The Importance of Trust in Partner Relationships
At Revelry, we talk a lot about our core values. For our team, these guiding principles are far more than words on a website…
Jason Pollentier
Director, Engineering
About Jason Pollentier
Since joining Revelry in 2017, Jason Pollentier has leveraged his extensive background in software development, SaaS innovation, and team leadership to drive the company forward. With a career spanning more than two decades, he has developed applications for a diverse range of clients and industries, from automotive and fitness to healthcare and consumer services. He’s also one of Revelry’s many AI enthusiasts.
In addition to his role in product development and project management, Jason also plays an important part in helping shape Revelry's technical vision and fostering a nurturing environment for our engineering team. He is instrumental in maintaining and advancing Revelry's hosting and infrastructure frameworks, with a particular enthusiasm for the Elixir programming language, around which he organizes internal meetups to share knowledge and inspire discussion.
Before joining Revelry, Jason was a co-founder of League Lab; QA and product developer at Code Systems Inc. (now Turbo.net); and a math instructor at Seattle Central Community College. He holds a degree in mathematics from Carleton College, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with Departmental Distinction.
Jason lives in New Orleans and enjoys bicycling and rock climbing in his spare time.
8 Questions Business Leaders Should Ask Before Jumping Into AI
In this e-book, Revelry product strategy expert Heather Bourdaux and software engineering leader Jason Pollentier share both best practices and key considerations from early…
#RevTWIL: Connecting to a Live Fly.io App with LiveBook, Wireguard
At Revelry, we believe in sharing and learning from one another (beliefs that are rooted in our Core Values). Among the many things we…
Creating an “Agent” Using OpenAI’s Functions API
In my previous post, I wrote about using OpenAI‘s Functions API to force their large language models (LLMs) to return structured, machine-readable responses. The natural…
Using the OpenAI Functions API to Estimate Story Points
Like so many others, I’ve been playing around with language models lately. Also like so many others, I’ve been alternately amazed and amused at…
Stop Camouflaging Your Software Bugs
Termites and software bugs have this in common: they must be identified and managed quickly to avoid devastation. Termites can destroy the structural integrity…
How to Kill Staging Without “Testing in Production”
Most software teams have left behind the Waterfall(1) methodology in favor of approaches that move faster and flex more to accommodate changes and maximize the…
Wordle as a Metaphor for the Software Development Process
We at Revelry have a #wordelry channel in Slack where we share our Wordle scores and commiserate about unlucky guesses. It’s a great way…
Tackling Hard Problems Head-On (Can Be a Mistake)
A really hard problem can feel like a great chance to flex our skills and finally use some of those architectural patterns we’ve been…
Elixir Releases: Moving Quickly Past Elixir 1.8 and Distillery 2.0
Elixir 1.9 has been released with built-in support for releases, a need that was previously served (and continues to be) by the Distillery package.
Problem Solving and Learning on the Job as a Software Engineer
A while back several Revelers were chatting in Slack about learning and working as a software engineer. Some interesting ideas were being thrown around…
My Introduction to Property Testing
Lately I’ve been exploring various automated testing techniques, and it’s about time I got to property-based testing, also known simply as property testing. I…
Mutation Testing to Really Understand Your Code
Mutation testing involves running your test suite many times, modifying the application code in different ways to see if the tests catch the change.
Doing Algebra in Code: Looking Past the Details to the Math
The hard part of this was recognizing the algebra beneath layers of domain-specific business rules.
Optimizing Feedback Loops for Iterative Agile Development
The team that seeks out feedback and views it as an asset rather than a slap in the face is the team that delivers real value to clients.