freelawproject/courtlistener
Nov 2024 – Oct 2025
9 Months active
Languages Used
HTMLCSSPythonJavaScriptMarkdownYAML
Technical Skills
Front End DevelopmentCSSAPI DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentCode FormattingConfiguration Management
Mike Lissner
PROFILE
Mike Lissner
Mike contributed to the freelawproject/courtlistener repository by engineering robust API rate limiting, user-specific throttling, and deployment automation features. He implemented per-user REST API controls and backend configuration management using Python and YAML, enhancing security and reliability while supporting granular billing and access policies. Mike improved frontend usability with targeted CSS and HTML changes, streamlined code hygiene, and clarified documentation to support both users and developers. His work included CI/CD pipeline enhancements and PR template refinements, reducing deployment ambiguity and improving contributor experience. Across these efforts, Mike demonstrated depth in backend development, configuration management, and sustainable API governance practices.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
87%Features
Repository Contributions
49Total
Bugs
3
Commits
49
Features
20
Lines of code
272
Activity Months9
Your Network
45 people
Work History
October 2025
7 Commits • 2 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 monthly summary for freelawproject/courtlistener: Delivered per-user hourly rate configuration in REST framework settings to support user-specific pricing and billing, with new rates for zlf, wy, w, and Ryanh, and adjusted rate-limiting by removing Ryanh from the list. Implemented access control improvement by removing a restriction for anthonyrtaboni@gmail.com to grant access. Fixed API blocking workflows to ensure reliable user blocking across two commits. Overall impact includes improved billing accuracy, faster onboarding for authorized users, and more robust API security controls. Demonstrated technologies/skills include REST framework configuration, per-user pricing mechanics, access-control policy adjustments, and strong commit-level traceability.
7 Commits • 2 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 monthly summary for freelawproject/courtlistener: Delivered per-user hourly rate configuration in REST framework settings to support user-specific pricing and billing, with new rates for zlf, wy, w, and Ryanh, and adjusted rate-limiting by removing Ryanh from the list. Implemented access control improvement by removing a restriction for anthonyrtaboni@gmail.com to grant access. Fixed API blocking workflows to ensure reliable user blocking across two commits. Overall impact includes improved billing accuracy, faster onboarding for authorized users, and more robust API security controls. Demonstrated technologies/skills include REST framework configuration, per-user pricing mechanics, access-control policy adjustments, and strong commit-level traceability.
October 2025
September 2025
6 Commits • 4 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for freelawproject/courtlistener: Focused on hardening API usage, improving developer experience, and protecting service stability through clearer docs, caching guidance, and per-user rate limiting.
September 2025
6 Commits • 4 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for freelawproject/courtlistener: Focused on hardening API usage, improving developer experience, and protecting service stability through clearer docs, caching guidance, and per-user rate limiting.
August 2025
8 Commits • 2 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary focusing on key accomplishments for freelawproject/courtlistener. Delivered targeted improvements to contributor tooling, strengthened API governance, and corrected documentation to improve clarity and reliability. These changes reduce deployment ambiguity, mitigate abusive API usage, and enhance overall system maintainability and risk management. Key features delivered and bugs fixed were implemented with traceability to commit history, aligning with business goals of reliability, security, and contributor experience.
8 Commits • 2 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary focusing on key accomplishments for freelawproject/courtlistener. Delivered targeted improvements to contributor tooling, strengthened API governance, and corrected documentation to improve clarity and reliability. These changes reduce deployment ambiguity, mitigate abusive API usage, and enhance overall system maintainability and risk management. Key features delivered and bugs fixed were implemented with traceability to commit history, aligning with business goals of reliability, security, and contributor experience.
August 2025
July 2025
7 Commits • 3 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly performance summary for freelawproject/courtlistener. Focused on delivering robust deployment automation, improving developer tooling, and strengthening API security controls, with clear improvements to bug triage workflows.
July 2025
7 Commits • 3 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly performance summary for freelawproject/courtlistener. Focused on delivering robust deployment automation, improving developer tooling, and strengthening API security controls, with clear improvements to bug triage workflows.
