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Kaya Van Vliet

Over three months, Kay van Vliet delivered a range of features and improvements for the jackstenglein/chess-dojo-scheduler repository, focusing on both user experience and backend reliability. Kay developed interactive chess drills, such as a square color identification system and a blindfold mate-in-one trainer, using TypeScript, React, and AWS Lambda for persistent scoring and session management. He enhanced admin tooling and navigation, implemented a Discord bot for blog notifications, and improved data integrity with DynamoDB and robust unit testing. His work addressed platform reliability, fairer scoring, and moderation, demonstrating depth in full stack development and thoughtful problem-solving across the codebase.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

91%Features

Repository Contributions

14Total
Bugs
1
Commits
14
Features
10
Lines of code
3,543
Activity Months3

Work History

April 2026

3 Commits • 2 Features

Apr 1, 2026

April 2026 performance recap for jackstenglein/chess-dojo-scheduler: Delivered two major drill features, strengthened bios moderation, and improved UX and test coverage, driving engagement and data reliability. Key features include Square Color Drill Rating System with a 20-question threshold, two-step GO flow, persistent best ratings, and rating delta visuals; Blindfold Chess Drill (mate-in-one visualization) with end-to-end puzzle flow and frontend drill UI (raw stats only for now); Profanity Filter Exact Word Matching for bios with actionable feedback on flagged terms. Accompanying work includes UI polish (timer messaging, icons) and extensive Vitest tests for rating logic, session stats, and helpers. Backend persistence with DynamoDB, Lambda-based handlers, and IAM considerations. Impact: clearer feedback, fairer scoring, broader drill capabilities, and improved platform reliability. Technologies demonstrated include TypeScript, Vitest, DynamoDB, Lambda, GoAway profanity detector with exact-word matching, and FEN parsing helpers.

March 2026

10 Commits • 7 Features

Mar 1, 2026

March 2026 monthly summary for jackstenglein/chess-dojo-scheduler. Focused on delivering high-value admin tooling, engagement-driving UX, and reliable platform features across the scheduler and puzzle domains. Emphasized performance, reliability, and test coverage to support business goals like reduced manual admin effort, improved user engagement, and scalable discoverability of features.

February 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2026

February 2026 monthly summary for jackstenglein/chess-dojo-scheduler: Delivered a UI enhancement that adds a dynamic folder badge showing the recursive game count, improving folder visibility and quick assessment of content. No major bugs fixed this month in the provided data. The work delivers business value by speeding planning and navigation and demonstrates frontend UI development, commit-driven workflows, and traceability to product backlog/PRs.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness94.4%
Maintainability81.4%
Architecture81.4%
Performance81.4%
AI Usage25.8%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

GoJavaScriptTypeScriptYAML

Technical Skills

API developmentAWSAWS LambdaDiscord APIDynamoDBGoNodeNode.jsReactSQSTypeScriptbackend developmentdatabase managementfront end developmentfrontend development

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

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

jackstenglein/chess-dojo-scheduler

Feb 2026 Apr 2026
3 Months active

Languages Used

TypeScriptGoJavaScriptYAML

Technical Skills

Reactfront end developmentfull stack developmentAPI developmentAWSDiscord API