
Rhian Lewis developed and enhanced core planning application features in the unboxed/bops repository, focusing on scalable data import workflows, robust notification systems, and expanded API capabilities. She engineered reusable CSV import frameworks and service-oriented patterns in Ruby and Rails, improving data reliability and reducing manual interventions. Her work included backend and frontend development, database schema management, and integration of background jobs for automated processes. By refining UI/UX and strengthening test coverage with RSpec, she improved maintainability and transparency. These contributions enabled faster onboarding, richer data exposure, and more reliable workflows, supporting both business needs and future extensibility within the platform.

October 2025 performance summary for unboxed/bops focused on delivering core planning application capabilities, improving transparency, and expanding API/data models. Key features delivered: - Heads of Terms feature for planning applications: complete heads of terms workflow including pre-app support, add/edit/cancel terms, and sending terms to applicants; includes UI and navigation updates. - Assessment report visibility enhancements: show recommendation and public comment on both the decision notice and the officer report; localization strings updated for broader audience. - Planning application data model and API enhancements: expanded API data surface to include applicant/agent contact details, ownership certificates, agent business names, and full applicant addresses. Major bugs fixed: - Unredacted consultee responses in advice summaries: fixed to display full responses instead of redacted comments, improving accuracy of staff and applicant communications. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Improved decision transparency and applicant experience through enhanced visibility of recommendations and comments. - Richer data exposure enables downstream integrations, analytics, and faster decision workflows; reduced manual data handling via API enhancements. - UI/navigation improvements and localization updates contribute to better usability and accessibility. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - API design and data modeling, database/schema changes, and expanded API exposure - UI/UX adjustments and localization handling - End-to-end feature delivery with coherent commits across multiple related changes - Cross-functional collaboration and impact-driven development
October 2025 performance summary for unboxed/bops focused on delivering core planning application capabilities, improving transparency, and expanding API/data models. Key features delivered: - Heads of Terms feature for planning applications: complete heads of terms workflow including pre-app support, add/edit/cancel terms, and sending terms to applicants; includes UI and navigation updates. - Assessment report visibility enhancements: show recommendation and public comment on both the decision notice and the officer report; localization strings updated for broader audience. - Planning application data model and API enhancements: expanded API data surface to include applicant/agent contact details, ownership certificates, agent business names, and full applicant addresses. Major bugs fixed: - Unredacted consultee responses in advice summaries: fixed to display full responses instead of redacted comments, improving accuracy of staff and applicant communications. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Improved decision transparency and applicant experience through enhanced visibility of recommendations and comments. - Richer data exposure enables downstream integrations, analytics, and faster decision workflows; reduced manual data handling via API enhancements. - UI/navigation improvements and localization updates contribute to better usability and accessibility. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - API design and data modeling, database/schema changes, and expanded API exposure - UI/UX adjustments and localization handling - End-to-end feature delivery with coherent commits across multiple related changes - Cross-functional collaboration and impact-driven development
September 2025 (Month: 2025-09) focused on delivering a robust Notify feature set in unboxed/bops, strengthening testing coverage, and performing architectural refactors to enable shared usage across engines. Key outcomes include feature delivery for previews and testing workflows, comprehensive spec coverage, and core codebase improvements that reduce duplication and improve maintainability. These efforts lay the groundwork for faster iteration, more reliable notification workflows, and improved admin capabilities.
September 2025 (Month: 2025-09) focused on delivering a robust Notify feature set in unboxed/bops, strengthening testing coverage, and performing architectural refactors to enable shared usage across engines. Key outcomes include feature delivery for previews and testing workflows, comprehensive spec coverage, and core codebase improvements that reduce duplication and improve maintainability. These efforts lay the groundwork for faster iteration, more reliable notification workflows, and improved admin capabilities.
August 2025 was focused on delivering data-import capabilities, automations, and reliability improvements in unboxed/bops, with targeted tests and defensive coding to reduce runtime errors. The work tightened data integrity, reduced manual interventions, and strengthened code quality and test coverage, delivering measurable business value.
August 2025 was focused on delivering data-import capabilities, automations, and reliability improvements in unboxed/bops, with targeted tests and defensive coding to reduce runtime errors. The work tightened data integrity, reduced manual interventions, and strengthened code quality and test coverage, delivering measurable business value.
Month: 2025-07 — Focused on delivering scalable data import workflows in unboxed/bops, enabling faster user onboarding and robust planning data integration. Delivered two key features with accompanying tests and refactors to improve reliability and maintainability. No critical bugs reported; changes emphasize scalability of imports and reduced manual data entry.
Month: 2025-07 — Focused on delivering scalable data import workflows in unboxed/bops, enabling faster user onboarding and robust planning data integration. Delivered two key features with accompanying tests and refactors to improve reliability and maintainability. No critical bugs reported; changes emphasize scalability of imports and reduced manual data entry.
June 2025 focused on stabilizing and scaling CSV data ingestion for planning applications. Delivered a cohesive Planning Applications Import (Core & Historic) that unifies pre-validation, a dedicated import service, historic data handling, data transformation, and generation of validation/import reports. Updated the PlanningApplication model for robustness with determinations and ward/parish data, and added a historic import job. In parallel, generalized the CSV import workflow into a reusable framework with a class-name parameter, enabling future data creation types beyond planning applications. Included small style/edge-case improvements to the import_site_history rake. Overall, these changes improve data quality, traceability, and onboarding of new data types, reduce maintenance overhead, and accelerate future integrations.
June 2025 focused on stabilizing and scaling CSV data ingestion for planning applications. Delivered a cohesive Planning Applications Import (Core & Historic) that unifies pre-validation, a dedicated import service, historic data handling, data transformation, and generation of validation/import reports. Updated the PlanningApplication model for robustness with determinations and ward/parish data, and added a historic import job. In parallel, generalized the CSV import workflow into a reusable framework with a class-name parameter, enabling future data creation types beyond planning applications. Included small style/edge-case improvements to the import_site_history rake. Overall, these changes improve data quality, traceability, and onboarding of new data types, reduce maintenance overhead, and accelerate future integrations.
Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline