Kyle McDonald
© 2011-2025 — Kyle McDonald
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Hey, I'm Kyle and I like building things. Whether it’s front-end interfaces, developer tools, or the perfect iRacing setup. I spend most of my time working with React, making software feel fast and seamless, and obsessing over the little details that make a great user experience. I also care a lot about good keyboard shortcuts and not making people fight with their tools.

When I’m not deep in code, I’m probably chasing lap times in iRacing, watching F1 and convincing myself I could totally be an engineer for Red Bull, or tweaking setups until I forget what “optimal” even looks like. Off the track, I spend a lot of time biking through the city, tinkering with mechanical keyboards, and hanging out with my dog, Wallie, who has no idea what I do all day but is very supportive.

Writing

Screwdrivers, RJ45, and eye rolls: The struggle for wired internetSeptember 29, 2025My first year sim racing: a journey of learning and communityMarch 7, 2025Why composability keeps React components maintainableMarch 4, 2025Typescript moduleSuffixes with React NativeAugust 16, 2023Predictable user actions with useQueueAugust 13, 2023Learnings as an Engineering ManagerOctober 29, 2021Developer interview tips that will put you aheadFebruary 24, 2020

Experience

  • Knock
    Software Engineer2023 - ____
  • Foxtrot
    Director of Engineering2019 - 2023
  • Designory
    Software Engineer2017 - 2019

Listening

Love Me Not

Love Me Not

In Her Own Words

Story Of Us

Story Of Us

In Her Own Words

Who's Laughing Now

Who's Laughing Now

Mayday Parade, Knuckle Puck

Heads Up

Heads Up

Underbrook

Calm Before the Storm

Calm Before the Storm

Fall Out Boy

KID AGAIN

KID AGAIN

Jon Bellion

Dance With Your Ghost

Dance With Your Ghost

Grayscale

Slow Down

Slow Down

The Academy Is...

Silver Cloud

Silver Cloud

State Champs

Reading

Digital Minimalism

Finished

Four Thousand Weeks
Antidote
Tiny Experiments
The New Jim Crow
The PARA Method
The ADHD Effect on Marriage
Burn Rate
Shoe Dog
The War of Art
An Elegant Puzzle
The Messy Middle
Ready Player One
Crush it!
Influence
I Will Teach You to Be Rich, Second Edition
Turtles All the Way Down
Atomic Habits
Leading from the Middle
The Oz Principle
The Midnight Library

Racing

Circuit of the AmericasSuper Formula Lights
7
Circuit of the AmericasFIA F4
3
Circuit of the AmericasFIA F4
3
Circuit of the AmericasFIA F4
8
Red Bull RingToyota GR86
11
Kansas SpeedwayToyota GR86
3
Darlington RacewayARCA Ford Mustang
7
Red Bull RingSuper Formula Lights
10
Red Bull RingSuper Formula Lights
9
Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsDallara IL-15
13