Yeray Díaz
Freelance Software Engineer
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarYeray Díaz is a freelance software engineer based in London with 11 years of experience building reliable web and backend systems. A Python enthusiast who dabbles in Elixir, he contributes to high-impact open-source projects, notably enhancing the HTTPX client with core HTTP behaviors, decoding/error handling, and test coverage. He brings full-stack sensibilities from work on MkDocs—optimizing JS, search UX, and cross-browser quirks—to UI/UX improvements on the Python Package Index, where he implemented form validation and polished user-facing interactions. Comfortable across backend, frontend, and QA, Yeray pairs pragmatic engineering with attention to developer and end-user experience. He’s known for thoughtful refactors and test-first contributions that improve robustness in widely used ecosystems.
11 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (42)
javascript10
password-protection10
pytest10
python10
searchbox10
static-site-generator10
testing10
css10
http10
asyncio10
security10
searchbar10
front-end-development10
passwords10
html10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
encode/httpx
Apr 2019 - Jun 2020
A next generation HTTP client for Python. 🦋
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 23 commits, 54 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Yeray contributed significantly to the `httpx` library by implementing and enhancing core functionalities related to HTTP client behavior and error handling. Their work included the addition of decoding error handling, the implementation of a raw method for accessing response data, and the addition of tests for HTTPS servers. Further contributions involved adding additional tests for the SyncClient and implementing several HTTP method tests to the async client. The user also worked on improvements related to encoding detection in response.json, and refactoring proxy functionalities.
next-generationpythontrioasynciohttpx
pypi/warehouse
Oct 2017 - Apr 2021
The Python Package Index
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & UI/UX Designer
Back-end Developer & UI/UX DesignerContributions:40 commits, 55 PRs, 3 pushes in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Yeray primarily contributed to the front-end and UI aspects of the project. They implemented form validation for user registration and password resets, including password strength gauges and matching checks. Furthermore, the user added features related to email verification, including providing feedback and adding dismissable callout blocks. They also worked on styling and improving the user interface and user experience by moving modals and making changes to the appearance of the site.
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