
Daniel Schiavini developed and maintained the curvefi/curve-frontend codebase, delivering robust user-facing features and architectural improvements over an extended period. He engineered complex loan and swap flows, modernized routing and state management, and enhanced wallet integration to support multi-chain DeFi operations. Using TypeScript, React, and Next.js, Daniel refactored core UI components for maintainability, implemented rigorous end-to-end testing with Cypress, and optimized data fetching for performance and reliability. His work addressed onboarding, error handling, and UX consistency, while strengthening CI/CD pipelines and code quality. Daniel’s contributions enabled faster feature delivery, improved data accuracy, and reduced production risk for Curve’s frontend.
Concise monthly summary for 2026-04 focused on curvefi/curve-frontend work. Delivered key UI improvements for the loan flow, updated liquidation terminology, and strengthened validation/balance calculations. Refined UI components for better testability (ActionInfo) and addressed UI overflow (RouteName). Stabilized the testing surface through targeted infrastructure adjustments. These efforts improved user experience, data accuracy, and CI reliability, enabling faster feature iteration with lower risk.
Concise monthly summary for 2026-04 focused on curvefi/curve-frontend work. Delivered key UI improvements for the loan flow, updated liquidation terminology, and strengthened validation/balance calculations. Refined UI components for better testability (ActionInfo) and addressed UI overflow (RouteName). Stabilized the testing surface through targeted infrastructure adjustments. These efforts improved user experience, data accuracy, and CI reliability, enabling faster feature iteration with lower risk.
March 2026 monthly summary for curvefi/curve-frontend: Focused on strengthening reliability, scalability, and business value through end-to-end testing, UX resilience improvements, and platform upgrades. Key investments in test coverage and error handling reduced production risk, while major UI and API refactors improved maintainability and future delivery velocity. Upgraded core data tooling with llamalend.js v2 and expanded market data display, enabling faster, more informed user decisions. CI/CD and tooling enhancements tightened release pipelines and improved test reliability.
March 2026 monthly summary for curvefi/curve-frontend: Focused on strengthening reliability, scalability, and business value through end-to-end testing, UX resilience improvements, and platform upgrades. Key investments in test coverage and error handling reduced production risk, while major UI and API refactors improved maintainability and future delivery velocity. Upgraded core data tooling with llamalend.js v2 and expanded market data display, enabling faster, more informed user decisions. CI/CD and tooling enhancements tightened release pipelines and improved test reliability.
February 2026 highlights for curvefi/curve-frontend: Implemented gas estimation for loan creation with a reusable hooks refactor to improve pricing accuracy and reuse; added a borrow more leverage checkbox UI to expand borrowing options; introduced an Odos icon asset to enhance partner integration and branding; expanded end-to-end testing and error handling across route provider cards, debt range changes, Sentry boundaries, and borrowing scenarios to boost reliability; shipped Loan Management Forms in Beta plus UI improvements such as High Impact Alerts in the Create Loan flow and navigation enhancements (Selected Route). Strengthened stability and developer experience with lockfile integrity fixes, type-checking fixes, Wagmi config memoization fix, debt/borrowing workflow fixes, and E2E test reliability improvements; updated RPC test infrastructure and dependencies (Ajv) to reduce flakiness. This work drives better pricing accuracy, safer borrowing decisions, faster feature delivery, and more reliable deployments.
February 2026 highlights for curvefi/curve-frontend: Implemented gas estimation for loan creation with a reusable hooks refactor to improve pricing accuracy and reuse; added a borrow more leverage checkbox UI to expand borrowing options; introduced an Odos icon asset to enhance partner integration and branding; expanded end-to-end testing and error handling across route provider cards, debt range changes, Sentry boundaries, and borrowing scenarios to boost reliability; shipped Loan Management Forms in Beta plus UI improvements such as High Impact Alerts in the Create Loan flow and navigation enhancements (Selected Route). Strengthened stability and developer experience with lockfile integrity fixes, type-checking fixes, Wagmi config memoization fix, debt/borrowing workflow fixes, and E2E test reliability improvements; updated RPC test infrastructure and dependencies (Ajv) to reduce flakiness. This work drives better pricing accuracy, safer borrowing decisions, faster feature delivery, and more reliable deployments.