June 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2025In June 2025, delivered per-user REST API rate limiting for freelawproject/courtlistener to block or limit API access for designated users (atem.jetson and bulpara), protecting the API from abuse and ensuring fair usage. The implementation involved updating REST_FRAMEWORK settings and throttle configuration and is backed by two commits: 2f5b810832812890507086f93253f3e7c407b7a8 (fix(api): Block user) and 3e9afae305352ca1a44742aad7b80b5955bacdf3 (Update rest_framework.py). The change improves API reliability and security with measurable business value: prevents abuse, preserves service quality, and supports scalable usage for trusted clients.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2025In June 2025, delivered per-user REST API rate limiting for freelawproject/courtlistener to block or limit API access for designated users (atem.jetson and bulpara), protecting the API from abuse and ensuring fair usage. The implementation involved updating REST_FRAMEWORK settings and throttle configuration and is backed by two commits: 2f5b810832812890507086f93253f3e7c407b7a8 (fix(api): Block user) and 3e9afae305352ca1a44742aad7b80b5955bacdf3 (Update rest_framework.py). The change improves API reliability and security with measurable business value: prevents abuse, preserves service quality, and supports scalable usage for trusted clients.
June 2025
May 2025
8 Commits • 4 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025: Strengthened API rate-limiting to balance security, reliability, and legitimate usage in freelawproject/courtlistener. Delivered four targeted throttling changes across features and blockers, with focused updates to the REST API layer and configuration-driven controls.
May 2025
8 Commits • 4 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025: Strengthened API rate-limiting to balance security, reliability, and legitimate usage in freelawproject/courtlistener. Delivered four targeted throttling changes across features and blockers, with focused updates to the REST API layer and configuration-driven controls.
April 2025
9 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for freelawproject/courtlistener. Delivered consolidated API User Blocking and Rate Limiting Configuration, refined DRF settings for reliability, and clarified PACER content scraper documentation. These changes strengthen abuse prevention, improve performance, and enhance developer experience while maintaining high code quality.
9 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for freelawproject/courtlistener. Delivered consolidated API User Blocking and Rate Limiting Configuration, refined DRF settings for reliability, and clarified PACER content scraper documentation. These changes strengthen abuse prevention, improve performance, and enhance developer experience while maintaining high code quality.
April 2025
March 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 (2025-03) — Focused frontend code hygiene in freelawproject/courtlistener. Delivered Code Cleanup: CSS user-select Vendor Prefix Cleanup, removing unnecessary vendor prefixes and stale comments. The change preserves visuals and functionality while reducing CSS footprint and improving maintainability, enabling faster iteration and easier future refactors. No major bugs fixed this month; primary impact is frontend code quality and stability. Technologies demonstrated: CSS refactoring, frontend code hygiene, maintainability-driven development.
March 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 (2025-03) — Focused frontend code hygiene in freelawproject/courtlistener. Delivered Code Cleanup: CSS user-select Vendor Prefix Cleanup, removing unnecessary vendor prefixes and stale comments. The change preserves visuals and functionality while reducing CSS footprint and improving maintainability, enabling faster iteration and easier future refactors. No major bugs fixed this month; primary impact is frontend code quality and stability. Technologies demonstrated: CSS refactoring, frontend code hygiene, maintainability-driven development.
November 2024
1 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024: Improved UI navigation for document references by placing the anchor tag directly before the document number, clarifying link targets and enhancing accessibility and shareability of documents. This change is implemented in a single commit (413f7071032f2cef64545fb1e23568338c613025) and supports more precise referencing across the CourtListener UI. No major bug fixes were reported this month; maintenance focused on front-end usability refinements. The work reduces user confusion, accelerates retrieval of referenced documents, and strengthens citation workflows, contributing to product goals around accuracy and user efficiency.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024: Improved UI navigation for document references by placing the anchor tag directly before the document number, clarifying link targets and enhancing accessibility and shareability of documents. This change is implemented in a single commit (413f7071032f2cef64545fb1e23568338c613025) and supports more precise referencing across the CourtListener UI. No major bug fixes were reported this month; maintenance focused on front-end usability refinements. The work reduces user confusion, accelerates retrieval of referenced documents, and strengthens citation workflows, contributing to product goals around accuracy and user efficiency.
November 2024
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Quality Metrics
Correctness93.0%
Maintainability95.0%
Architecture89.8%
Performance93.0%
AI Usage20.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
CSSHTMLJavaScriptMarkdownPythonYAML
Technical Skills
API ConfigurationAPI DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentCI/CDCSSCode FormattingConfiguration ManagementDockerDocumentationFront End DevelopmentGitHub ActionsIssue TemplatesKubernetesLintingPull Request Management
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