Alex Paxton
Designer
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarAlex Paxton is a Los Angeles–based designer with a decade of experience translating product needs into polished front-end experiences, particularly for developer-focused projects. With roots in print and web, Alex approaches UI work hands-on—contributing direct code and CSS refinements to open-source projects like InfluxData’s docs and InfluxDB—improving typography, layouts, table-graph interactions, and visual status cues. Comfortable in React and JavaScript, Alex bridges visual design and front-end implementation to ship usable, accessible interfaces rather than handing off static mockups. Known for pragmatic refinements (tooltip UIs, theme tweaks, sorting UX) that elevate documentation and analytics tools, Alex brings both an eye for detail and a developer’s discipline to design.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (8)
css10
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
dashboard8
html8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
influxdata/influxdb
Sep 2016 - Aug 2020
Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 2727 commits, 344 PRs in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Alex primarily focused on enhancing the UI of the InfluxDB project, specifically the table-graph and related components. They addressed UI bugs, improved the user experience with table sorting interactions, and implemented visual enhancements like color schemes and visual cues for status. Their contributions involved developing and refining components using React, JavaScript, and potentially related front-end technologies.
real-time-analyticsscalablereactanalyticsevents
influxdata/docs.influxdata.com-ARCHIVE
Dec 2015 - Mar 2017
ARCHIVE - 1.x docs for InfluxData
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:136 commits, 11 PRs, 91 pushes in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Alex's commits primarily focused on styling and layout adjustments within the InfluxData documentation archive. They performed text formatting changes, including modifications to CSS for typography and layout elements, such as font sizes and spacing. Additionally, the user implemented a UI for tooltips and made several theme adjustments, indicating a focus on improving the visual presentation of the documentation.
influxdatainfluxdbarchive
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