Jakob Guddas
Software Engineer at the LEGO Group
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Summary
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RockstarJakob Guddas is a software engineer with nine years of experience building front-end and cloud-enabled systems, currently contributing at the LEGO Group from Copenhagen. He previously shaped frontend platform and infrastructure at Magicline and worked as an AWS infrastructure engineer and full-stack developer at tecRacer, bringing a practical blend of UI polish and infrastructure know-how. Jakob is an active open-source contributor to popular UI projects—helping evolve a modern React component library (heroui, formerly NextUI) and improving the community-driven lucide icon toolkit—focused on accessibility, visuals and developer ergonomics. He excels at resolving subtle UX and styling issues, adding locale support and refining animations, which reflects a craftsperson’s attention to detail beyond typical backend/frontend splits.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (18)
javascript10
storybook10
ui-components10
ui-design10
file-icons10
uid10
component-library10
svg10
front-end-development10
glyph-icons10
react10
iconsets10
typescript9
typescripts9
css8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
lucide-icons/lucide
Jan 2023 - Jun 2026
Beautiful & consistent icon toolkit made by the community. Open-source project and a fork of Feather Icons.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:909 reviews, 629 PRs, 65 pushes in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Jakob primarily contributed to the `lucide-icons/lucide` repository by modifying and creating components for the user interface. Their commits included the addition of new icons, improvements to existing SVG previews, and adjustments to the underlying code structure. They also worked on improving the DPI and stroke width previews to enhance the visual representation of the icons.
feather-iconssvgsiconsfigmaui-design
heroui-inc/heroui
Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
🚀 Beautiful, fast and modern React UI library. (Previously NextUI)
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:83 reviews, 4 commits, 63 PRs in 3 days
Contributions summary:Jakob primarily contributed to the React UI library, focusing on component updates, bug fixes, and enhancements. Their work included updating stories to utilize new link components, fixing styling issues in buttons and pagination, adding locale support, and improving animations. They also addressed issues related to the avatar, checkbox group, and modal components, demonstrating a focus on improving user experience and fixing visual inconsistencies.
nextuireactreactjscomponent-library
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