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title: Coding experience
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  I've dabbled in code throughout my career to feed my curiosity, add value, and
  translate developers' language into high-quality content.
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> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://edmar.sh/llms.txt).

Here's how I've used code to solve content problems:

- Created my first website in the 1990s.
- Wrote SQL queries to analyze hidden [user metrics](https://edmar.sh/skills/metrics/) in a legacy help system.
- Converted a 1500-topic Adobe RoboHelp project to DITA XML.
- Developed custom XSLT transforms for DITA-to-HTML conversion.
- Built a unique publishing platform using Atlassian Confluence as a CMS with a custom front end.
- Created a Python script to help subject matter experts (SMEs) auto-fill homepage metadata.
- Automated repetitive team tasks through custom scripting.
- Designed and built [contentcontent.info](https://web.archive.org/web/20210121085031/http://contentcontent.info/) — a decade-long technical content aggregator — using Drupal CMS.
- Helped establish the Drupal CMS Northern NJ user group as a founding member.
- Built edmarsh.com from scratch using WordPress in 2008.
- Transformed edmarsh.com to [run on a static site generator](https://edmar.sh/blog/static-site-transformation/) in 2025.
- Defined Jira user story guidelines that were adopted division-wide within three months of onboarding.
- Wrote Jira user stories and epics following [Gherkin language principles](https://cucumber.io/docs/gherkin/).
- Worked with Kanban and story boards.