Kent Dodds
Software Engineer Educator
Pleasant Grove, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolKent Dodds is a software engineer and educator with 12 years of experience building developer tools, workshops, and production web apps—known for hands-on contributions to major open-source projects like React Testing Library, Remix, and TanStack Query. He combines deep front-end expertise (React, hooks, Suspense, performance) with testing and CI/DevOps improvements, and has led developer experience efforts as Co-Founder/Director at Remix Software while running his own education company. His work emphasizes developer ergonomics and reliability—adding TypeScript migrations, better testing patterns, and CI smoke tests across popular libraries. Based in Utah, he balances prolific open-source maintenance with creating commercial learning platforms (EpicReact/EpicWeb/EpicAI) and even built features like QR/magic-link login on his personal site. An uncommon strength is translating complex library internals into teachable workshops and high-quality tooling that improve both DX and production stability.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Information Systems (MISM) Web Development, Master of Science Information Systems (MISM) Web Development at Brigham Young University
English, American Sign Language
Stackoverflow
28,061reputation
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179answers
148questions
webpack
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jestjs
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react-testing-library
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java
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javascript
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angularjs
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Github Skills (92)
ui-components10
testing10
remix10
build-automation10
backend10
jsx10
sql-query10
hook10
javascript10
react-components10
performance-monitor10
session-management10
component-development10
react-component10
esbuild10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
kentcdodds/testing-react-apps
Mar 2020 - Dec 2022
A workshop for testing react applications
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:26 reviews, 143 commits, 66 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Kent primarily focused on improving the testing of React applications. They updated existing components like `LoginSubmission` and implemented solutions for advanced form testing and mocking modules using React Testing Library. Furthermore, the user made changes to the `index.js`, `public/index.html` and other files related to the workshop examples and overall setup to enhance the user experience and improve the workshop's functionality. The user also made changes to the testing setup to facilitate testing for react-router-dom and other external libraries.
react-applicationstestingreactkcd-eduepicreact-dev
kentcdodds/mdx-bundler
Feb 2021 - Dec 2022
🦤 Give me MDX/TSX strings and I'll give you back a component you can render. Supports imports!
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:104 reviews, 36 commits, 80 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Kent primarily contributed to the project by fixing TypeScript typing issues and making the codebase more robust. They made all options in the `bundleMDX` function optional and added a test for this change. The user also refactored the project to switch from `@mdx-js/js` to `xdm`, implementing the necessary changes for this major update, including integrating an esbuild plugin for xdm. The contributions demonstrate a focus on improving the library's functionality, stability, and developer experience.
mdxtsxmdx-bundleresbuild
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