Richard López
Co-Founder at Bykawa
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard López is a JavaScript-focused software leader and Co-Founder with 15 years of experience building client-side web and mobile products, mentoring engineers, and coordinating stakeholders in startup environments. He blends hands-on React and Node development with practical backend familiarity (Ruby/Rails), and has led frontend teams at companies like Aliada MX and Kickass Partners. An experienced educator, Richard created a highly rated React course on Platzi that has reached thousands, reflecting his passion for coaching and clear technical communication. Based in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, he favors pragmatic tooling and workflows—Git, Jira, Trello, GitHub Projects—and often architects stateful, routed React applications (see his platzi-badges repo). Colleagues value him for turning product ideas into polished UIs while helping peers grow in their careers.
15 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering, 3.7/4.0, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Engineering, 3.7/4.0 at University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
893reputation
49kreached
7answers
17questions
Github Skills (12)
css10
javascript10
react10
html9
react-router8
bootstra8
bootstrap8
json6
nodejs6
cmake6
react-hooks6
bower6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
Sparragus/platzi-badges
Mar 2019 - Mar 2019
Código del proyecto del Curso de React.js de Platzi
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:27 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 4 days
Contributions summary:Richard primarily contributed to the front-end development of the React.js project. Their work involved setting up the initial project structure, implementing UI components such as `Badge` and `Navbar`, and integrating styling using CSS and a global stylesheet. They also focused on state management within React components, incorporating properties, and structuring the application using React Router for navigation and routing between pages.
react
Sparragus/imma-let-you-finish
Apr 2015 - Oct 2018
imma-let-you-finish celebrates over five years of Kanye West hacking the stage. This Slack Bot will randomly appear on your conversation to tell everyone who has the best comment of all times. Of all times!
Contributions:39 commits, 2 PRs, 14 pushes in 3 years 5 months
slack-bot
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