I'm a senior software engineer focused on developer experience, R&D, internal tooling, and modern full-stack development.
I build tools, workflows, and automation that help teams move faster and reduce cognitive load, especially around React, TypeScript, and .NET ecosystems.
My work centers around creating systems that scale cleanly, simplify onboarding, and cut down repetitive effort.
A VS Code extension that generates React components, hooks, and context providers using clean TypeScript patterns and configurable directory structures.
Built for speed, consistency, and improving daily React workflows.
Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=LeeKnowles.react-dev-toolkit
Repo: https://github.com/dlknowles/vscode-react-dev-toolkit
A lightweight CLI that scaffolds modern Vite + React + Tailwind projects instantly.
Created to eliminate setup boilerplate and enforce clean, minimal, best-practice defaults.
npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/gen-web
Repo: https://github.com/dlknowles/gen-web
- React, TypeScript, Node.js
- C#, ASP.NET Core MVC
- Vite, Tailwind CSS
- Developer tooling & automation
- Internal platforms & productivity engineering
- Code generation, templates, workflow optimization
- System modernization and architectural refactoring
- Performance tuning (backend + frontend)
- Expanding React Dev Toolkit with additional generators (tests, stories, advanced templates)
- Improving gen-web with premium templates and more flexible scaffolding options
- Exploring developer ergonomics and small-scale DX optimizations that compound over time
- 15+ years of experience across federal HR systems, high-traffic platforms, and modernization efforts
- Veteran with experience leading and mentoring engineering teams
- Strong interest in roles involving DevEx, R&D, internal tooling, platform engineering, and technical innovation
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dlknowles
- NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/~dlknowles
- VS Code Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/publishers/LeeKnowles