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Jordan Porter

Over 11 months, Silent Summit Software enhanced New Relic’s docs-website and entity-definitions repositories by delivering browser performance features, refining documentation, and improving backend data modeling. They authored and maintained technical documentation for browser agent features, onboarding guides, and debugging resources, using Markdown, JavaScript, and YAML to ensure clarity and traceability. Their work included implementing quickstarts with dashboards, standardizing configuration, and updating telemetry metrics from seconds to milliseconds for greater precision. By aligning documentation with product releases and centralizing configuration management, Silent Summit Software improved developer onboarding, reduced maintenance overhead, and strengthened the reliability of performance data and relationship synthesis.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

81%Features

Repository Contributions

36Total
Bugs
3
Commits
36
Features
13
Lines of code
2,949
Activity Months11

Work History

February 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2026

February 2026: Focused on improving the precision and reliability of performance telemetry in the newrelic/entity-definitions repository. Implemented Performance Metrics Precision Enhancement by updating the load time unit from seconds to milliseconds in golden_metrics.yml and summary_metrics.yml, enabling finer-grained visibility into performance, faster anomaly detection, and more accurate dashboards. This included a targeted fix for a wrong unit (commit b1f3736c559ae73cf69992bbbf61e7372f25d758, described as "fix wrong unit (#2636)"). The change is scoped, with minimal risk to existing data pipelines, and enhances data quality for SLA tracking and optimization initiatives.

January 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Jan 1, 2026

January 2026, repository: newrelic/entity-definitions. Key feature delivered: Enhanced Relationship Synthesis by encoding identifiers in GUIDs via a new encodeIdentifierInGUID property in the synthesis rule. This update improves cross-entity relationship linkage and reduces GUID ambiguity. Commit reference: 4dbb8514ed605a4c59142762e2992075cf885d41, aligned with issue #2578. Major bugs fixed: none reported this month; minor issues logged for future cycles. Overall impact: strengthens data integrity and reliability of automated relationship synthesis, enabling more accurate entity mapping and reporting. Technologies/skills demonstrated: configuration-driven development with JSON/definition files, version-controlled changes with traceable commits, and extension of synthesis logic for GUID-based identifiers.

December 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Dec 1, 2025

December 2025 monthly summary for newrelic/entity-definitions: Delivered Micro Frontend (MFE) Synthesis Attributes Enhancement, improving data handling and identification for MFE attributes within entity definitions. Adjusted ruleName and conditions to align with the updated source structure, strengthening correctness and reliability of attribute synthesis. Included a fix for a missed ruleName to ensure accurate rule mapping. Result: clearer data flow, fewer edge-case issues, and better downstream analytics readiness.

September 2025

4 Commits • 1 Features

Sep 1, 2025

September 2025 monthly summary for newrelic/docs-website: GA rollout of Marks and Measures docs completed and usability refinements implemented to improve onboarding and feature adoption.

July 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Jul 1, 2025

July 2025 monthly summary for the newrelic/docs-website repository focused on improving documentation clarity and consistency through terminology updates.

June 2025

3 Commits • 1 Features

Jun 1, 2025

June 2025: Delivered Browser Agent Debugging Documentation and navigation updates for the newrelic/docs-website, and fixed NRQL field naming in Marks and Measures docs to reflect the true data structure. These changes improve troubleshooting efficiency and onboarding for developers, and enhance documentation accuracy.

March 2025

1 Commits

Mar 1, 2025

March 2025 monthly summary for newrelic/docs-website: Focused on documentation accuracy improvements in Browser Pro NRQL examples. Corrected a NRQL query typo by updating 'entryName' to 'entryType', ensuring the example reflects the actual data structure and remains functional. The fix was implemented in a targeted commit and validated for consistency with the data model. This work enhances user trust, reduces support friction, and improves onboarding for new users.

February 2025

2 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2025

February 2025 monthly summary for the newrelic/docs-website repo focused on documentation quality, discoverability, and licensing transparency. Delivered a Browser Agent Documentation Overhaul to align release notes with the general browser logs overview and centralized third-party license information by referencing a single source (THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md). No major bugs reported/fixed this month in this repository.

January 2025

16 Commits • 2 Features

Jan 1, 2025

January 2025 focused on delivering new browser-performance quickstarts and tightening overall quality across the quickstarts repository. Delivered two new Quickstarts—Browser Marks and Measures and Browser Page Resources—with end-to-end dashboards, documentation, and actionable insights for users to measure, visualize, and optimize web performance. Conducted extensive polish and cleanup across all browser quickstarts to standardize naming, IDs, and configuration handling, reducing friction for users and lowering future maintenance load. Completed data/source and dashboard updates, including applying sentence case and sanitization scripts, and removing deprecated fields to improve consistency and accuracy of the quickstarts.

December 2024

4 Commits • 3 Features

Dec 1, 2024

December 2024 monthly summary (Docs) focusing on delivering developer-facing documentation for browser-related features and API usage, with emphasis on onboarding and reducing friction for experimental features.

November 2024

2 Commits • 1 Features

Nov 1, 2024

Monthly summary for 2024-11 focused on delivering documentation for an experimental feature in the New Relic Browser. The work centered on creating and publishing documentation for Experimental browser feature: Automatic tracking of native marks and measures, including usage guidance, an opt-in process, and version-compatibility notes. Also updated the docs-website feature list to include the experimental offering and ensured alignment with product experimentation timelines.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness95.6%
Maintainability96.6%
Architecture94.4%
Performance94.4%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

GoJSONJavaScriptMarkdownSVGShellYAML

Technical Skills

API DocumentationBrowser Agent DebuggingCode FormattingCode MaintenanceConfigurationConfiguration ManagementContent ManagementDocumentationFront End DevelopmentGo DevelopmentJavaScriptScriptingTechnical WritingYAML configurationbackend development

Repositories Contributed To

3 repos

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

newrelic/docs-website

Nov 2024 Sep 2025
7 Months active

Languages Used

JavaScriptMarkdownYAML

Technical Skills

Content ManagementDocumentationAPI DocumentationFront End DevelopmentTechnical WritingBrowser Agent Debugging

newrelic/newrelic-quickstarts

Jan 2025 Jan 2025
1 Month active

Languages Used

GoJSONJavaScriptSVGShellYAML

Technical Skills

Code FormattingCode MaintenanceConfigurationConfiguration ManagementDocumentationFront End Development

newrelic/entity-definitions

Dec 2025 Feb 2026
3 Months active

Languages Used

YAML

Technical Skills

YAML configurationbackend developmentdata modelingmetrics analysis