January 2026 focused on performance, reliability, and UX improvements in curve-frontend. Delivered significant code quality and build caching enhancements, introduced SCRVUSD swap with UI refresh, enhanced address readability, added loading screen and loading button animation, and strengthened observability and test stability with Sentry integration and E2E reliability improvements. These deliver business value by reducing CI times, accelerating developer feedback, improving user trust and readability, and increasing test resilience across the frontend.
January 2026 focused on performance, reliability, and UX improvements in curve-frontend. Delivered significant code quality and build caching enhancements, introduced SCRVUSD swap with UI refresh, enhanced address readability, added loading screen and loading button animation, and strengthened observability and test stability with Sentry integration and E2E reliability improvements. These deliver business value by reducing CI times, accelerating developer feedback, improving user trust and readability, and increasing test resilience across the frontend.
December 2025: Delivered significant UI and workflow improvements for curve-frontend with a focus on stability, performance, and developer experience. Key features include adapting the Soft Liquidation workflow, extensive UI/page restructuring for loans, minting, and markets, and missing repay queries with clean URL routing. Major bugs fixed improved reliability of the loading sequence, end-to-end tests, and render cycles, while refactors and tooling upgrades established a solid foundation for future work. Notable technical achievements include modernizing API hooks (renamed useConnection to useCurve and useAccount to useConnection with Wagmi integration), adopting mapRecord data structures, improving performance with throttled SetFormValues, and upgrading core dependencies. These efforts reduced user-facing crashes, accelerated test execution, and enhanced maintainability through linting, formatting improvements, and comprehensive code cleanup.
December 2025: Delivered significant UI and workflow improvements for curve-frontend with a focus on stability, performance, and developer experience. Key features include adapting the Soft Liquidation workflow, extensive UI/page restructuring for loans, minting, and markets, and missing repay queries with clean URL routing. Major bugs fixed improved reliability of the loading sequence, end-to-end tests, and render cycles, while refactors and tooling upgrades established a solid foundation for future work. Notable technical achievements include modernizing API hooks (renamed useConnection to useCurve and useAccount to useConnection with Wagmi integration), adopting mapRecord data structures, improving performance with throttled SetFormValues, and upgrading core dependencies. These efforts reduced user-facing crashes, accelerated test execution, and enhanced maintainability through linting, formatting improvements, and comprehensive code cleanup.
November 2025 for curve-frontend: Delivered meaningful front-end improvements focused on maintainability, reliability, and business value. Key refactors simplified balance props and UI interactions, enabling more predictable development and easier onboarding for new features. Drawer UX improvements and swap input behavior enhancements improved user flow and reduced support friction. Persistent UI state improvements—keeping filters in the URL and avoiding persistence of default filters—help users share and recover their configurations. Feature flag refactor and router API groundwork position the app for multi-provider scenarios with cleaner code paths. Release of a user profile feature (with legacy mode compatibility) and extensive end-to-end testing enhancements reduced release risk and improved quality. On the reliability side, Cypress/Cypress-driven tests were hardened, with broader mobile/desktop parity, and E2E tests for swap operations now cover both directions. Security and tooling improvements, including Dependabot vulnerability checks and SECURITY.md, bolster overall security posture. Notable performance improvement: cache tokens by symbol to speed up rendering and reduce repeated fetches. Also progressed CI and code quality through self-review and lint fixes.
November 2025 for curve-frontend: Delivered meaningful front-end improvements focused on maintainability, reliability, and business value. Key refactors simplified balance props and UI interactions, enabling more predictable development and easier onboarding for new features. Drawer UX improvements and swap input behavior enhancements improved user flow and reduced support friction. Persistent UI state improvements—keeping filters in the URL and avoiding persistence of default filters—help users share and recover their configurations. Feature flag refactor and router API groundwork position the app for multi-provider scenarios with cleaner code paths. Release of a user profile feature (with legacy mode compatibility) and extensive end-to-end testing enhancements reduced release risk and improved quality. On the reliability side, Cypress/Cypress-driven tests were hardened, with broader mobile/desktop parity, and E2E tests for swap operations now cover both directions. Security and tooling improvements, including Dependabot vulnerability checks and SECURITY.md, bolster overall security posture. Notable performance improvement: cache tokens by symbol to speed up rendering and reduce repeated fetches. Also progressed CI and code quality through self-review and lint fixes.
