Ziad Beyens
Founder at Udecode
Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium
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Top SchoolZiad Beyens is a founder and front-end-focused engineer with 10 years of experience building rich, user-facing applications and developer tooling from Brussels. He created Plate.js, an AI-powered rich-text editor used by over 10,000 developers, and maintains contributions to the broader Slate/Plate ecosystem. His background spans full-stack roles and indie projects, including a real-time multiplayer game that reached 100,000+ users, giving him practical experience with scale and real-time interaction. Ziad combines deep React and TypeScript expertise with product-minded UI work—fixing subtle editor behaviors, improving developer ergonomics, and shipping documentation and examples. He leverages a Master’s in Computer Engineering to bridge rigorous engineering with rapid prototyping. Outside product work he’s known for making complex editor features optional and composable, favoring pragmatic, extensible designs.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer Engineering, Master's degree Computer Engineering at Ecole polytechnique de Bruxelles
French, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (26)
application-framework10
editors10
javascript10
rich-text10
text-editor10
app-framework10
typescript10
ui-design10
editor10
uid10
front-end-development10
slate10
typescript-types10
web-framework10
typescripts10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
udecode/plate
Dec 2019 - Jan 2023
A rich-text editor powered by AI
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1640 releases, 715 reviews, 2128 commits in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Ziad focused on modifying and enhancing the user interface of the rich-text editor. They implemented changes to the AI-powered features by modifying the existing code structure. The changes also involved UI and feature enhancements by incorporating the user’s interaction with the application.
plugin-systemrich-textwysiwyg-editorrichtextjavascript
ianstormtaylor/slate
Nov 2019 - May 2020
A completely customizable framework for building rich text editors. (Currently in beta.)
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:23 reviews, 17 commits, 28 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Ziad primarily contributed to bug fixes and enhancements within the Slate framework, a rich text editor. Their work involved resolving TypeScript errors, correcting typos, and refining the editor's behavior. Specific tasks included making features optional, adjusting props and rendering, and updating examples and documentation within the Slate ecosystem. The user demonstrated a strong understanding of React and its integration with the Slate framework.
rich-textrichtextbrowserjavascriptrte
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