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Stan Carver II

CTO / Principal Engineer specializing in Ruby on Rails, pragmatic architecture, and reliable delivery. I turn ambiguous ideas into realities.

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Ideas to IPO and Beyond CTO Leader • Results • Compelling Ruby on Rails Principle Engineer Remote • Anna, TX • Willing to Travel
HIGH SCORES
  • LEADERSHIPAligning executives & engineers expectations
  • DELIVERYPredictable CI/CD pipelines with drama–free deployments
  • SCALEPerformant • Highly Available • Scalable • Durable
  • LEGACY RESCUEEnterprise-scale Rails stack modernizations
  • CRAFTMaintainable, teachable systems

FEATURED TITLES

Selected work that reflects how I think and build.

BlueEyes

Developer tools for fast scaffolding of Sinatra applications and microservices. Upgradeable to Ruby on Rails.

Repo Wiki

Frankie

Opinionated Ruby tooling that improves consistency, velocity, and developer experience.

Repo Wiki

Howdy World

Multi-language “hello world” infra patterns with a clean reverse proxy setup.

Repo Wiki

OPEN SOURCE

I contribute to the Ruby ecosystem with a focus on developer tooling, maintainability, and long-term project health.

Guard::Bundler

Opened an issue and delivered a same-day pull request adding Bundler 4 compatibility, improving lockfile detection, and updating documentation.

Repo Pull Request

Letter Opener

Contributed improvements to Ryan Bates' widely used Rails development tool for local email inspection.

Repo

ActiveAdmin

Contributor to the popular Rails' admin framework. Also began an in-depth ActiveAdmin training series for PluralSight (paused due to professional commitments).

Repo

PRESS START

What working with me typically looks like.

What I Do

  • Turn ambiguous objectives into shippable outcomes
  • Design sane boundaries for monolith modules & microservices
  • Build delivery pipelines teams actually enjoy using
  • Modernize Rails systems without breaking production

How I Work

  • Business outcomes first, engineering excellence always
  • “Good enough to ship” is a feature, not a compromise
  • Make systems testable & scalable
  • No surprises, direct communication