Matheus Da Silva
Signatário
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Summary
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Top SchoolMatheus Da Silva is a software engineer with 11 years of experience, currently working as Signatário and based in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Trained in Analysis and Systems Development, he blends practical metrology-adjacent industry experience with hands-on software work. An active open-source contributor, he has improved TypeScript typings in the high-profile DefinitelyTyped repo and helped migrate and type-accessible React components for Ariakit, showing attention to both developer ergonomics and accessibility. He also streamlined developer tooling for webpack-cli, improving installation flows and the CLI experience. Comfortable across front-end and full-stack tasks, Matheus pairs pragmatic problem-solving with a focus on type safety and user-centric interfaces. Outside work he shares technical updates on Twitter (@matheus1lva), signaling engagement with the developer community.
11 years of coding experience
Centro Universitário Cesuca
English, Portuguese, Spanish
Github Skills (31)
accessibility10
javascript10
npm10
acc10
accessibilityservice10
ui-components10
command-line-interface10
typescript10
typescript-definitions10
bundle10
type-definition10
webpack10
dts10
component-kit10
bundler10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
ariakit/ariakit
Sep 2018 - Nov 2018
Toolkit with accessible components, styles, and examples for your next web app
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:11 commits, 13 PRs, 13 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Matheus primarily contributed to the implementation of accessible React components within the Ariakit library, focusing on converting existing components to TypeScript. Their work involved adding TypeScript support to various components like Portal, Provider, Table, and Tabs, enhancing type safety and code maintainability. They also addressed a UI issue related to focus within the website's filter component, ensuring improved user experience. Furthermore, they added a codemod package to help with the library migration process.
reactaccessiblejavascripta11yweb-apps
webpack/webpack
Feb 2018 - Nov 2020
A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets. Code Splitting allows for loading parts of the application on demand. Through "loaders", modules can be CommonJs, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, Images, JSON, Coffeescript, LESS, ... and your custom stuff.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 9 commits, 2 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Matheus primarily focused on improving the developer experience and simplifying the installation process of the webpack-cli package. They refactored the CLI's installation script to use promises and pipe output from child processes. Furthermore, they updated the script to use the correct package manager (npm or yarn) and refined the user prompts for clarity and ease of use. The user's work streamlined the process of setting up and installing the command-line interface for the webpack bundler.
amdloaderscode-splittingcustom-stuffcompiler
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