Etienne van Delden de la Haije is a pragmatic Ruby on Rails software engineer and architect with 11 years of experience building maintainable, user-focused web applications and coaching teams to improve engineering practices. He blends technical rigor with a background in psychology and cognition to design transparent, easy-to-use software that helps users do their work efficiently. As a former software architect at FourIQ he introduced CI/CD, coding standards, service objects, and modern frontend practices while mentoring interns through mid-level developers. He’s contributed localization improvements to the widely used plotly.js charting library, reflecting attention to international user experience. Based in Veghel, he embraces flexible, remote-first work to balance craft and family life as a father and “forever” Dungeon Master. Continuous curiosity drives him to seek better, simpler solutions and to teach teams how to deliver them reliably.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Computer Science and Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology
Open-source JavaScript charting library behind Plotly and Dash
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Contributions:1 review, 10 commits, 4 comments in 4 days
Contributions summary:Etienne's contributions primarily focused on adding and updating Dutch language translations within the Plotly.js library. They added new translations for various UI elements, fixed typos, and updated existing translations. These contributions involved modifying the `lib/locales/nl.js` file, ensuring the library supported Dutch language localization. Their work directly enhanced the user experience for Dutch-speaking users of the charting library.
Contributions:6 PRs, 14 pushes, 7 branches in 4 years 4 months
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