Zak Laughton

Zak Laughton

Engineering manager + full-stack engineer in Austin, TX

Hey, I'm Zak Laughton

I manage engineering teams and write code. Nine years at Atlassian doing both. This is where I think out loud about software, leadership, and the overlap between them.

Currently exploring new opportunities. Find me on LinkedIn or GitHub.

Projects

Delivery Forecast

A probabilistic delivery forecasting tool that runs Monte Carlo simulations to predict when software projects will ship, based on real team velocity rather than guesses.
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Writing

3 ways to time travel in Git to undo destructive mistakes

Botched a rebase? Nuked commits with a reset? Git has built-in tools to get you back without re-cloning.

The only 3 steps you need to mock an API call in Jest

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Can't figure out how to mock an API call in Jest? Start here. Three steps, no magic, no mystery.
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