Matthew Lipski
Frontend Developer at BlockNote
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
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Top SchoolMatthew Lipski is a frontend developer with five years of experience specializing in rich-text editing and interactive UIs, currently building BlockNote's block-based editor. Trained in Computer Science & Engineering at TU Delft, he bridges embedded systems experience—gained through research and Formula Student work—with modern React/ProseMirror/Tiptap front-end engineering. At BlockNote he tackled tricky cross-browser copy-paste behaviors, implemented multi-block drag and animations, refactored core code, and added Playwright end-to-end tests to make editor behavior reliable across browsers. Based in Warsaw after working in the Netherlands, he combines a research-informed mindset with pragmatic, test-driven solutions to UX-critical editor problems.
5 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Nord Anglia EducationComputer Science & Engineering BSc, Computer Science & Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering BSc, Computer Science & Engineering at Delft University of Technology
English, Polish, German
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Github Skills (19)
typescript310
javascript10
typescript10
tiptap10
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javascripts10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
editor9
editors9
playwright8
rich-text-editor8
css8
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
TypeCellOS/BlockNote
Oct 2022 - Jan 2023
A React Rich Text Editor that's block-based (Notion style) and extensible. Built on top of Prosemirror and Tiptap.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:50 releases, 397 reviews, 221 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Matthew focused on enhancing the React-based rich text editor, `blocknote`, by fixing critical copy-paste behaviors. They modified block structure, CSS, and HTML parsing to address compatibility issues, particularly with external content. Furthermore, the user implemented end-to-end tests using Playwright to ensure consistent copy-paste functionality across different browsers, and also refactored the code base. Additionally, the user has contributed to block animations and multi-block drag functionality.
block-basedcontenteditablereactnotionwysiwyg
matthewlipski/usb_midi
Sep 2020 - Nov 2022
Contributions:23 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 2 months
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