Diego Haz
Founder at Ariakit
United Arab Emirates
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Top SchoolDiego Haz is the founder of Ariakit and a front-end-focused software engineer with 11 years of experience building accessible, component-driven web apps. Based in the United Arab Emirates, he combines deep expertise in JavaScript, CSS and React with practical back-end skills in Node.js and Express from his open-source projects. He has contributed to high-profile projects like Automattic’s WordPress Calypso and Gutenberg, helped harden styled-components with tests, and maintains Ariakit—a toolkit for accessible React primitives used by other component libraries. Diego has led front-end architecture work at companies such as OLX and HelloMD, implementing SSR and monorepos while also shipping UX-critical features like auth flows and post widgets. Known for improving accessibility, autocomplete behaviors, and build pipelines, he blends pragmatic engineering with design sensitivity. An owner-developer who still ships code, he often surfaces subtle UX fixes that prevent real-world edge-case breakage.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Portuguese, English
Stackoverflow
938reputation
110kreached
21answers
3questions
redux
top-5%
Github Skills (50)
accessibility10
mongoose10
javascript10
expressjs10
apidoc10
ui-components10
testing10
css10
formatting10
css-in-js10
wordpress10
s610
formatter10
styled-components10
ui-design10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
diegohaz/arc
Oct 2016 - Sep 2018
React starter kit based on Atomic Design
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:28 releases, 1 review, 776 commits in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Diego primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of React components within the project. Their commits included updating existing tests for various components such as PrimaryNavigation, HeroTemplate, Palette, and others. They also refactored the codebase by migrating from Radium to styled-components, demonstrating a focus on UI component development and styling. Finally, the user refactored styles, updated the public and dist directories.
redux-sagajestatomic-designreact-routerreactjs
diegohaz/rest
Sep 2016 - Feb 2021
REST API generator with Node.js, Express and Mongoose
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 releases, 2 reviews, 122 commits in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Diego primarily contributed to the development of a REST API generator, focusing on the back-end aspects of the project. They added and modified API endpoint generators, including model creation and test files. The user also addressed issues related to testing and documentation, ensuring the generator's functionality and usability. The commits demonstrate work with Node.js, Express.js, Mongoose, and testing frameworks.
apiboilerplateexpressjsjestnode-js
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