Sarah Vessels
Software Engineer at GitHub github
Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolSarah Vessels is a software engineer with 17 years of experience specializing in Ruby and JavaScript web applications, ActiveRecord/Arel, and SQL. Based in Nashville, she blends front-end craftsmanship with rigorous test automation, contributing ViewComponents to GitHub's Primer design system and improving UX for the popular GitHub Desktop app. Her work on github/explore added robust Minitest suites and content validations, showing attention to both developer UX and content quality. Known jokingly as "the Arel whisperer," she has a knack for translating complex UI interactions into well-tested, maintainable components. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Kentucky and brings a pragmatic, detail-oriented approach informed by long-term open source collaboration. Outside of work she’s a fellow Earl Grey enthusiast and gamer, a small but telling hint at her disciplined focus and playful curiosity.
17 years of coding experience
B.S., Computer Science, B.S., Computer Science at University of Kentucky
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Github Skills (37)
ruby-rails10
javascript10
electron10
testing10
typescript10
rails10
ui-design10
ruby10
uid10
viewcomponent10
typescript-types10
minitest10
typescripts10
react10
github9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
github/explore
Sep 2017 - Apr 2020
Community-curated topic and collection pages on GitHub
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:3 reviews, 244 commits, 89 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Sarah's contributions focused on enhancing the testing framework for the repository. They added a testing gem (Minitest), implemented tests to ensure the presence of `index.md` files, the correct image naming and dimensions, and the absence of unexpected files. The user also implemented tests to validate Jekyll front matter, metadata, and adherence to a specific topic page style guide, including Oxford comma usage, providing a robust suite of automated checks.
community-drivencollectionsexploretopics
primer/view_components
Aug 2020 - Aug 2020
ViewComponents for the Primer Design System
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 23 reviews, 53 commits in 3 days
Contributions summary:Sarah primarily focused on developing ViewComponents for the Primer Design System. Their contributions involved creating a `PopoverComponent`, including its structure, styling, and interaction with other components. The user refactored the component, changing content areas to slots, and implemented customizations for various aspects, such as message appearance, button styles, and overall positioning. Extensive testing was also performed to ensure the correct functionality of the new component.
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