OverlayPlugin/cactbot
Nov 2024 – Jan 2026
10 Months active
Languages Used
JavaScriptTypeScripttextTextC#
Technical Skills
Data ManagementFrontend DevelopmentGame DevelopmentJavaScriptRaid MechanicsTypeScript
Jonathan Garber
PROFILE
Jonathan Garber
Over six months, Link The Valiant developed and expanded advanced raid encounter support for the OverlayPlugin/cactbot repository, focusing on new feature delivery and data-driven automation. They engineered overlay integrations and real-time trigger systems for high-end FFXIV content, including Byakko, Suzaku, and Seiryu Unreal, as well as Futures Rewritten Ultimate and Arcadion 5 Savage. Using TypeScript, JavaScript, and C#, Link modeled raid mechanics, synchronized timelines, and improved deployment reliability through disciplined build management. Their work emphasized maintainability and accuracy, enabling rapid adoption of new raid content and reducing user friction, with a strong focus on frontend development and game data integration.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
100%Features
Repository Contributions
16Total
Bugs
0
Commits
16
Features
13
Lines of code
7,342
Activity Months10
Your Network
17 people
Work History
January 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 — OverlayPlugin/cactbot: Delivered Arcadion 11 Raid trigger set with enhanced damage warnings and player notifications. This feature improves raid awareness, reduces learning time, and helps teams react to mechanics more reliably. Focused on robust, maintainable trigger design within the existing overlays framework. No major bugs fixed this month; effort concentrated on feature delivery and stability.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 — OverlayPlugin/cactbot: Delivered Arcadion 11 Raid trigger set with enhanced damage warnings and player notifications. This feature improves raid awareness, reduces learning time, and helps teams react to mechanics more reliably. Focused on robust, maintainable trigger design within the existing overlays framework. No major bugs fixed this month; effort concentrated on feature delivery and stability.
January 2026
December 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 monthly summary for OverlayPlugin/cactbot: Delivered targeted raid boss encounter enhancements with Arcadion 11 triggers, timeline integration, and expanded weapon model handling to improve timing accuracy and reduce player confusion. Implemented clearer responses for Charybdis mechanics and added a canned response to avoid generic AOE calls, improving decision-making under pressure. Conducted in-game testing and FFLogs validation to ensure reliability and alignment with real encounter data.
December 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025 monthly summary for OverlayPlugin/cactbot: Delivered targeted raid boss encounter enhancements with Arcadion 11 triggers, timeline integration, and expanded weapon model handling to improve timing accuracy and reduce player confusion. Implemented clearer responses for Charybdis mechanics and added a canned response to avoid generic AOE calls, improving decision-making under pressure. Conducted in-game testing and FFLogs validation to ensure reliability and alignment with real encounter data.
November 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 monthly summary for OverlayPlugin/cactbot. Key delivery: a new Meso Terminal dungeon feature with damage warnings and player-skill ability triggers, plus a comprehensive update to the encounter timeline (including missing abilities and clearer descriptions). Timeline data for the second encounter was enhanced for clarity. In-game validation with trusts confirmed all entries work as intended, with the exception that the Memory of the Storm stack laser is challenging to test. These changes improve player awareness, reduce ambiguity during boss mechanics, and increase reliability of raid tooling. Demonstrated skills in in-game testing, data modeling for timelines, and robust change management.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 monthly summary for OverlayPlugin/cactbot. Key delivery: a new Meso Terminal dungeon feature with damage warnings and player-skill ability triggers, plus a comprehensive update to the encounter timeline (including missing abilities and clearer descriptions). Timeline data for the second encounter was enhanced for clarity. In-game validation with trusts confirmed all entries work as intended, with the exception that the Memory of the Storm stack laser is challenging to test. These changes improve player awareness, reduce ambiguity during boss mechanics, and increase reliability of raid tooling. Demonstrated skills in in-game testing, data modeling for timelines, and robust change management.
