implemented new tests, modified existing code in `src/js/extensions/anchor.js`, and updated the `spec/anchor.spec.js` file to accommodate the changes. The contributions included adding support for various URL schemes and refining the anchor button's behavior, primarily impacting the editor's link handling capabilities. Additionally, the user renamed a variable to improve code clarity.
contenteditableapitext-editingwysiwygjavascript
ppoulsen/talsub
Oct 2014 - Aug 2015
Contributions:38 commits, 4 PRs, 3 pushes in 10 months
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