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codeByCandlelight/README.md

๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿฝ Hi, Iโ€™m Terry Tilley

Iโ€™m a developer-education and technical-enablement leader with full-stack engineering experience.

I design hands-on labs, technical curriculum, GitHub learning environments, instructor-enablement systems, and AI-assisted workflows that help people move from explanation to confident application.

My work combines software engineering, technical instruction, learning design, and program leadership across workforce, university, public-sector, and enterprise environments.

Portfolio


๐Ÿ’ก What I Do

  • Design and lead learning systems that drive real performance change
  • Partner with engineering teams and leaders to close capability gaps
  • Translate complex technical concepts into clear, usable workflows
  • Build and contribute to full-stack applications and dev tools

๐ŸŒŸ Selected Highlights

  • ๐Ÿ’ป Open Source (OverVue)
    V3 contributor to OverVue, an open-source Vue.js prototyping tool whose repository now holds 2,400+ stars

  • ๐Ÿš€ NPR (Full-Stack Engineering)
    Integrated Speechmatics API into internal newsroom systems, improving transcription workflows and reducing manual effort across editorial teams

  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ Program Leadership (Codesmith)
    Led a 42-week engineering workforce program, improving first-time, student-level final-assessment success from 39.5% to 68.6%

  • ๐Ÿ“š Leadership Development (TSA)
    Led national learning initiatives within a distributed federal organization of 50,000+ personnel


๐Ÿ”ง Tech Stack

  • Languages: JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, C#, SQL
  • Frontend: React, Vue, Angular
  • Backend: Node.js, Express
  • Systems: REST APIs, CI/CD, GitHub Actions
  • Cloud & DevOps: AWS (S3, Lambda), Docker

๐ŸŒŸ Featured Work

OverVue

Dev tool for visualizing Vue component architecture and state flow
โ†’ https://github.com/open-source-labs/OverVue

Speechmatics Integration (NPR)

Backend integration improving newsroom transcription workflows and efficiency


๐Ÿ“œ Certifications

  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
  • Software Engineering Immersive, Codesmith
  • Certified DHS/TSA Instructor

๐Ÿค Letโ€™s Connect

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  1. ai-assisted-public-api-lab ai-assisted-public-api-lab Public

    Beginner-friendly JavaScript lab teaching APIs, Promise chains, safe DOM updates, error handling, accessibility, and responsible AI-assisted coding.

    JavaScript

  2. open-source-labs/OverVue open-source-labs/OverVue Public

    Prototyping Tool For Vue Devs ้€‚็”จไบŽVue็š„ๅŽŸๅž‹ๅทฅๅ…ท

    Vue 2.5k 268

  3. skullcapz-dev-shop-starter skullcapz-dev-shop-starter Public

    Starter project for the Skullcapz Dev Shop activity in the Global Career Acceleratorโ€™s Coding for Web course. Students use JavaScript and AI to build real features for a fictional band website.

    JavaScript 178