Eve Ragins

Portrait of Eve Ragins
Person An icon of a human figure Status
Sleeper Agent
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Agent 00138
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Semi-Nomadic; Olympia, WA

Her mission

(she chose to accept it)
Add simplicity to complexity
“
… in awe of her ability to analyze and document complex business problems then turn them into sound software solutions ... always strives to elevate coworkers to a higher standard of practice … I can wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone looking for a truly talented IT professional.
Enterprise Architect
WA Employment Security Department

Recent Deployments

Testing
Stabilization
Integration
Architecture
Tesla coil
Internet-of-Things
Maze
Big data pipelines

Tools & Tradecraft

Requirements wrangler

People wrangler

Data wrangler

Roboticness

Code wrangler

Noteworthy Achievements

Achieved near-100% equivalency reverse-engineering and reconstructing 24+ complexly intertwined stored procedures to a more concise & performant series of Apache Spark jobs
Collaborated with 12+ disparate staff members both in and outside of the division to understand the main pain-points, design and socialize workable solutions
Architected and developed several core greenfield backend systems, the largest of which supports WA Enterprise Security Department and handles tens of millions of messages a quarter
Helped a startup DNA company grow from 80 tests/month to over 200k/month as lead developer and analyst

Reports from the Field

  1. Why you should use truth tables in your job

    Do you have a project with some tricky scenarios? Here's how to manage the complexity and provide definition and clarity for your whole team.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    August 14, 2023
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Eve Ragins
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Tools
    Process

  3. Code boundaries vs seams

    What's the difference between a boundary and a seam when talking about software architecture? Are they interchangeable or not?
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    March 21, 2023
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Eve Ragins
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Development

  5. Too much developer generalization can hurt

    After jumping through too many programming ecosystems and paradigms, despite the overall increase in skills and experience, my demonstrable skillset plummeted.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    November 16, 2022
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Eve Ragins
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Consulting

  7. Double Agent Profile: Eve Ragins

    Meet the double agents behind Test Double’s mission to build great software and great teams. In this edition, find out more about Eve Ragins.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    September 26, 2022
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Eve Ragins
    Cathy Colliver
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Our Company

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