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Lindsay Simpkins

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Lindsay Simpkins

Worked on security analysis and documentation improvements across the github/codeql and microsoft/codeql repositories, focusing on C# and .NET backend development. Enhanced taint-tracking models for URI handling, including UriBuilder, HttpRequestMessage, and HttpUtility, to improve the accuracy of data flow and vulnerability detection. Applied CodeQL and static analysis techniques to refine model mappings, expand test coverage, and reduce false positives in security analysis. Improved documentation quality by standardizing QHelp formatting, correcting encoding and file paths, and updating changelogs for better maintainability. Demonstrated skills in C#, YAML, and code quality analysis, delivering features that strengthened security and streamlined developer onboarding.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

100%Features

Repository Contributions

14Total
Bugs
0
Commits
14
Features
6
Lines of code
626
Activity Months4

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4815 people

Same Organization

@microsoft.com
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Work History

February 2026

2 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2026

February 2026 — microsoft/codeql: Feature-focused month centered on tainted URI handling in HttpUtility across System.Web and System.Net. Key features: enhanced tainted URI handling with support for multiple UrlDecode overloads in System.Web.HttpUtility and updated taint-aware model for System.Net.HttpUtility. Major bugs fixed: none explicitly tracked in this period for this repo; the changes address taint-tracking accuracy and security edge cases as part of feature work. Overall impact and accomplishments: strengthened security by improving URL decoding integrity and taint analysis consistency across .NET utilities; introduced changelog notes and MaD updates to support maintainability. Technologies/skills demonstrated: C#, .NET HttpUtility, taint analysis/model updates, changelog instrumentation, code quality improvements.

June 2025

3 Commits • 2 Features

Jun 1, 2025

June 2025 performance summary focusing on QHelp/documentation quality improvements across two CodeQL repos. Implemented encoding correctness, file path accuracy, and list formatting enhancements for PowerShell QHelp and code quality metrics docs, and standardized QHelp formatting across languages (C++, Java). The work reduces documentation issues, improves readability, and accelerates onboarding for contributors and users relying on CodeQL docs.

March 2025

2 Commits • 2 Features

Mar 1, 2025

March 2025 monthly summary for github/codeql: Delivered feature work to strengthen URI taint-tracking analysis and improved release notes hygiene. Key feature: updated data flow models for System.Uri taint tracking to more accurately trace tainted data through URI-related methods, enhancing security vulnerability analyses. Supporting work: documentation/release notes housekeeping by renaming a change note file to improve structure. No major bugs fixed this month; focus was on feature delivery and documentation. Business value: higher accuracy in security analysis for URI-related code paths, better release documentation and traceability. Technologies/skills demonstrated: C#, data-flow taint tracking, System.Uri modeling, CodeQL project maintenance, and documentation governance.

February 2025

7 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2025

February 2025 Monthly Summary for CodeQL (github/codeql): Focused on improving security analysis accuracy for .NET data-flow by enhancing taint-tracking for UriBuilder and HttpRequestMessage. Delivered model refinements, code simplifications, and expanded tests to strengthen reliability and maintainability, directly reducing false positives and accelerating remediation for C# code.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness97.2%
Maintainability95.8%
Architecture94.2%
Performance92.8%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

C#C++JavaMarkdownXMLYAMLcscsharpyamlyml

Technical Skills

C#Code Quality AnalysisCode RefactoringCodeQLData Flow AnalysisDocumentationRefactoringStatic AnalysisURI HandlingYAMLbackend developmentcsharpdata flow analysisdocumentationmodeling

Repositories Contributed To

2 repos

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

github/codeql

Feb 2025 Jun 2025
3 Months active

Languages Used

C#MarkdownYAMLcscsharpymlyamlC++

Technical Skills

C#CodeQLData Flow AnalysisDocumentationRefactoringStatic Analysis

microsoft/codeql

Jun 2025 Feb 2026
2 Months active

Languages Used

C++JavaXMLC#Markdown

Technical Skills

Code Quality AnalysisDocumentationC#backend developmentdocumentationmodeling