Shinto Yanagi
Frontend Developer
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Summary
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RockstarShinto Yanagi is a frontend developer based in Kyoto with seven years of experience specializing in React.js and data visualization. He contributes to notable open-source projects like Graphic Walker and Rath, helping bring embeddable visual analytics closer to production by improving filters, export options, and i18n support. His work on synchronizing and extending internationalization across GraphicWalker and rath-client demonstrates attention to accessibility and global usability beyond typical UI polish. Pragmatic about refactoring and dependency management, he has moved libraries to peerDependencies to streamline integration for downstream users. Colleagues rely on him to turn complex visualization requirements into maintainable, user-friendly interfaces that scale across languages and contexts.
7 years of coding experience
Github Skills (20)
javascript10
translation10
ui-components10
typescript10
internationalization10
styled-components10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
vega9
data-visualizations9
user-interface9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Kanaries/Rath
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
Next generation of automated data exploratory analysis and visualization platform.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 515 commits, 50 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Shinto focused on implementing internationalization (i18n) for the main content within the GraphicWalker package. This involved implementing translations for settings UI elements, including text strings and the selection options. The user also synchronized i18n settings between the GraphicWalker and rath-client packages and added custom i18n support, allowing users to define their own translations. This work contributed to improving the usability and accessibility of the application for users of different languages.
pythonaugmented-analyticvisualizationsreconciliationdatamining
Kanaries/graphic-walker
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
An open source alternative to Tableau. Embeddable visual analytic
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 32 commits, 27 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Shinto primarily contributed to the front-end of the "graphic-walker" project. They fixed bugs related to the data source and filter slider components. Furthermore, the user worked on features such as supporting filters and configurable exploration settings. They also refactored the codebase by moving react, react-dom and styled-components to peerDependencies and downloading charts in view as png or svg.
dataweb-componentsdata-miningedajavascript
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