turingschool/curriculum-site
Oct 2024 – Apr 2025
7 Months active
Languages Used
MarkdownBashRubySQL
Technical Skills
DocumentationAsynchronous ProcessingBackground JobsContent UpdateRedisRuby on Rails
memcmahon
PROFILE
Memcmahon
Megan McMahon contributed to the turingschool/curriculum-site repository by developing and refining curriculum features, onboarding guides, and technical documentation over seven months. She built and updated Ruby-based projects, such as Beat Box, leveraging linked list data structures and object-oriented programming to enhance hands-on learning. Megan introduced asynchronous processing lessons using Sidekiq and Redis, and improved onboarding with comprehensive setup guides for WSL, Ruby, and VSCode. Her work emphasized maintainable documentation, streamlined Git workflows, and curriculum scheduling, resulting in faster onboarding and clearer contributor guidance. Throughout, she demonstrated depth in Ruby, Markdown, and Git, delivering scalable, well-documented educational resources.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
89%Features
Repository Contributions
42Total
Bugs
2
Commits
42
Features
16
Lines of code
1,499
Activity Months7
Your Network
8 people
Work History
April 2025
5 Commits • 3 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for turingschool/curriculum-site. Key features delivered improved curriculum discoverability and planning alignment, additions to learning resources, and a bug fix to restore navigation. Delivery highlights include: (1) Project Index Updates to reflect DMV (weeks 2-3) and Battleship (weeks 3-4) scheduling, (2) Curriculum Expansion with a Computer Science Topics page and enhanced Beat Box Resources, (3) Futbol project added for Weeks 5-6 to replace the Week 5-6 TBA, and (4) a Date Night link fix to restore a broken navigation path.
5 Commits • 3 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for turingschool/curriculum-site. Key features delivered improved curriculum discoverability and planning alignment, additions to learning resources, and a bug fix to restore navigation. Delivery highlights include: (1) Project Index Updates to reflect DMV (weeks 2-3) and Battleship (weeks 3-4) scheduling, (2) Curriculum Expansion with a Computer Science Topics page and enhanced Beat Box Resources, (3) Futbol project added for Weeks 5-6 to replace the Week 5-6 TBA, and (4) a Date Night link fix to restore a broken navigation path.
April 2025
March 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025: Delivered documentation updates to reflect cohort 2505 (start date, Mod 0 dates), improved the project index to show solo/paired projects and current availability (including TBA), and applied minor formatting tweaks for readability. Enhanced Test-Driven Development lesson content with Pry session setup and demonstrations of Car, Student, and Locker class usage to provide clearer, executable learning content. No major bugs fixed this month; changes focused on documentation quality and instructional clarity. Business value: faster onboarding for cohort 2505, improved curriculum maintainability, and stronger hands-on learning outcomes.
March 2025
4 Commits • 2 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025: Delivered documentation updates to reflect cohort 2505 (start date, Mod 0 dates), improved the project index to show solo/paired projects and current availability (including TBA), and applied minor formatting tweaks for readability. Enhanced Test-Driven Development lesson content with Pry session setup and demonstrations of Car, Student, and Locker class usage to provide clearer, executable learning content. No major bugs fixed this month; changes focused on documentation quality and instructional clarity. Business value: faster onboarding for cohort 2505, improved curriculum maintainability, and stronger hands-on learning outcomes.
February 2025
8 Commits • 3 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly summary for turingschool/curriculum-site: Delivered documentation and workflow improvements to align curriculum timelines, project indexing, submission processes, and rubric evaluation with current offerings. No major bugs fixed this month; focus was on stabilizing processes, improving onboarding, and accelerating contributor feedback cycles. The changes demonstrate strong documentation discipline, Git tooling proficiency, and a business-value mindset by clarifying expectations, reducing review times, and ensuring the site reflects current offerings.
8 Commits • 3 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly summary for turingschool/curriculum-site: Delivered documentation and workflow improvements to align curriculum timelines, project indexing, submission processes, and rubric evaluation with current offerings. No major bugs fixed this month; focus was on stabilizing processes, improving onboarding, and accelerating contributor feedback cycles. The changes demonstrate strong documentation discipline, Git tooling proficiency, and a business-value mindset by clarifying expectations, reducing review times, and ensuring the site reflects current offerings.
February 2025
January 2025
9 Commits • 3 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 performance summary for turingschool/curriculum-site. Key features delivered: - Beat Box Project Creation and Listing: Introduced Beat Box, a Ruby-based project using a linked list to build and play musical beats, and added Beat Box to the projects index. Commits documented: c2e1437f16ef6a871cb2b49a89b03c290d8f113a; 94087da590b4d0032730695781547338fefcb087. - Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) Setup Guide: Comprehensive step-by-step guide for installing WSL, Ruby, VSCode, and configuring GitHub, including visual PNGs. Commit: bf3023df64153448fc0fb3488ad43b65950b559b. - Curriculum Content and Scheduling Updates: Updated module weeks, cohort start dates, project indexing, and design principles formatting. Commits include: 685802b04634cf20d39b7085cb0fdf8ece5b6ec8; 1fcfce217a77ea14215fd6e1d4093aab0eef6c65; 9d6b3dfb808b6e73c6159beba65c1de154c74cc3; 1c137045a5ae3d8d79bb88f88d83c1d730a47b0d; b7840cc5a324907a256a6b02d2086d66fe22d0b0; 268656947617a4551ef119779016a092e79d362f. Major bugs fixed: - No major bugs reported this month. Focused on documentation and content consistency to reduce onboarding friction and improve reliability of curriculum materials. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Strengthened onboarding experience and curriculum clarity, enabling quicker project onboarding and smoother student progression. Improved project discoverability via updated indexing, and enhanced consistency of design principles across materials. All work delivered with clear traceability through commit messages. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Ruby and linked-list data structures (Beat Box), WSL/Ruby/VSCode tooling, Git workflows, and Markdown documentation. Demonstrated discipline in curriculum design, content formatting, and project indexing for maintainability and scalability.