October 2025 (Month: 2025-10) — Curve Frontend delivered security/UX improvements, architecture refactors, UI upgrades, and performance enhancements across the curvefi/curve-frontend repository. Key features include an auto-dismiss phishing warning (24 hours) with re-show after 3 weeks; hydration integration refactor merging hydration into the connection provider and removing hydration from dependency arrays; correct handling of the new hydration flag; and E2E/storage/date encoding improvements. UI/UX enhancements now show both error states and values where possible, and several Material-UI migrations (addresses detail info, slippage detailinfo, and routes detailinfo) improved visual consistency and developer productivity. Router API placeholders and vercel handler groundwork established cross-network compatibility. A Canary token was introduced to monitor deployments; swap page was set as default, and maintenance tooling updates were executed. Performance and reliability improvements include memoization of the USD rate query and table rows/cells, DataTable and Dex usage updates, lazy loading for rows and rewards APY, and improvements to E2E tests and CI logging. Node v24 adoption began, and a broad set of maintenance/cleanup tasks reduced technical debt (dependency updates, logging improvements, and structured logging).
October 2025 (Month: 2025-10) — Curve Frontend delivered security/UX improvements, architecture refactors, UI upgrades, and performance enhancements across the curvefi/curve-frontend repository. Key features include an auto-dismiss phishing warning (24 hours) with re-show after 3 weeks; hydration integration refactor merging hydration into the connection provider and removing hydration from dependency arrays; correct handling of the new hydration flag; and E2E/storage/date encoding improvements. UI/UX enhancements now show both error states and values where possible, and several Material-UI migrations (addresses detail info, slippage detailinfo, and routes detailinfo) improved visual consistency and developer productivity. Router API placeholders and vercel handler groundwork established cross-network compatibility. A Canary token was introduced to monitor deployments; swap page was set as default, and maintenance tooling updates were executed. Performance and reliability improvements include memoization of the USD rate query and table rows/cells, DataTable and Dex usage updates, lazy loading for rows and rewards APY, and improvements to E2E tests and CI logging. Node v24 adoption began, and a broad set of maintenance/cleanup tasks reduced technical debt (dependency updates, logging improvements, and structured logging).
2025-09 monthly work summary focused on delivering user-centric borrowing enhancements, reliable loan creation, and ongoing codebase improvements for curve-frontend. Highlights include feature delivery for borrowing enhancements with safe default borrow by default and leverage, and the addition of a loan mutation to enable on-chain loan creation. Substantial refactors were completed to simplify network types, date formatting, and route details, improving maintainability and reducing defect risk. A broad set of bug fixes addressed migration logic, loan mutation null errors, toggle button behavior, gauge page stability, typography casing, and CI/test reliability (Firefox tests, E2E stability). Form validation improvements and move of borrow flow to the third tab contributed to a smoother UX. Multiple UI enhancements (input sizing, new components, and chart improvements) and performance-related refactors (gas estimation, query keys, and improved token input components) were shipped."
2025-09 monthly work summary focused on delivering user-centric borrowing enhancements, reliable loan creation, and ongoing codebase improvements for curve-frontend. Highlights include feature delivery for borrowing enhancements with safe default borrow by default and leverage, and the addition of a loan mutation to enable on-chain loan creation. Substantial refactors were completed to simplify network types, date formatting, and route details, improving maintainability and reducing defect risk. A broad set of bug fixes addressed migration logic, loan mutation null errors, toggle button behavior, gauge page stability, typography casing, and CI/test reliability (Firefox tests, E2E stability). Form validation improvements and move of borrow flow to the third tab contributed to a smoother UX. Multiple UI enhancements (input sizing, new components, and chart improvements) and performance-related refactors (gas estimation, query keys, and improved token input components) were shipped."
August 2025 (2025-08) — Curve frontend development focused on stabilizing routing, strengthening wallet onboarding, and delivering reliable UI/UX for data-heavy screens. The work across curvefi/curve-frontend delivered concrete business value through navigational consistency, faster onboarding, and improved frontend reliability, enabling smoother releases and better developer velocity.