November 2025
October 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025Month: 2025-10 — OverlayPlugin/cactbot: Implemented Meso Terminal Raid Encounter: Timeline and Trigger System. Delivered timeline-based triggers for boss mechanics (Bombardment and Keraunography) to improve player awareness and response. Key decisions included prioritizing north safespots for Bombardment triggers and documenting limitations for Keraunography to guide future refinements. The work lays groundwork for additional tuning as more encounter data is gathered. No high-severity bugs fixed this month; focus was on feature delivery and stabilization of the trigger engine, leading to more reliable automation and a smoother user experience. Overall impact: stronger in-encounter guidance, reduced cognitive load during raids, and a scalable framework for future raid mechanics. Technologies/skills demonstrated: timeline-based trigger design, event-driven logic, complex condition modeling, and in-code documentation.
October 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025Month: 2025-10 — OverlayPlugin/cactbot: Implemented Meso Terminal Raid Encounter: Timeline and Trigger System. Delivered timeline-based triggers for boss mechanics (Bombardment and Keraunography) to improve player awareness and response. Key decisions included prioritizing north safespots for Bombardment triggers and documenting limitations for Keraunography to guide future refinements. The work lays groundwork for additional tuning as more encounter data is gathered. No high-severity bugs fixed this month; focus was on feature delivery and stabilization of the trigger engine, leading to more reliable automation and a smoother user experience. Overall impact: stronger in-encounter guidance, reduced cognitive load during raids, and a scalable framework for future raid mechanics. Technologies/skills demonstrated: timeline-based trigger design, event-driven logic, complex condition modeling, and in-code documentation.
August 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
Aug 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-08: Focused on release hygiene and raid content expansion for OverlayPlugin/cactbot. Key features delivered: 0.35.1 version bump across CactbotEventSource and CactbotOverlay to align deployments; Seiryu Unreal encounter support with new trigger sets for raidboss and oopsyraidsy, and corresponding data modeling updates. Major bugs fixed: none reported; no user-visible bug fixes this month as work centered on release reliability and data updates. Overall impact: improved deployment safety, reduced maintenance burden, and expanded support for high-priority raid content; positioned for upcoming raid cycles. Technologies/skills demonstrated: release engineering with versioning discipline, data modeling for raid mechanics, integration of new triggers into the trigger framework.
2 Commits • 2 Features
Aug 1, 2025Monthly summary for 2025-08: Focused on release hygiene and raid content expansion for OverlayPlugin/cactbot. Key features delivered: 0.35.1 version bump across CactbotEventSource and CactbotOverlay to align deployments; Seiryu Unreal encounter support with new trigger sets for raidboss and oopsyraidsy, and corresponding data modeling updates. Major bugs fixed: none reported; no user-visible bug fixes this month as work centered on release reliability and data updates. Overall impact: improved deployment safety, reduced maintenance burden, and expanded support for high-priority raid content; positioned for upcoming raid cycles. Technologies/skills demonstrated: release engineering with versioning discipline, data modeling for raid mechanics, integration of new triggers into the trigger framework.
August 2025
April 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2025Month: 2025-04 — OverlayPlugin/cactbot: Focused on reliability and timing accuracy for raid encounter automation. Delivered a key feature to improve Arcadion 5 Savage raid timeline safety by introducing synchronization points and timing windows to mitigate minor lag, enhancing encounter integrity and user experience. No high-severity bugs were reported this period; work centered on feature delivery with an emphasis on maintainability and performance.
April 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2025Month: 2025-04 — OverlayPlugin/cactbot: Focused on reliability and timing accuracy for raid encounter automation. Delivered a key feature to improve Arcadion 5 Savage raid timeline safety by introducing synchronization points and timing windows to mitigate minor lag, enhancing encounter integrity and user experience. No high-severity bugs were reported this period; work centered on feature delivery with an emphasis on maintainability and performance.
