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Jacob Groß

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Jacob Groß

Worked on security and reliability improvements across open source JavaScript projects, focusing on both feature development and bug fixing. In the github/eslint-plugin-github repository, added comprehensive test coverage for async event handling lint rules, ensuring the linter reliably detects improper use of event.currentTarget and event.preventDefault after awaits in async functions. Later, in withastro/astro, addressed a cross-site scripting vulnerability by implementing secure prop encoding for server components, escaping ETAGO delimiters and HTML comment syntax during JSON stringification. Leveraged JavaScript, TypeScript, and security best practices to enhance code safety, maintainability, and downstream project resilience through targeted, well-documented contributions.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

50%Features

Repository Contributions

2Total
Bugs
1
Commits
2
Features
1
Lines of code
56
Activity Months2

Work History

January 2025

1 Commits

Jan 1, 2025

January 2025: Security hardening for server components in withastro/astro. Implemented secure prop encoding to prevent XSS by escaping ETAGO delimiter and HTML-comment syntax during JSON stringification of props for server components and server islands, reducing the cross-site scripting risk surface.

November 2024

1 Commits • 1 Features

Nov 1, 2024

November 2024: Delivered Linter Async Event Usage Test Coverage for github/eslint-plugin-github, adding tests for async-currenttarget and async-preventdefault to verify detection of event.currentTarget access and event.preventDefault after await in async functions. This strengthens linting reliability and reduces risk for downstream projects. Commit 28db2cc62a42c00abd5d3d0ea27e0672c9964e38.

Activity

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Quality Metrics

Correctness100.0%
Maintainability90.0%
Architecture90.0%
Performance90.0%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

JavaScriptTypeScript

Technical Skills

Full Stack DevelopmentJavaScriptLintingSecurityTestingTypeScriptXSS Prevention

Repositories Contributed To

2 repos

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

github/eslint-plugin-github

Nov 2024 Nov 2024
1 Month active

Languages Used

JavaScript

Technical Skills

JavaScriptLintingTesting

withastro/astro

Jan 2025 Jan 2025
1 Month active

Languages Used

JavaScriptTypeScript

Technical Skills

Full Stack DevelopmentJavaScriptSecurityTypeScriptXSS Prevention