August 2025 (2025-08) — Curve frontend development focused on stabilizing routing, strengthening wallet onboarding, and delivering reliable UI/UX for data-heavy screens. The work across curvefi/curve-frontend delivered concrete business value through navigational consistency, faster onboarding, and improved frontend reliability, enabling smoother releases and better developer velocity.
July 2025 monthly summary for curvefi/curve-frontend. Delivered key user-facing features and stability improvements with a focus on UX and reliability: 1) Tooltip system enhancements and fixes (llama tooltip, arrow, placement, icons, borrowed token, delay, clickability, etc.). 2) Market type highlighting and reward badges UI updates. 3) 404 page improvements with Material UI and dedicated 404 routing page. 4) Llamalend integrations pages added and E2E test coverage expanded. 5) UX persistence: save table filters in local storage. Additionally, multiple bug fixes and stability efforts improved rendering, API reliability, and developer experience.
July 2025 monthly summary for curvefi/curve-frontend. Delivered key user-facing features and stability improvements with a focus on UX and reliability: 1) Tooltip system enhancements and fixes (llama tooltip, arrow, placement, icons, borrowed token, delay, clickability, etc.). 2) Market type highlighting and reward badges UI updates. 3) 404 page improvements with Material UI and dedicated 404 routing page. 4) Llamalend integrations pages added and E2E test coverage expanded. 5) UX persistence: save table filters in local storage. Additionally, multiple bug fixes and stability efforts improved rendering, API reliability, and developer experience.
June 2025 Monthly Summary (curvefi/curve-frontend) – Focused on improving wallet reliability, expanding multi-chain data capabilities, and enhancing UX and maintainability to scale pricing and positioning features. Delivered stability fixes for Wagmi integration, introduced architecture simplifications to reduce RPC reliance, and advanced multi-chain Curve API usage with isolated CurveJS instances. Implemented UX- and performance-oriented refinements to accelerate onboarding and improve data presentation, while strengthening test stability and lint/typechecking discipline.
June 2025 Monthly Summary (curvefi/curve-frontend) – Focused on improving wallet reliability, expanding multi-chain data capabilities, and enhancing UX and maintainability to scale pricing and positioning features. Delivered stability fixes for Wagmi integration, introduced architecture simplifications to reduce RPC reliance, and advanced multi-chain Curve API usage with isolated CurveJS instances. Implemented UX- and performance-oriented refinements to accelerate onboarding and improve data presentation, while strengthening test stability and lint/typechecking discipline.
May 2025 monthly summary for curvefi/curve-frontend: Stabilized core user flows with targeted bug fixes, routing maintainability, and mobile UX improvements, while advancing code quality and developer experience. Key bug fixes addressed critical UX and reliability gaps in swap and lending paths; core routing logic was consolidated in routes.ts for maintainability; and mobile UI enhancements were shipped for the Llamalend experience. In addition, dependency upgrades, lint/typecheck improvements, and library updates strengthened build health and future velocity.
May 2025 monthly summary for curvefi/curve-frontend: Stabilized core user flows with targeted bug fixes, routing maintainability, and mobile UX improvements, while advancing code quality and developer experience. Key bug fixes addressed critical UX and reliability gaps in swap and lending paths; core routing logic was consolidated in routes.ts for maintainability; and mobile UI enhancements were shipped for the Llamalend experience. In addition, dependency upgrades, lint/typecheck improvements, and library updates strengthened build health and future velocity.
April 2025 — curvefi/curve-frontend: Delivered wallet connection enhancements, foundational refactors, and UI polish that strengthen reliability, cross-app consistency, and business value. Key engineering efforts reduced onboarding friction, stabilized wallet flows, and modernized core data handling to accelerate future delivery and scale across apps.
April 2025 — curvefi/curve-frontend: Delivered wallet connection enhancements, foundational refactors, and UI polish that strengthen reliability, cross-app consistency, and business value. Key engineering efforts reduced onboarding friction, stabilized wallet flows, and modernized core data handling to accelerate future delivery and scale across apps.
