finos/architecture-as-code
Nov 2024 – Oct 2025
10 Months active
Languages Used
CSSHTMLJavaScriptTypeScriptMarkdownGoJSONYAML
Technical Skills
Frontend DevelopmentJSPlumbReactTypeScriptUI DevelopmentVite
Aidan McPhelim
PROFILE
Aidan Mcphelim
Aidan McPhelim developed and enhanced the finos/architecture-as-code repository over ten months, delivering features such as an interactive architecture visualizer, a tree-based navigation UI, and robust CLI tooling. He applied React and TypeScript to build modular frontends, integrated Cytoscape.js for dynamic diagram rendering, and refactored core components for maintainability. His work included migrating build systems to Vite, improving test coverage with Vitest, and aligning end-to-end tests with CLI schema changes. By consolidating state management, streamlining data pipelines, and addressing UI reliability, Aidan improved developer productivity and user experience, demonstrating depth in frontend engineering, testing, and codebase modernization.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
62%Features
Repository Contributions
64Total
Bugs
14
Commits
64
Features
23
Lines of code
36,188
Activity Months10
Your Network
42 people
Work History
October 2025
9 Commits • 3 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 (finos/architecture-as-code) — Delivered UI and data pipeline enhancements that improve architecture visualization speed, reliability, and usability. Key features were integrated Visualizer into the main Explore view with data-driven rendering (diagram/JSON tabs shown only after data loads), removal of the separate Visualize button, and a renaming of the diagram control panel for clarity. Drawer architecture was refactored to improve structure and data handling, including a new CALM data to Cytoscape conversion service and tighter edge typings to boost rendering robustness. Resolved a filename display bug to ensure the title renders when data is ready and isn’t overwritten by uploads. A small but important codebase consistency improvement renamed calm.tsx to calm.ts. UI/test reliability was improved by aligning styling tests with the base-200 hover state class. These changes collectively reduce UI friction, improve data fidelity in diagrams, and strengthen type-safety and test stability, enabling faster iteration and more accurate architecture insights for product teams.
9 Commits • 3 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 (finos/architecture-as-code) — Delivered UI and data pipeline enhancements that improve architecture visualization speed, reliability, and usability. Key features were integrated Visualizer into the main Explore view with data-driven rendering (diagram/JSON tabs shown only after data loads), removal of the separate Visualize button, and a renaming of the diagram control panel for clarity. Drawer architecture was refactored to improve structure and data handling, including a new CALM data to Cytoscape conversion service and tighter edge typings to boost rendering robustness. Resolved a filename display bug to ensure the title renders when data is ready and isn’t overwritten by uploads. A small but important codebase consistency improvement renamed calm.tsx to calm.ts. UI/test reliability was improved by aligning styling tests with the base-200 hover state class. These changes collectively reduce UI friction, improve data fidelity in diagrams, and strengthen type-safety and test stability, enabling faster iteration and more accurate architecture insights for product teams.
October 2025
August 2025
2 Commits
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for finos/architecture-as-code focusing on testing alignment with CLI v1. Updated end-to-end and integration tests to validate the new CLI schema and release, addressing a critical gap between the v1 CLI and test suite. This work reduces post-release regression risk and boosts confidence in deployments that rely on CLI v1.
August 2025
2 Commits
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for finos/architecture-as-code focusing on testing alignment with CLI v1. Updated end-to-end and integration tests to validate the new CLI schema and release, addressing a critical gap between the v1 CLI and test suite. This work reduces post-release regression risk and boosts confidence in deployments that rely on CLI v1.
July 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025: Delivered a refactored UI with a new tree navigation system for finos/architecture-as-code, replacing the previous value-table based navigation. This consolidation of resource selection and data display into a single tree structure enhances usability, accelerates navigation, and improves clarity in visualizing architectural data. The change reduces cognitive load and lays groundwork for scalable UI improvements.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025: Delivered a refactored UI with a new tree navigation system for finos/architecture-as-code, replacing the previous value-table based navigation. This consolidation of resource selection and data display into a single tree structure enhances usability, accelerates navigation, and improves clarity in visualizing architectural data. The change reduces cognitive load and lays groundwork for scalable UI improvements.
