Matthew Hendricks

Documentation • Onboarding • Developer Experience

This page highlights major projects and systems I’ve built or maintained. For work history and roles, see the Résumé.

Westmark.dev — Consulting & Product Work

🔧 Westmark.dev

Consulting + practical product work.

  • Documentation & DX: Documentation audits, onboarding clarity passes, API docs improvements.
  • Migrations: Headless CMS and dataset migrations; emergency fixes.

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🧪 Docs-Score

Documentation health analysis.

  • Automated intake + reporting workflow
  • Clear recommendations for docs readiness

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Featured Project — FieldTest

@watthem/fieldtest

Schema validation toolkit for content-rich systems.

What it does

Deterministic schema validation for MDX/Markdown frontmatter. Ensures content quality before build.

Why it matters

Protects docs builds from breaking and enforces consistency across large content repos.

Open Source — @watthem

Libraries & Tools

Small utilities for workflows.

See FieldTest and other projects under @watthem namespace.

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Audio Experiments

DSP and Audio Tooling.

Deterministic noise generation and audio utilities.

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Finance-Related R&D

Matchstick Trading Engine

Rust engine with Polylith architecture.

  • Reusable components across CLI, TUI, and web interfaces
  • Clean separation between business logic and UI

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Matchstick Radar

Trading data SaaS for indie funds.

  • SEC Form 4 insider trading data with 5 years of history
  • Freemium model + day passes ($49 for 72 hours)
  • Python/SQLAlchemy backend + Next.js 14 frontend

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Matchstick Events

Real-time market event streaming.

  • SSE API for SEC filings, earnings, and news
  • Snapshot replay for time-travel debugging

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Time-Travel Engine

Universal event stream replay.

  • Deterministic state reconstruction at any point in time
  • Framework-agnostic composable primitive

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Policy & Social Impact

Childcare.fyi

Progressive disclosure for care policy.

  • Four-tier disclosure: ELI5 → Family Summary → Analysis → Legislative Text
  • Anonymous stories: Submission + moderation workflow
  • Stack: Next.js 15, Supabase (PostgreSQL), MDX essays

tos.watch

Automated policy change monitoring.

  • Detects ToS/Privacy Policy updates across platforms
  • Classifies changes (data handling, arbitration, rights)
  • Notification system for meaningful changes

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