January 2025
9 Commits • 3 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 performance summary for turingschool/curriculum-site. Key features delivered: - Beat Box Project Creation and Listing: Introduced Beat Box, a Ruby-based project using a linked list to build and play musical beats, and added Beat Box to the projects index. Commits documented: c2e1437f16ef6a871cb2b49a89b03c290d8f113a; 94087da590b4d0032730695781547338fefcb087. - Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) Setup Guide: Comprehensive step-by-step guide for installing WSL, Ruby, VSCode, and configuring GitHub, including visual PNGs. Commit: bf3023df64153448fc0fb3488ad43b65950b559b. - Curriculum Content and Scheduling Updates: Updated module weeks, cohort start dates, project indexing, and design principles formatting. Commits include: 685802b04634cf20d39b7085cb0fdf8ece5b6ec8; 1fcfce217a77ea14215fd6e1d4093aab0eef6c65; 9d6b3dfb808b6e73c6159beba65c1de154c74cc3; 1c137045a5ae3d8d79bb88f88d83c1d730a47b0d; b7840cc5a324907a256a6b02d2086d66fe22d0b0; 268656947617a4551ef119779016a092e79d362f. Major bugs fixed: - No major bugs reported this month. Focused on documentation and content consistency to reduce onboarding friction and improve reliability of curriculum materials. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Strengthened onboarding experience and curriculum clarity, enabling quicker project onboarding and smoother student progression. Improved project discoverability via updated indexing, and enhanced consistency of design principles across materials. All work delivered with clear traceability through commit messages. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Ruby and linked-list data structures (Beat Box), WSL/Ruby/VSCode tooling, Git workflows, and Markdown documentation. Demonstrated discipline in curriculum design, content formatting, and project indexing for maintainability and scalability.
December 2024
9 Commits • 3 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for turingschool/curriculum-site: Focused on documentation, onboarding, and collaboration improvements. Delivered three major feature-focused documentation updates: curriculum index organization and formatting cleanup, onboarding-friendly project submission/setup docs, and refined Git workflow/pair-programming guides. No critical defects reported; these changes enhance developer onboarding, cross-team collaboration, and maintainability, delivering clear business value through faster onboarding, reduced ambiguity, and consistent contributor guidance.
9 Commits • 3 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for turingschool/curriculum-site: Focused on documentation, onboarding, and collaboration improvements. Delivered three major feature-focused documentation updates: curriculum index organization and formatting cleanup, onboarding-friendly project submission/setup docs, and refined Git workflow/pair-programming guides. No critical defects reported; these changes enhance developer onboarding, cross-team collaboration, and maintainability, delivering clear business value through faster onboarding, reduced ambiguity, and consistent contributor guidance.
December 2024
November 2024
6 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 monthly summary for turingschool/curriculum-site focused on feature delivery and documentation improvements. Delivered two primary features: a Rails background jobs lesson using Sidekiq and comprehensive curriculum docs with scheduling and promotion updates. No major bugs fixed this month; emphasis on documentation quality and preparatory work to support scalable asynchronous processing. Business value includes enabling longer-running tasks to run asynchronously, reducing user wait times, and providing clear, up-to-date guidance for program promotion and scheduling.
November 2024
6 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 monthly summary for turingschool/curriculum-site focused on feature delivery and documentation improvements. Delivered two primary features: a Rails background jobs lesson using Sidekiq and comprehensive curriculum docs with scheduling and promotion updates. No major bugs fixed this month; emphasis on documentation quality and preparatory work to support scalable asynchronous processing. Business value includes enabling longer-running tasks to run asynchronously, reducing user wait times, and providing clear, up-to-date guidance for program promotion and scheduling.
October 2024
1 Commits
Oct 1, 2024Month: 2024-10 — Focused on content accuracy and resource linking within turingschool/curriculum-site. No new features released; one bug fix delivered to improve prerequisite resources for Ruby learners. The change updates the 'Ruby in 100 Minutes' prerequisite in event_manager.markdown to point to a GitHub Gist, ensuring learners access a more relevant starting point for foundational Ruby knowledge. Commit: 0596777ca84dd0287b3155e8e1f3724df7711544.
1 Commits
Oct 1, 2024Month: 2024-10 — Focused on content accuracy and resource linking within turingschool/curriculum-site. No new features released; one bug fix delivered to improve prerequisite resources for Ruby learners. The change updates the 'Ruby in 100 Minutes' prerequisite in event_manager.markdown to point to a GitHub Gist, ensuring learners access a more relevant starting point for foundational Ruby knowledge. Commit: 0596777ca84dd0287b3155e8e1f3724df7711544.
October 2024
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Quality Metrics
Correctness99.2%
Maintainability99.8%
Architecture99.2%
Performance99.6%
AI Usage21.4%
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BashMarkdownRubySQL
Technical Skills
Asynchronous ProcessingBackground JobsCollaborationContent UpdateCurriculum DevelopmentData StructuresDocumentationDocumentation ManagementGitGitHubLinked ListsObject-Oriented ProgrammingPedagogyRedisRuby
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