NKESSLING@TERMINALSCREEN NOTEOpen to work from Nov 2026RTM 17:28:45 · UTC 15:28
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Storage, build systems, queues and on-call. Each note starts with the bug and ends with the test that keeps it fixed.

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Storage · Build · Queues
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NOTE WRITING · RESEARCH NOTES8 NOTES

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Short write-ups of things that broke and how they got fixed. Plain language, real numbers.

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RATE CLIENTS · ANALYST NOTES6 NOTES

What clients wrote afterwards.

Filed like analyst notes: the rating, the result it was based on, and who wrote it.

CONSENSUS6 OF 6 · HIRE AGAIN
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RATING · HIRE AGAIN0 lost writes since
“Noa found the durability bug we had been blaming on hardware for a year, fixed it, and left us a crash test so it stays fixed.”
Priya RamanCTO · Vantle Ledger
RATING · HIRE AGAINCI 18 m → 3 m
“Our CI went from a coffee break to a sip. The sizing guide alone saved us a quarter of platform work.”
Tomasz WieczorekHead of Platform · Harbourmeal
RATING · HIRE AGAINHandover in 2 days
“Clear writing, clear pull requests, and no surprises. The handover doc read like a good README.”
Amara OkaforEngineering Manager · Norrvik Pay
RATING · HIRE AGAINp95 41 s → 38 ms
“The fair queue change was eight lines and it ended a year of support tickets about slow emails.”
Jonas BrekkeStaff Engineer · Postquill
RATING · HIRE AGAIN−48% code shipped
“Noa asks the question that makes the design smaller. We shipped half the code we planned and it was faster.”
Lucía FerreyraVP Engineering · Tallyroom
RATING · HIRE AGAIN11 → 1 pages/week
“Pages went from eleven a week to one. The team finally took real holidays.”
Daniel OseiSRE Lead · Quaymark Health
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