dennis lustre

Dennis is a software engineer crafting intuitive and tasteful experiences users want to use.

Currently first engineer @Fuerte. Previously @Boundary Remote Sensing and @Thaddeus. Studied CS @UC Irvine.

last updated 07-30-2026
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Thaddeus Resource Center

objective

To move a nonprofit off a Webflow site it had outgrown, and to leave behind a team that could keep shipping without me.

my role

  • Frontend Engineering
  • Team Lead
  • Release Engineering

tools

  • Next.js
  • React
  • Firebase
  • GitHub Actions

team

Led 6 web developers

duration

July 2023 — July 2024

context

A nonprofit paying platform prices for a site it had outgrown

Thaddeus was running on Webflow. It worked until it did not — the cost was real money for an organization that had better uses for it, and every change needed someone who knew the tool.

migration

Rebuilt on Next.js at half the running cost

I migrated the legacy Webflow app to Next.js. The cost saving was the case I made to get the work approved; the more durable win was that changes became code review instead of a support ticket.

the team

Six developers losing time in the same place

I started as an intern and ended up running the web team. The pattern was consistent: everyone could build, and everyone lost hours between finishing and deploying.

I built a CI/CD pipeline on GitHub Actions that automated tests, builds, and deploys to staging and production. Once it was in place the team's output went up without anyone working differently.

internal tools

Dashboards so operations stopped asking engineering

Admin dashboards built with React and Firebase for business operations — the kind of work that does not look like much and quietly removes a standing meeting.