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API hardening before a partner integration deadline →
Tightened authentication, rate limits, and contract tests on public-facing APIs so a flagship integration shipped on schedule without a security gamble.
- SLA
- Met launch window
- Abuse resistance
- Rate limits + keyed auth
- Contract drift
- Caught in CI
- REST APIs
- JWT
- OpenAPI
- Load testing
- Rails
Cutting incident cost with sane deploys and rollbacks →
Stabilized a high-change Rails service by tightening deploy mechanics, release discipline, and on-call handoffs—fewer regressions without freezing throughput.
- Incidents
- Down month-over-month after guardrails
- Rollback time
- Minutes, first-class path
- Change rate
- Kept shipping; less firefighting
- Ruby on Rails
- CI/CD
- Observability
- PostgreSQL
Employee360 — people data for managers →
Consolidated fragmented employee context into a maintainable Rails app so managers could run reviews and coaching with less spreadsheet risk.
- Outcome
- Single source for 1:1 prep & reviews
- Risk reduced
- Ad-hoc file churn → auditable workflows
- Stack
- Rails monolith, pragmatic boundaries
- Ruby on Rails
- PostgreSQL
- Product ownership
- APIs