His mission

(he chose to accept it)
Level up developer productivity and enjoyment
In particular, Kyle has a knack for delivering solid and quality implementations… [which] includes and is exemplified by his ability to ramp up quickly in technical stacks that are unfamiliar or new, and still deliver something that feels idiomatic and maintainable.
Jason Karns
Test Double

Recent Deployments

Education
Mentoring
Bar chart
Observability
Robot
Workflow automation
Testing
Cypress/Playwright end-to-end testing
Technical debt
Code improvement
Gears
Developer tooling

Tools & Tradecraft

Python

JavaScript

Teaching

Dad jokes

React

Noteworthy Achievements

Introduced and rolled out a more standard suite of developer tooling: Pyenv + Poetry + Scripts to Rule Them All
Collaborated with designers to roll out major redesign on an Angular/Rails codebase
Rescued a React Native codebase, focused on re-working problem areas of code, and got the 1.0 version launched in the app store
Bootstrapped and architected a .NET Core app for medical billing that helped reduce processing time from hours to seconds
Initial set up, design, and training for QA engineers on a Cypress-driven end-to-end test suite

Reports from the Field

  1. 4 tools for your Python developer toolkit

    I love being a Python developer right now! We’ve seen exciting libraries like Pydantic and FastAPI picking up steam, which is fantastic. That said, there are also some smaller utilities that are gems in their own right.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    January 8, 2024
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Kyle Adams
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Python
  2. Double Agent Profile: Kyle Adams

    Meet the double agents behind Test Double’s mission to build great software and great teams. In this edition, find out more about Kyle Adams.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    June 20, 2022
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Kyle Adams
    Cathy Colliver
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Our Company
  3. The beauty of drudgery

    Appreciating the beauty of manual work: what Lionel Basney and Wendell Berry taught Kyle Adams about process automation.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    June 13, 2022
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Kyle Adams
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Development

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