Tanner Dolby
Software Developer at IBM
Roseville, California, United States
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Top SchoolTanner Dolby is a software developer with 7 years of experience building front-end features, documentation, and integrations across web and security-focused applications. Currently at IBM after roles at WorkHound and Tata Consultancy Services, he blends UI work (copy-to-clipboard, syntax highlighting, interactive examples) with backend integrations for security products and robust unit testing. An active open-source contributor to high-profile MDN projects and the Eleventy docs site, he improves developer UX through clearer docs and hands-on demo code. With a BS in Applied Mathematics and research experience in data analysis, Tanner brings a data-informed mindset to product decisions and a knack for turning complex technical concepts into accessible examples.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS Applied Mathematics at Arizona State UniversityMathematics, Mathematics at Sierra College
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Github Skills (26)
javascript10
eleventy10
clientside10
mdns10
mdc10
css10
glossary10
front-end-development10
mdt10
html10
react10
documentation10
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
mdn/content
Jan 2021 - Oct 2022
The content behind MDN Web Docs
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:1 review, 17 commits, 21 PRs in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Tanner primarily contributed to the documentation of MDN Web Docs. Their work involved adding and updating glossary entries, correcting letter case inconsistencies, and performing search-and-replace operations to improve consistency. Furthermore, the user enhanced the documentation by adding examples and descriptions for URL components and updating the notecard syntax. The contributions were focused on improving the clarity and accuracy of existing documentation within the repository.
cssjavascriptreferencefundamentalsmdn
11ty/11ty-website
Aug 2020 - Jun 2022
Documentation site for the Eleventy static site generator.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:29 commits, 22 PRs, 45 comments in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Tanner primarily contributed to the documentation site for the Eleventy static site generator, focusing on both content and code. Their work included updating the callout component's styling, incorporating a demo feature, and correcting the indentation of global data files. They also made a minor correction to the `key` value in a global data file. Furthermore, they merged updates from the upstream repository into the project.
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