March 2025: Curve frontend delivered major routing modernization, data-loading enhancements, and UI improvements that reduce latency, improve reliability, and boost business value. Key work focused on migrating core navigation to Next.js router for DEX and LEND, stabilizing routing across the DAO/DEX apps, and implementing server-side data loading to speed up critical dashboards. Additionally, the team shipped front-end cleanliness and stability wins, established end-to-end testing infrastructure, and expanded observability with logging. Highlights include server-side props for llamalend tables and server-side caching preload for the Dex data path, comprehensive UI refinements (new search design, filter-bar relocation, cancelable search, and enhanced tooltips), and extensive code quality work (lint/typecheck fixes, self-reviews, and dependency hygiene). These changes collectively reduce user friction, shorten data fetch paths, and improve release confidence, positioning the product for faster feature delivery and higher reliability.
March 2025: Curve frontend delivered major routing modernization, data-loading enhancements, and UI improvements that reduce latency, improve reliability, and boost business value. Key work focused on migrating core navigation to Next.js router for DEX and LEND, stabilizing routing across the DAO/DEX apps, and implementing server-side data loading to speed up critical dashboards. Additionally, the team shipped front-end cleanliness and stability wins, established end-to-end testing infrastructure, and expanded observability with logging. Highlights include server-side props for llamalend tables and server-side caching preload for the Dex data path, comprehensive UI refinements (new search design, filter-bar relocation, cancelable search, and enhanced tooltips), and extensive code quality work (lint/typecheck fixes, self-reviews, and dependency hygiene). These changes collectively reduce user friction, shorten data fetch paths, and improve release confidence, positioning the product for faster feature delivery and higher reliability.
Monthly summary for February 2025 (curvefi/curve-frontend). Key features delivered, major bugs fixed, overall impact, and technologies demonstrated are highlighted below, with a focus on business value and technical execution. Key features delivered: - Upgraded frontend stack to Next.js 14 and migrated to App Router, enabling modern routing, improved type safety, and easier future maintenance. - Refactored data layer to use the Prices API and updated curve-js to the latest version for fresher, consistent pricing data across the UI. - Introduced MarketFilterChips and a Reset filters button to improve market discovery, filtering speed, and UX consistency. - Implemented campaigns and leverage to support marketing campaigns and leverage-related UI flows. - Allowed pool page to render without wallet connection, improving initial browsing and onboarding experience for new users. Major bugs fixed: - Chip typography and font size fixes for L/XL chips, improving visual consistency. - Shared search logic fixes across pool list, router, and pool details/creation pages for reliable results. - Cypress mobile test fix to stabilize end-to-end mobile tests. - Lint issues and typecheck improvements following major upgrades, plus related stability/timeouts enhancements. - Miscellaneous UI stability fixes (background/typography, hover interactions, and error logging) to reduce regressions. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Increased data fidelity, UX reliability, and cross-browser test coverage, enabling faster release cycles with lower regression risk. - Substantial modernization of the codebase (App Router, Next.js 14, and tooling) while enhancing performance and maintainability. - Clear business value through improved onboarding, filtering, and data accuracy, supporting informed decision-making by users. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Next.js 14, App Router migration, TypeScript, and rigorous type-checking. - Prices API integration and curve-js updates for data consistency. - UI/UX enhancements (MarketFilterChips, reset filters, typography fixes) and accessibility considerations. - Testing and quality: Cypress mobile tests, cross-browser testing setup, linting, and CI stability improvements.
Monthly summary for February 2025 (curvefi/curve-frontend). Key features delivered, major bugs fixed, overall impact, and technologies demonstrated are highlighted below, with a focus on business value and technical execution. Key features delivered: - Upgraded frontend stack to Next.js 14 and migrated to App Router, enabling modern routing, improved type safety, and easier future maintenance. - Refactored data layer to use the Prices API and updated curve-js to the latest version for fresher, consistent pricing data across the UI. - Introduced MarketFilterChips and a Reset filters button to improve market discovery, filtering speed, and UX consistency. - Implemented campaigns and leverage to support marketing campaigns and leverage-related UI flows. - Allowed pool page to render without wallet connection, improving initial browsing and onboarding experience for new users. Major bugs fixed: - Chip typography and font size fixes for L/XL chips, improving visual consistency. - Shared search logic fixes across pool list, router, and pool details/creation pages for reliable results. - Cypress mobile test fix to stabilize end-to-end mobile tests. - Lint issues and typecheck improvements following major upgrades, plus related stability/timeouts enhancements. - Miscellaneous UI stability fixes (background/typography, hover interactions, and error logging) to reduce regressions. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Increased data fidelity, UX reliability, and cross-browser test coverage, enabling faster release cycles with lower regression risk. - Substantial modernization of the codebase (App Router, Next.js 14, and tooling) while enhancing performance and maintainability. - Clear business value through improved onboarding, filtering, and data accuracy, supporting informed decision-making by users. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Next.js 14, App Router migration, TypeScript, and rigorous type-checking. - Prices API integration and curve-js updates for data consistency. - UI/UX enhancements (MarketFilterChips, reset filters, typography fixes) and accessibility considerations. - Testing and quality: Cypress mobile tests, cross-browser testing setup, linting, and CI stability improvements.
