Steve Piercy
Owner at Steve Piercy — Website Builder
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolSteve Piercy is a seasoned web application developer and owner with over 15 years of experience helping businesses streamline workflows and boost revenue through pragmatic web solutions. Based in Eugene, Oregon, he combines backend expertise in Python, PHP and Lasso with practical experience across Apache, MySQL, FileMaker and JavaScript to deliver end-to-end projects from conception to launch. He has a long track record of client-facing project management and technical support, having built sites and automated processes for education, media and nonprofit sectors. An active open-source contributor and documentation specialist, Steve has improved docs for widely used Python projects like pytest and Pyramid and added language support for Lasso in GitHub Linguist—highlighting both his attention to detail and commitment to developer experience. Trained as a mathematician and teacher, he brings strong analytical thinking and clear communication to technical training and user-focused design.
15 years of coding experience
Teaching Certificate, Mathematics, Secondary Education, Teaching Certificate, Mathematics, Secondary Education at Humboldt State University
Stackoverflow
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460answers
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python-sphinx
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Github Skills (45)
plone10
restructuredtext10
pytest10
python10
validations10
sphinx10
python-sphinx10
rs10
cookiecutter10
data-serialization10
validation10
structured-logging10
web-content10
serialization10
grammars10
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
plone/documentation
Apr 2017 - Jan 2023
Plone Documentation
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:829 reviews, 796 commits, 720 PRs in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Steve primarily contributed to the Plone Documentation repository by updating and improving the documentation. Their commits focused on fixing broken links, making links compatible between Volto and Plone documentation, and organizing the navigation within the REST API documentation. They also updated the source replacement configuration and added additional information for documentation.
mystplonesphinxvolto
Pylons/pyramid
Sep 2011 - Dec 2022
Pyramid - A Python web framework
Role in this project:Technical Writer & Documentation Specialist
Technical Writer & Documentation SpecialistContributions:50 reviews, 3233 commits, 2220 PRs in 11 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Steve's contributions were primarily focused on enhancing the project documentation. They added explanations for cookiecutters, detailed descriptions of the files generated, and instructions on how to generate and build the documentation. Additionally, the user restructured the documentation, improved syntax, fixed broken links, and standardized text for consistency.
pythonpyramidpython-webframeworkpylons
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