Dylan Kendal
Tech Lead at Linear Forest
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolDylan Kendal is a tech lead and entrepreneur with 13 years building high-throughput eCommerce and developer-facing systems from Montreal. He’s shipped large-scale checkout and payments work at Shopify, architected infrastructure and observability at Builder.io to handle millions of daily requests, and co-founded Linear Forest to deliver revenue-impacting products like a license-detection system that reduced piracy across hundreds of thousands of storefronts. Comfortable across the full stack, Dylan contributes to notable open-source projects such as BuilderIO/mitosis (improving its jsx-lite CLI) and Builder.io, bringing TypeScript, Elixir, and cloud-native experience to bear. He pairs hands-on engineering—often improving CI, database layers, and performance—with product sensibility, teaching database courses to share practical, production-proven knowledge. Outside of code he’s a functional-language fan, self-described “digital janitor,” and an avid cook who appreciates Mexican food, hinting at a pragmatic, curious personality behind the technical leadership.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science at University of VictoriaComputer Information Systems Diploma Computer Science, Computer Information Systems Diploma Computer Science at Okanagan College
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Github Skills (31)
javascript10
builder-pattern10
typescript10
compiler-compiler10
typescript-types10
compiler10
typescripts10
frontend10
builders10
builder-io10
react10
jsx10
cli10
page-builder9
cms9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
BuilderIO/mitosis
Feb 2021 - Jun 2021
Write components once, run everywhere. Compiles to React, Vue, Qwik, Solid, Angular, Svelte, and more.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:19 reviews, 102 commits, 36 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Dylan primarily focused on developing and refining the `jsx-lite` CLI tool, implementing core functionality and features. They added a variety of commands, including `jsx-lite new`, `jsx-lite compile`, and `jsx-lite list`. Contributions included adding support for different input and output formats, integrating various generator options, and fixing bugs related to parsing and transformation. These improvements enhanced the tool's usability and extended its capabilities for cross-platform component compilation.
jsx-litesolidjsvue-reactno-codecompiler
BuilderIO/builder
Mar 2021 - Aug 2022
Visual Development for React, Vue, Svelte, Qwik, and more
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:46 reviews, 79 commits, 43 PRs in 1 year 5 months
Contributions summary:Dylan primarily focused on enhancing the React-based front-end components and improving the overall developer experience within the Builder.io framework. Their commits added detailed typedoc documentation to the `BuilderComponentProps`, `Builder.isStatic`, and `BuilderContentProps` interfaces, improving code clarity. They also addressed typos and refined type checks, ensuring code quality and consistency across the project. Furthermore, the user introduced JSON schema support for Builder content, which helps in validation and structure.
cmsnext-jsvue-reactant-designhead
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