March 2025
1 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 — Delivered Suzaku Unreal Encounter support for OverlayPlugin/cactbot: added trigger sets and timeline data for the Unreal version of Suzaku fight in raidboss and oopsy modules, mirroring the Extreme version. Mapped existing abilities to new IDs and created new data files for Unreal encounter data. This work improves parity between Unreal and Extreme content and enables smoother maintenance.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 — Delivered Suzaku Unreal Encounter support for OverlayPlugin/cactbot: added trigger sets and timeline data for the Unreal version of Suzaku fight in raidboss and oopsy modules, mirroring the Extreme version. Mapped existing abilities to new IDs and created new data files for Unreal encounter data. This work improves parity between Unreal and Extreme content and enables smoother maintenance.
March 2025
January 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 highlights for OverlayPlugin/cactbot: Delivered two major features to enhance raid overlay capabilities and in-game guidance for new content, with a clear focus on business value and technical robustness. Key features delivered: - Jeuno: The First Walk alliance raid overlay support: Added cactbot overlay integration with new oopsyraidsy (mistake tracking) and raidboss (encounter guidance) triggers, including comprehensive boss-ability mappings and player warnings. Commit: 2eb532697d8e9145b24df37163d26b74be86f919. - Queen Eternal encounter triggers and timeline for The Interphos zone: Implemented triggers and a timeline for Queen Eternal to provide real-time raid callouts and guidance for abilities such as Legitimate Force, Aethertithe, Virtual Shift, Castellation, and Absolute Authority. Commit: ca1233f2d7ca6ecf4affd84f98fa6d0355d4acc1. Major bugs fixed: - No explicit bug fixes listed for January 2025 in the provided data. The focus was on feature delivery and reliability enhancements to overlay/trigger systems for new content. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Expanded coverage for new raid content, enabling teams to rapidly adopt and leverage overlay-driven guidance to reduce learning curves and coordinate more effectively during complex encounters. - Improved consistency between raid overlay data and in-game mechanics, contributing to fewer miscalls and improved raid performance. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Plugin development and integration for raid overlays (overlay rendering, trigger systems integration). - Trigger/timeline design for raid encounters and real-time callouts. - Collaboration with oopsyraidsy and raidboss data models, alignment with new raid content.
January 2025
2 Commits • 2 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 highlights for OverlayPlugin/cactbot: Delivered two major features to enhance raid overlay capabilities and in-game guidance for new content, with a clear focus on business value and technical robustness. Key features delivered: - Jeuno: The First Walk alliance raid overlay support: Added cactbot overlay integration with new oopsyraidsy (mistake tracking) and raidboss (encounter guidance) triggers, including comprehensive boss-ability mappings and player warnings. Commit: 2eb532697d8e9145b24df37163d26b74be86f919. - Queen Eternal encounter triggers and timeline for The Interphos zone: Implemented triggers and a timeline for Queen Eternal to provide real-time raid callouts and guidance for abilities such as Legitimate Force, Aethertithe, Virtual Shift, Castellation, and Absolute Authority. Commit: ca1233f2d7ca6ecf4affd84f98fa6d0355d4acc1. Major bugs fixed: - No explicit bug fixes listed for January 2025 in the provided data. The focus was on feature delivery and reliability enhancements to overlay/trigger systems for new content. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Expanded coverage for new raid content, enabling teams to rapidly adopt and leverage overlay-driven guidance to reduce learning curves and coordinate more effectively during complex encounters. - Improved consistency between raid overlay data and in-game mechanics, contributing to fewer miscalls and improved raid performance. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Plugin development and integration for raid overlays (overlay rendering, trigger systems integration). - Trigger/timeline design for raid encounters and real-time callouts. - Collaboration with oopsyraidsy and raidboss data models, alignment with new raid content.
