Yanis Lukes is a web developer with 13 years of experience, now concentrating on front-end specialization and commercial consumer-facing projects. Based in Riga, Latvia, he blends practical web engineering with hands-on work in virtualization, PHP data extraction, and kiosk-based 3D scene setup from earlier roles. He contributes to open-source localization efforts—most notably improving Lojban support for Mozilla’s Common Voice—showing attention to accessibility and internationalization. Comfortable with both legacy server-side stacks and modern front-end workflows, he’s also exploring indie software and game prototypes and is open to partial payment in Bitcoin.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
High School, Secondary education, High School, Secondary education at Riga Secondary School No 3
Common Voice is part of Mozilla's initiative to help teach machines how real people speak.
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Contributions:11 commits in 20 days
Contributions summary:Yanis primarily focused on updating the Lojban (jbo) localization for the Common Voice project. Their contributions involved modifying language-specific files, particularly messages.ftl and cross-locale.ftl, to incorporate translations and adjust text within the user interface. These changes were essential for expanding the project's accessibility and user experience for Lojban speakers.
Contributions:57 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
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