Zak Laughton

Full-stack engineer in Austin, TX

Hey, I'm Zak Laughton

Senior software engineer with 9 years at Atlassian. Full-stack in TypeScript, React, and Node.js, with a background spanning frontend systems, data pipelines, and developer tooling.

Currently open to new roles. Find me on GitHub or LinkedIn.

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

February 27, 2020

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

February 2, 2020 (Updated on May 30, 2021 )

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