July 2025
June 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for finos/architecture-as-code: Delivered pan/zoom state persistence across CytoscapeRenderer renders and fixed a related node repositioning issue, improving stability and user experience in complex visualizations. Strengthened testing for CytoscapeRenderer and Hub.tsx, achieving deterministic test states for drag-free events and expanding Hub.tsx coverage to include namespace, resource type, version selection, data formats (JSON, ADRs), breadcrumb navigation, and reset behavior. These workstreams reduce regression risk, accelerate onboarding for new contributors, and improve maintainability. Technologies involved include CytoscapeRenderer, React, TypeScript, and comprehensive unit tests. Business impact: more reliable visual analytics for users, faster feedback loops for developers, and higher confidence in future feature deployments.
June 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for finos/architecture-as-code: Delivered pan/zoom state persistence across CytoscapeRenderer renders and fixed a related node repositioning issue, improving stability and user experience in complex visualizations. Strengthened testing for CytoscapeRenderer and Hub.tsx, achieving deterministic test states for drag-free events and expanding Hub.tsx coverage to include namespace, resource type, version selection, data formats (JSON, ADRs), breadcrumb navigation, and reset behavior. These workstreams reduce regression risk, accelerate onboarding for new contributors, and improve maintainability. Technologies involved include CytoscapeRenderer, React, TypeScript, and comprehensive unit tests. Business impact: more reliable visual analytics for users, faster feedback loops for developers, and higher confidence in future feature deployments.
May 2025
5 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-05: Delivered major UI and test improvements for finos/architecture-as-code, focused on reliability, UX, and maintainability. Implemented hub JSON rendering overhaul and a redesigned visualizer, with centralized state management and test consolidation to support faster future iterations.
5 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-05: Delivered major UI and test improvements for finos/architecture-as-code, focused on reliability, UX, and maintainability. Implemented hub JSON rendering overhaul and a redesigned visualizer, with centralized state management and test consolidation to support faster future iterations.
May 2025
April 2025
35 Commits • 9 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 focused on stability, build reliability, and developer productivity for finos/architecture-as-code. Key features delivered include Pattern Options System Improvements (schema consolidation and minItems removal, refactored option relationships, stabilized prototypes, and aligned examples), Testing and Validation Infrastructure (added and stabilized tests for input/file handling), and General Maintenance/Refactor. Build and release improvements encompassed prod script fixes to run the build correctly, a hash routing upgrade, a Node.js version bump to reduce runtime warnings, and lockfile/dependency stabilization. Additional tooling and governance upgrades include adding Copyfiles for Calm Hub UI, removing Jest where unnecessary, introducing new spectral rules for pattern options, and updating CODEOWNERS. Numerous bug fixes across tests, validation rules, logging, and test fixtures reduced flaky tests and runtime errors. Overall impact: higher release confidence, fewer hotfixes, and improved maintainability. Technologies/skills demonstrated include Node.js tooling, npm/package management, test infrastructure, build scripting, hash routing, spectral linting, inquirer modernization, and code governance.
April 2025
35 Commits • 9 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 focused on stability, build reliability, and developer productivity for finos/architecture-as-code. Key features delivered include Pattern Options System Improvements (schema consolidation and minItems removal, refactored option relationships, stabilized prototypes, and aligned examples), Testing and Validation Infrastructure (added and stabilized tests for input/file handling), and General Maintenance/Refactor. Build and release improvements encompassed prod script fixes to run the build correctly, a hash routing upgrade, a Node.js version bump to reduce runtime warnings, and lockfile/dependency stabilization. Additional tooling and governance upgrades include adding Copyfiles for Calm Hub UI, removing Jest where unnecessary, introducing new spectral rules for pattern options, and updating CODEOWNERS. Numerous bug fixes across tests, validation rules, logging, and test fixtures reduced flaky tests and runtime errors. Overall impact: higher release confidence, fewer hotfixes, and improved maintainability. Technologies/skills demonstrated include Node.js tooling, npm/package management, test infrastructure, build scripting, hash routing, spectral linting, inquirer modernization, and code governance.
