Nat Allison
Feature Writer
Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNat Allison is a multidisciplinary creator and front-end engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building and improving developer-facing documentation and websites. Based in Columbus, Ohio, Nat contributes to high-profile open-source projects in the React and Gatsby ecosystems, automating translation workflows and refining UI/UX for international docs and the React Native site. They blend technical scripting (cron jobs, GitHub Actions, slug generation) with thoughtful front-end work—improving navigation, localization, and design consistency across multilingual documentation. Alongside a career writing niche music and soundtrack features, Nat pairs a background in professional and technical writing with practical engineering chops, a combination that surfaces in clear, user-focused documentation and polished site interfaces.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing, Bachelor's degree, Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing at Columbus State University
Github Skills (32)
github-ci10
javascript10
translation10
scripting10
ui-design10
cicd10
mdx10
uid10
automation10
script10
ports10
front-end-development10
html10
sh10
automations10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
reactjs/translations.react.dev
Feb 2019 - May 2020
Nexus of resources and tools for translating the React docs.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:146 commits, 98 PRs, 163 pushes in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Nat primarily focused on automating and streamlining the workflow of the React documentation translation project. Their contributions involved setting up and modifying scripts to create pull requests, assign reviewers, and merge translations. They implemented a cron job for automation. The user integrated GitHub Actions and shell scripts to improve the efficiency of the project.
reacttranslationnexustranslatingi18n
facebook/react-native-website
May 2019 - Aug 2019
The React Native website and docs
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:189 commits, 4 PRs, 91 pushes in 2 months
Contributions summary:Nat's commits primarily focus on redesigning and improving the React Native website's user interface. Their work involves modifications to the website's layout, styling, and content, particularly within the homepage and the header section. They introduced new UI components, adjusted existing styles, and updated the site's code example, ultimately aimed at enhancing the overall user experience and visual presentation of the website.
react-nativereactdocusaurus
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