Yan
Web Developer
Summary
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RockstarYan nan is a Web Developer with five years of experience who brings front-end craftsmanship to both product UIs and developer-facing documentation. Based in France, he is an active open-source contributor to high-profile projects like Astro, Starlight and Biome, specializing in documentation clarity, internationalization (Portuguese and French locales) and accessibility. His work spans technical writing (including JSDoc @message improvements to make error messages clearer), UI/UX tweaks, and mobile navigation fixes that improve the everyday experience for users and maintainers alike. He combines a pragmatic engineering mindset with a knack for localization and developer experience, making complex tooling more approachable across languages.
5 years of coding experience
Github Skills (36)
javascript10
typescript310
solidity10
documentations10
rails-i18n10
solidstart10
css10
solidjs10
typescript10
internationalization10
reactivity10
webpages10
typescript210
solid-js10
web-content10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
withastro/docs
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
Astro documentation
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer & Localization Specialist
Front-end Developer & Localization SpecialistContributions:4180 reviews, 28 commits, 3727 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Yan primarily contributed to the Astro documentation project by improving the internationalization (i18n) support and enhancing the user interface. Their work included adding and updating translations for various pages in multiple languages, specifically focusing on Portuguese (pt-BR). They also implemented UI improvements, such as a custom scrollbar for the table of contents and modifications to the theme toggle, further refining the user experience. Additionally, they worked on accessibility improvements, including adding screen reader labels and refining the styling for high-contrast mode.
creative-commonsastrodocumentation-site
withastro/starlight
May 2023 - Nov 2024
🌟 Build beautiful, accessible, high-performance documentation websites with Astro
Role in this project:Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:41 reviews, 32 PRs, 55 pushes in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Yan primarily focused on internationalization and localization efforts within the documentation website project. Their contributions included adding support for new languages (Portuguese and French), translating user interface strings, and integrating regional variations for languages like Portuguese (Brazilian Portuguese). They also updated the configuration files to support the new locales and made adjustments to the user interface to accommodate translated content.
astrodocs-generatorstarlightstatic-site-generator
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