March 2025
5 Commits • 3 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025: Delivered significant enhancements to architecture-as-code, focusing on expressive modeling options and streamlined CLI tooling. Introduced a new Options Relationship Type with an anyof prototype, enabling a more robust one-of option modeling and consistency in naming. The CLI gained interactive code generation prompts, improved option handling, and a clearer separation of concerns by moving generation logic into the CLI module. A major CLI core refactor cleaned up tests, removed redundant mocks, centralized option prompting, and expanded test coverage for pattern options. These changes collectively accelerate feature delivery, improve code quality, and reduce maintenance effort.
5 Commits • 3 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025: Delivered significant enhancements to architecture-as-code, focusing on expressive modeling options and streamlined CLI tooling. Introduced a new Options Relationship Type with an anyof prototype, enabling a more robust one-of option modeling and consistency in naming. The CLI gained interactive code generation prompts, improved option handling, and a clearer separation of concerns by moving generation logic into the CLI module. A major CLI core refactor cleaned up tests, removed redundant mocks, centralized option prompting, and expanded test coverage for pattern options. These changes collectively accelerate feature delivery, improve code quality, and reduce maintenance effort.
March 2025
February 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 (finos/architecture-as-code) - Implemented Local Development Proxy Configuration in Vite to proxy requests starting with '/calm' to http://localhost:8080, streamlining frontend-backend development and reducing setup friction. This change enhances local testing fidelity and speeds iteration cycles. Related commit: 83d5441b1f55fec9ed78c26ca34cb7bfd269c783 (fixes #845; adds proxy config for local dev (#907)).
February 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 (finos/architecture-as-code) - Implemented Local Development Proxy Configuration in Vite to proxy requests starting with '/calm' to http://localhost:8080, streamlining frontend-backend development and reducing setup friction. This change enhances local testing fidelity and speeds iteration cycles. Related commit: 83d5441b1f55fec9ed78c26ca34cb7bfd269c783 (fixes #845; adds proxy config for local dev (#907)).
January 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 monthly summary focusing on business value and technical achievements for finos/architecture-as-code. Actions this month centered on modernizing the build system and streamlining the CLI, delivering faster iterations, reduced maintenance, and a clearer development surface for future work.
2 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 monthly summary focusing on business value and technical achievements for finos/architecture-as-code. Actions this month centered on modernizing the build system and streamlining the CLI, delivering faster iterations, reduced maintenance, and a clearer development surface for future work.
January 2025
November 2024
1 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2024Month: 2024-11 — Delivered the Interactive CALM Architecture Visualizer for finos/architecture-as-code. Built a React frontend (Vite, TypeScript) using JSPlumb to render architectural diagrams. Implemented upload flow to render CALM instance and layout files, with basic layout persistence. This work establishes a foundation for richer interactions, faster architecture validation, and improved onboarding for stakeholders.
November 2024
1 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2024Month: 2024-11 — Delivered the Interactive CALM Architecture Visualizer for finos/architecture-as-code. Built a React frontend (Vite, TypeScript) using JSPlumb to render architectural diagrams. Implemented upload flow to render CALM instance and layout files, with basic layout persistence. This work establishes a foundation for richer interactions, faster architecture validation, and improved onboarding for stakeholders.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness90.0%
Maintainability89.8%
Architecture84.4%
Performance82.0%
AI Usage21.0%
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API DesignAPI DevelopmentAsynchronous ProgrammingBackend DevelopmentBuild Tool ConfigurationCLI DevelopmentCode CleanupCode FormattingCode GenerationCode OrganizationCode OwnershipCode RefactoringCode ValidationCommand Line Interface (CLI)Component Architecture
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