January 2025 (2025-01) monthly summary for the Curve Frontend team. Delivered a balanced mix of user-facing enhancements, performance and stability improvements, and architectural refactors across the curve-frontend repo. The work progressed key business goals by improving data handling UX, strengthening state management, and simplifying developer workflows through refactors and dependency updates. The team also focused on reliability for E2E tests and CI, ensuring smoother iterations and fewer production regressions.
January 2025 (2025-01) monthly summary for the Curve Frontend team. Delivered a balanced mix of user-facing enhancements, performance and stability improvements, and architectural refactors across the curve-frontend repo. The work progressed key business goals by improving data handling UX, strengthening state management, and simplifying developer workflows through refactors and dependency updates. The team also focused on reliability for E2E tests and CI, ensuring smoother iterations and fewer production regressions.
December 2024 monthly summary for curvefi/curve-frontend focusing on business value and technical achievements. Deliveries include design system and UX enhancements (Sizes & Space Mapping, Typography System, Header redesign, responsive typography), network UX improvements (Network Selection Modal, Keyboard chain selection, chain switch UX), and structural UI upgrades (Group/test networks, Table/grid components, sticky headers, llamalend table features). Testing and quality: added tests for chain switch, Cypress DAO tests, test IDs reliability, lint and Prettier pipeline integration, Husky pre-commit hook. Stability and maintenance: CurveJS upgrades (2.65.x), dependency updates, build fixes, test fixes, and UI/UX accessibility improvements. Impact: improved consistency, faster feature delivery, reduced risk in builds and tests, better data presentation and accessibility, enabling scalable growth and onboarding of new contributors.
December 2024 monthly summary for curvefi/curve-frontend focusing on business value and technical achievements. Deliveries include design system and UX enhancements (Sizes & Space Mapping, Typography System, Header redesign, responsive typography), network UX improvements (Network Selection Modal, Keyboard chain selection, chain switch UX), and structural UI upgrades (Group/test networks, Table/grid components, sticky headers, llamalend table features). Testing and quality: added tests for chain switch, Cypress DAO tests, test IDs reliability, lint and Prettier pipeline integration, Husky pre-commit hook. Stability and maintenance: CurveJS upgrades (2.65.x), dependency updates, build fixes, test fixes, and UI/UX accessibility improvements. Impact: improved consistency, faster feature delivery, reduced risk in builds and tests, better data presentation and accessibility, enabling scalable growth and onboarding of new contributors.
November 2024 (2024-11) delivered a cohesive set of business- and user-facing frontend improvements for curve-frontend, with a focus on mobile UX, localization, design system robustness, and stability. Key features include a mobile navigation overhaul, social buttons, Chinese site localization, and a unified header across apps; design tokens refactor enabling scalable theming; and Storybook integration to accelerate component development. The work also tightened CI/testing, reduced unnecessary network calls, and fixed critical build, startup, and UI issues to improve reliability and performance.
November 2024 (2024-11) delivered a cohesive set of business- and user-facing frontend improvements for curve-frontend, with a focus on mobile UX, localization, design system robustness, and stability. Key features include a mobile navigation overhaul, social buttons, Chinese site localization, and a unified header across apps; design tokens refactor enabling scalable theming; and Storybook integration to accelerate component development. The work also tightened CI/testing, reduced unnecessary network calls, and fixed critical build, startup, and UI issues to improve reliability and performance.

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline