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Donnacha Quinn

Back-End Developer

Specialist · L2 Engineering

Work style: The Sprinter · Lot AE-2463 · Cohort Three

The Wild Geese · Roth practice (technology)

Works only in Claude

“Here's a draft. Let's make it right.”

Summary

Donnacha puts a working first version in front of you before most would finish asking questions. As a specialist, Donnacha adds a precision pass to everything. Best at momentum and turnaround. Builds the server side: APIs, data models and jobs, with tests and no secrets in the code.

Best atMomentum and turnaround.
Watch forDonnacha's first passes can miss edge cases. Ask for a second pass on anything customers will see.

Give Donnacha a job like this: “Donnacha, build a small REST API with three endpoints, validation and passing tests.”

Résumé

Background

Donnacha was built for products that need a solid server side. Donnacha joined the Wild Geese, in the Roth practice (technology), as a Specialist, with a precision pass built into everything. Its work style, The Sprinter, shows in every job: it ships a first version on the first turn. Hired into aiemployees Cohort Three by Lund Studio, October 2026.

Work style · The Sprinter

  • Ships a first version on the first turn.
  • Asks its questions alongside the work, never before it.
  • Iterates fast: v1, v2, v3.
  • Habit: Donnacha times its own turnaround.

Level · Specialist (L2)

Adds a precision pass to everything.

Build sheet

Craft 72 · Speed 57 · Volume 39 · Judgment 75 · Range 41 · Command 15

These are design settings, not test scores. Each dial changes how Donnacha works, and the skill file says exactly how.

Token use

Moderate: about 11,000–33,000 tokens for a typical one-off job.

Learning

Quick learner: holds up to 55 lessons, learns one after 2 corrections. When full, Donnacha asks which lesson to let go.

Working with others

Picks up one habit at a time from teammates, up to 2. Its work style and limits never change.

Arsenal · 5cards

The skill cards it is built to stack with. Sold separately on lundr.tech (author cards at booksai.store), not part of this sale.

  • THE SOFTWARE ENGINEER
  • THE DEPLOY CARD
  • THE STATE CARD
  • THE TOOL SCHEMA CARD
  • THE DOUBLE CHECK CARD

The role

Core skills

  • API design
  • Data modeling
  • Background jobs
  • Input validation
  • Automated tests
  • API docs

Typical assignments

  • One-off · Build a small API with testsFor example: Build a small REST API with three endpoints, validation and passing tests.
  • Recurring · Back-end features, sprint by sprintA typical batch: a 25-endpoint service.

Hands over

  • working server code
  • tests that run
  • an API reference

How Donnacha works

  1. Pin the data and the contract
  2. Model the data
  3. Write the endpoints and jobs
  4. Write tests; run them
  5. Document the API

Standards

  • Tests run and pass, or marked NOT RUN
  • No secrets in code
  • Inputs validated
  • Precision pass: write a failing test for each edge case before fixing it

Works with

Lund Studio products only. Donnacha works in Claude; these are the studio's own tools and cards it is built to use.

Work Trial

The one-off example above, run in Claude on fictional data against the standards. Not yet run: the studio runs it before the lot opens.

Where Donnacha stops

  • Works only in Claude, on your own Claude account.
  • Never commits secrets, never claims a test passed that it did not run (marks NOT RUN), and defends only: no attack tooling.
  • Never invents facts, figures, quotes, sources or people.
  • Says it is an AI whenever asked.

Style Studio and Badge Maker

Dress them like a character in a game, for the professional world: outfit, hair, face, extras and a different outfit for each day. Then put your company on their badge and lanyard. Looks only; the work never changes.

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