Simon Lydell
Senior Software Engineer at SAVR
Stockholm, Sweden
Summary
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RockstarSimon Lydell is a Senior Software Engineer based in Stockholm with 12 years of experience building developer-facing tools and improving developer experience across front-end and back-end ecosystems. He contributes to high-profile open-source projects such as Babel, Prettier and Mozilla source-map, and maintains practical ESLint plugins that automate import sorting and deduplication—work that demonstrates a knack for reliable autofix logic and edge-case handling. His background spans compiler internals (CoffeeScript rewrites), tooling UX (babel-code-frame enhancements), and robust test automation, reflecting a careful, quality-first engineering style. Known on GitHub as a “Magic Coding Creature,” he combines deep technical detail with pragmatic fixes that make everyday developer workflows smoother.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
1,157reputation
55kreached
13answers
5questions
keyboard-shortcuts
top-5%
autocomplete
top-5%
Github Skills (59)
cli10
javascript10
coffeescript10
lexer10
autofill10
testing10
css10
configuration-management10
command-line-interface10
typescript10
user-interface10
eslint10
software-quality10
sourcemaps10
wpgraphql10
Programming languages (28)
Github contributions (5)
akhodakivskiy/VimFx
Jul 2013 - Aug 2019
Vim keyboard shortcuts for Firefox
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:53 releases, 1 review, 1206 commits in 6 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Simon primarily worked on improving the user interface and user experience of the "Vim keyboard shortcuts for Firefox" project. Their commits focused on refactoring and improving the functionality of various features within the extension. Key contributions include the addition of new features (such as the command to open a context menu) as well as the cleanup of code by replacing custom helpers and moving into more standard Javascript features.
firefoxkeyboard-shortcutsvim
lydell/eslint-plugin-simple-import-sort
Nov 2018 - Jan 2023
Easy autofixable import sorting.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 115 commits, 63 PRs in 4 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Simon primarily contributed to the development and maintenance of an ESLint plugin focused on sorting imports. They implemented new features, such as supporting TypeScript and import assertions. They also fixed bugs related to indentation, handling of semicolons, and the sorting of type imports. Furthermore, the user improved existing examples and added tests to ensure the plugin's functionality and compatibility with various code styles.
sortingeslint-pluginsort-importseslint
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