Fake Financial Engineering Hub

I’m Rhyannon (“ree-ann-en” like “rhythm” + “Shannon”). This is a portfolio project showcasing the docs-fever I developed as an engineering-bootcamp grad baptized by fire in the fintech org of a company that was frankly, too big. The “future-you will thank you” philosophy runs through everything here: write for the engineer with no context, because future-you won’t remember either.

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Fake Financial What?

This site contains blogs and documentation I wrote to demonstrate:

• Code Quality Standards - anti-patterns like lack of documentation, magic numbers
• Documentation Practices - how to write reference guides for complex financial processes
• Technical Teaching - how to effectively teach other engineers

All content is human-authored, based on real engineering experience, but sanitized for portfolio purposes - system details and data are fictionalized.

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Blogs

Read about engineering-docs anti-patterns, strategies, and lessons learned:

• Anti-pattern: Lack of Documentation and Comments
• Anti-pattern: Magic Numbers
• Everyone Is Busy! A Docs Strategy
• How to Write a Reference Guide for a Financial Process Responsible for Millions of Dollars
• No More Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss: An AI-Ready Docs Strategy
• Teaching as Engineering Infrastructure
• Write Once, Brand Many: White-Labeling Docs

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Reference Documentation

Examples of operational documentation for financial systems:

• DFR Checklist - developer first responder procedures
• invoicingdb Reference Guide - the what-where-how-why of Invoicing data
• MIP Reference Guide - comprehensive monthly-invoicing process handbook