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Ruben Smit

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Ruben Smit

Worked extensively on the nl-design-system/rijkshuisstijl-community repository, delivering a scalable component library and design system with a focus on maintainability and UI consistency. Developed and refactored React components using TypeScript and CSS, introducing features such as structured navigation, reusable cards, and form field radios. Enhanced developer workflows by modernizing CI/CD pipelines, migrating tests to Vitest, and integrating Storybook for documentation. Improved design token management and theming, enabling flexible branding and standardized handoff between design and development. Addressed UI bugs and streamlined dependency management, while also contributing to infrastructure as code in Terraform to align team governance and repository permissions.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

86%Features

Repository Contributions

36Total
Bugs
3
Commits
36
Features
18
Lines of code
17,713
Activity Months7

Your Network

39 people

Same Organization

@quintor.nl
4
Adham Abo HassonMember
MeesMember
Roy HondersMember
Wouter van der LindeMember

Work History

May 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

May 1, 2025

Concise monthly summary for 2025-05 focusing on features and impact for nl-design-system/rijkshuisstijl-community. Key accomplishments include delivering new design tokens and Uitvoerend - Paars theme, deprecating legacy themes, and updating docs and Storybook. No major bugs fixed this month. Overall impact: standardized token management, improved design-developer handoff, and reduced maintenance for legacy themes. Technologies demonstrated include design tokens, theming, Storybook, documentation, and Git-based workflows.

March 2025

4 Commits • 2 Features

Mar 1, 2025

March 2025 performance summary for nl-design-system/rijkshuisstijl-community. Key outcomes include (1) design-token enhancements enabling reliable Utrecht/NL token toggling in Token Studio via a robust fallback mechanism and separation of Utrecht and NL token properties, (2) UI stability improvements in the Card component with an optional image and corrected color handling for headings and metadata, and (3) improved branding documentation in Storybook for the official logo usage and color configuration across CSS/JSON/TSX. These deliverables improve component compatibility, visual consistency, and developer onboarding, supporting faster iterations and stronger brand coherence across projects.

February 2025

12 Commits • 3 Features

Feb 1, 2025

February 2025 focused on delivering developer-friendly API improvements, stabilizing design-system release workflows, and aligning governance. Key features were delivered to improve flexibility and consistency, while modernization of the test and release processes accelerated iteration and reduced risk in production releases.

January 2025

8 Commits • 5 Features

Jan 1, 2025

Monthly work summary for 2025-01 covering key features delivered, major fixes, overall impact, and technologies demonstrated across two repos: nl-design-system/rijkshuisstijl-community and nl-design-system/terraform. Focused on delivering business value through UI consistency, reusable components, and improved IaC governance.

December 2024

4 Commits • 3 Features

Dec 1, 2024

December 2024—nl-design-system/rijkshuisstijl-community: Delivered four core changes spanning new form field components, icon rendering enhancements, broader ReactNode-based rendering across core components, and UI token improvements for alert alignment. These changes collectively improve form usability, icon consistency, content flexibility, and visual stability, driving better developer productivity and end-user experience while maintaining a scalable design system.

November 2024

5 Commits • 2 Features

Nov 1, 2024

November 2024 monthly summary for nl-design-system/rijkshuisstijl-community: Key UI delivery and reliability improvements that enhance design system consistency and release predictability. Delivered Storybook integration for rhc-templates pages and a reusable Card component with documentation, coupled with CI/CD and Dependabot reliability fixes to reduce pipeline noise and improve dependency updates. These changes accelerate UI prototyping, improve developer velocity, and strengthen deployment stability.

October 2024

2 Commits • 2 Features

Oct 1, 2024

Concise monthly summary for 2024-10 focused on NL design system work (rijkshuisstijl-community). Delivered core navigation and maintainability improvements while cleanly aligning component APIs and theming for future scalability.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness90.0%
Maintainability90.0%
Architecture87.8%
Performance83.4%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

CSSHCLHTMLJSONJSXJavaScriptMarkdownReactSCSSTerraform

Technical Skills

Build ToolsCI/CDCI/CD ConfigurationCSSCSS VariablesComponent DevelopmentComponent LibrariesComponent LibraryComponent Library DevelopmentComponent RefactoringConfiguration ManagementDependency ManagementDesign SystemsDevOpsDocumentation

Repositories Contributed To

2 repos

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

nl-design-system/rijkshuisstijl-community

Oct 2024 May 2025
7 Months active

Languages Used

SCSSTypeScripttsxCSSReactYAMLJavaScriptMarkdown

Technical Skills

CSSComponent DevelopmentFront-end DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentReactUI/UX

nl-design-system/terraform

Jan 2025 Feb 2025
2 Months active

Languages Used

HCLTerraform

Technical Skills

DevOpsInfrastructure as Code