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Jose Alvarez

Over six months, Jose Alvarez enhanced bookmark workflows and keyboard firmware across the raycast/extensions and jose-elias-alvarez/qmk_firmware repositories. He developed features for saving browser tabs as Linkding bookmarks, improved Firefox URL capture using JavaScript, TypeScript, and AppleScript, and optimized server-side filtering for large bookmark sets. In QMK firmware, Jose delivered personalized keymaps for the Drop/CSTM65 keyboard, implemented advanced features like tap dance and dynamic layers, and streamlined configuration for maintainability. His work focused on reliability, cross-device usability, and reducing manual steps, demonstrating depth in C programming, embedded systems, and full stack development while addressing both user experience and code quality.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

78%Features

Repository Contributions

15Total
Bugs
2
Commits
15
Features
7
Lines of code
1,660
Activity Months6

Your Network

681 people

Work History

March 2026

3 Commits • 1 Features

Mar 1, 2026

March 2026 performance summary for jose-elias-alvarez/qmk_firmware. Focused on stabilizing the Globe feature and keyboard layout behavior to ensure a reliable user experience and cross-device usability. Reverted disruptive changes that affected remapping and Globe delay to restore expected user-facing behavior, and introduced shared endpoint configuration to enable Globe functionality across multiple devices. These efforts improved reliability, user experience, and maintainability, with cross-device operability and a solid foundation for future Globe enhancements.

February 2026

2 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2026

February 2026 monthly summary for jose-elias-alvarez/qmk_firmware: Delivered OS-level keyboard layout switching and keymap simplification, removing custom globe key logic and adding a modeline to improve editor compatibility. This consolidation reduces configuration complexity, improves cross-OS and editor interoperability, and lowers maintenance burden. Commits are clearly linked to the changes for traceability.

November 2025

6 Commits • 2 Features

Nov 1, 2025

November 2025 milestone: Globe Key and Tap Dance enhancements completed alongside a streamlined Advanced Keymap with RGB lighting, encoder support, and DIP-switch driven dynamic layers for jose-elias-alvarez/qmk_firmware. Addressed notable issues (removal of faulty tap dances and stabilization of DIP-switch behavior) and improved code cleanliness. The work enhances reliability, user experience, maintainability, and sets the foundation for faster feature delivery. Technologies demonstrated include C, QMK firmware internals, submodule usage, timer-based delays, RGB matrix handling, DIP-switch logic, and encoder support.

October 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Oct 1, 2025

Concise monthly summary for 2025-10 focused on delivering a personalized keyboard keymap configuration for the Drop/CSTM65 in the jose-elias-alvarez/qmk_firmware repository, with emphasis on business value and technical achievement.

June 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Jun 1, 2025

June 2025: Delivered a focused enhancement to the Linkding extension in raycast/extensions to improve bookmark management, search performance, and code quality. Implemented server-side filtering to handle large bookmark counts, removed non-functional browser-specific code, enhanced metadata settings for new bookmarks, and optimized the extension search. These changes improve scalability, reliability, and user experience for bookmark workflows with Linkding.

May 2025

2 Commits • 1 Features

May 1, 2025

May 2025: Raycast extensions work centered on enhancing bookmarking workflows by integrating Linkding and improving Firefox URL capture reliability. Delivered a feature to save the current browser tab as a Linkding bookmark, including a refactor of the bookmark creation form and optimized retrieval of browser links to streamline the bookmarking process. Fixed AppleScript-based URL extraction for Firefox with iterative toolbar element search and updated the changelog. These efforts increased bookmarking reliability, reduced manual steps, and strengthened cross-application integration.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness89.4%
Maintainability86.8%
Architecture85.4%
Performance86.0%
AI Usage22.6%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

AppleScriptCGitJSONJavaScriptMakefileMarkdownTypeScript

Technical Skills

API IntegrationBrowser Extension DevelopmentCC programmingEmbedded SystemsFront End DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentFull Stack DevelopmentJSON configurationJavaScriptKeyboard Firmware DevelopmentMakefile scriptingQMKQMK FirmwareQMK firmware customization

Repositories Contributed To

2 repos

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

jose-elias-alvarez/qmk_firmware

Oct 2025 Mar 2026
4 Months active

Languages Used

CGitJSONMakefile

Technical Skills

Embedded SystemsKeyboard Firmware DevelopmentQMK FirmwareCC programmingJSON configuration

raycast/extensions

May 2025 Jun 2025
2 Months active

Languages Used

AppleScriptJavaScriptTypeScriptMarkdown

Technical Skills

API IntegrationBrowser Extension DevelopmentFront End DevelopmentJavaScriptRaycast Extension DevelopmentTypeScript