Jan Miksovsky
Software Architect at Web Origami
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolJan Miksovsky is a software architect and UX-driven product leader with 16 years of experience building web UI platforms and founding companies that rethink component-based interfaces. He co-founded Cozi and Component Kitchen (creator of the Elix open-source UI component library) and later architected core UI elements for Salesforce, bridging design, engineering, and web standards efforts. His background at Microsoft spans foundational UI work from early email clients to Windows Aero, demonstrating a long-standing focus on usable, scalable interfaces. Jan writes and teaches about UI design and development, holds multiple software patents, and runs Web Origami, a practice focused on advancing component-driven UX. Based in Seattle and fluent in both design and code, he combines entrepreneurial instincts with deep platform-level experience that often surfaces in standards and browser discussions. An unexpected through-line in his career is a consistent emphasis on the economics of reuse—how well-crafted components reduce friction and unlock innovation across products and companies.
16 years of coding experience
32 years of employment as a software developer
Japanese, Japanese at Waseda UniversityB.A., Computer Science, B.A., Computer Science at Cornell UniversityChoate Rosemary Hall
English, Japanese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (90)
javascript10
html10
template-literals10
storage10
typescript10
user-interface10
web-components10
frontend10
chakra9
capi9
lit9
js9
monorepo9
textarea9
javascript-engine9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
elix/elix-react
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
React components for the web components in the Elix library
Contributions:32 commits, 7 pushes, 2 comments in 16 days
react-componentreact-componentsweb-components
JanMiksovsky/elix.org
Mar 2017 - Apr 2018
Contributions:88 pushes, 4 branches, 1 tag in 1 year
elixirweb-site
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