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Alexandru Branza

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Alexandru Branza

Over a three-month period, contributed to the stremio/stremio-web repository by delivering targeted improvements in front end development, internationalization, and video playback. Addressed translation reliability for legacy browsers by replacing fragile string manipulation with a robust JavaScript approach, ensuring backward compatibility and reducing user-facing issues. Enhanced the user interface for Windows Chrome users through a scoped CSS patch that improved poster sharpness and text readability without affecting other platforms. Upgraded the stremio-video package via dependency and package management, resulting in smoother video playback and increased stability. Demonstrated proficiency in JavaScript, CSS, and dependency management while maintaining clear commit traceability.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

67%Features

Repository Contributions

3Total
Bugs
1
Commits
3
Features
2
Lines of code
10
Activity Months3

Work History

February 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2025

February 2025 monthly summary for stremio-web: Key feature delivered was a video handling enhancement via upgrading the stremio-video package from 0.0.48 to 0.0.52, resulting in improved playback handling, performance, and stability. Major bugs fixed: none separately tracked; stability gains came from the dependency upgrade. Overall impact: smoother playback, fewer edge-case issues, and a more robust video pipeline across platforms, contributing to a better user experience and reduced maintenance costs. Technologies/skills demonstrated: dependency management, upgrade/migration of third-party packages, commit traceability, and emphasis on video pipeline reliability.

December 2024

1 Commits • 1 Features

Dec 1, 2024

December 2024: Focused on UI quality improvements for the web experience. Implemented a Windows-Chrome-specific poster rendering enhancement that improves clarity and text readability without impacting other platforms. The change was delivered via a targeted CSS patch and is tracked under commit 30b75882367cb4df349b5ae66dbd980927fc12a8 (Fix Poster Sharpness). This work reduces user friction related to poster legibility on Windows Chrome, supporting higher engagement and conversion, while maintaining cross-platform stability.

October 2024

1 Commits

Oct 1, 2024

Monthly summary for 2024-10: Delivered a backward-compatibility fix for translation key generation in the web app to support older browsers, replacing the string manipulation method to ensure partial translation keys are generated reliably. This targeted fix reduces translation defects in legacy environments and strengthens i18n stability across the Stremio web product.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness100.0%
Maintainability100.0%
Architecture100.0%
Performance100.0%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

CSSJSONJavaScript

Technical Skills

CSSJavaScriptdependency managementfront end developmentpackage management

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

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

stremio/stremio-web

Oct 2024 Feb 2025
3 Months active

Languages Used

JavaScriptCSSJSON

Technical Skills

JavaScriptfront end developmentCSSdependency managementpackage management