December 2024
2 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for OverlayPlugin/cactbot: Delivered major FRU enhancements to the raidboss module, introducing Phase 1 triggers and Phase 2 timeline refinements with refined timings and combined abilities, paired with in-game callouts for key mechanics. These changes improve alert accuracy, reduce confusion during encounters, and support higher-end raid planning. The work enhances automation reliability, user usability, and maintainability of the FRU implementation, aligning with business goals to deliver precise, low-friction raid tooling. Delivered via two targeted commits providing clear traceability.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for OverlayPlugin/cactbot: Delivered major FRU enhancements to the raidboss module, introducing Phase 1 triggers and Phase 2 timeline refinements with refined timings and combined abilities, paired with in-game callouts for key mechanics. These changes improve alert accuracy, reduce confusion during encounters, and support higher-end raid planning. The work enhances automation reliability, user usability, and maintainability of the FRU implementation, aligning with business goals to deliver precise, low-friction raid tooling. Delivered via two targeted commits providing clear traceability.
December 2024
November 2024
3 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2024Month: 2024-11 — OverlayPlugin/cactbot delivered two major feature initiatives for raidboss and oopsy in Byakko Unreal and Futures Rewritten Ultimate (FRU). Highlights include: - Byakko Unreal encounter support added to raidboss and oopsy modules, with new triggers and timeline data; included minor Stormblood stylistic updates for consistency. Commits: ce14c90b71535e02900eb9d6d022351d810c998a (raidboss/oopsy: Add Byakko Unreal (#502)). - FRU skeleton for Futures Rewritten Ultimate established, including imports, zone IDs, and empty trigger/data structures, plus initial timeline and raidboss data for in-game callouts. Commits: 4e30bed38b30b984e8c1ffa048cb75ffca3313a4 (raidboss/oopsy: Add FRU skeleton files (#514)); 248ccbd918e36a7f6b81cd0a497c2e3cf59b8970 (raidboss: FRU initial P1 timeline (#515)). Impact: sets up long-term FRU and Unreal support, enabling faster future content integration and improved accuracy of in-game callouts. No major bug fixes were reported this month; maintenance focused on feature scaffolding and data modeling. Technologies/skills demonstrated: TypeScript/JavaScript module organization, raidboss/oopsy integration patterns, timeline data modeling, imports/zone IDs management, cross-module coordination, and attention to consistency across content sets.
November 2024
3 Commits • 2 Features
Nov 1, 2024Month: 2024-11 — OverlayPlugin/cactbot delivered two major feature initiatives for raidboss and oopsy in Byakko Unreal and Futures Rewritten Ultimate (FRU). Highlights include: - Byakko Unreal encounter support added to raidboss and oopsy modules, with new triggers and timeline data; included minor Stormblood stylistic updates for consistency. Commits: ce14c90b71535e02900eb9d6d022351d810c998a (raidboss/oopsy: Add Byakko Unreal (#502)). - FRU skeleton for Futures Rewritten Ultimate established, including imports, zone IDs, and empty trigger/data structures, plus initial timeline and raidboss data for in-game callouts. Commits: 4e30bed38b30b984e8c1ffa048cb75ffca3313a4 (raidboss/oopsy: Add FRU skeleton files (#514)); 248ccbd918e36a7f6b81cd0a497c2e3cf59b8970 (raidboss: FRU initial P1 timeline (#515)). Impact: sets up long-term FRU and Unreal support, enabling faster future content integration and improved accuracy of in-game callouts. No major bug fixes were reported this month; maintenance focused on feature scaffolding and data modeling. Technologies/skills demonstrated: TypeScript/JavaScript module organization, raidboss/oopsy integration patterns, timeline data modeling, imports/zone IDs management, cross-module coordination, and attention to consistency across content sets.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness90.6%
Maintainability88.2%
Architecture89.4%
Performance87.6%
AI Usage20.0%
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Programming Languages
C#JavaScriptTextTypeScripttext
Technical Skills
Build ManagementData ManagementFFXIV Raid MechanicsFront End DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentGame DataGame DevelopmentGame Mechanics AnalysisJavaScriptRaid MechanicsRaid Mechanics AnalysisRaid TimingsTypeScriptevent handlingfront end development
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