dotCMS/core
Oct 2024 – Feb 2026
16 Months active
Languages Used
CSSHTMLJavaJavaScriptMarkdownTypeScriptSCSSJSON
Technical Skills
API IntegrationAngularAstroBack-end DevelopmentDocumentationFront-end Development
Rafael Velazco
PROFILE
Rafael Velazco
RJ Velazco contributed to the dotCMS/core repository over 16 months, delivering 52 features and resolving 13 bugs focused on content management, editor workflows, and developer experience. He engineered robust UI components and state management using Angular, React, and TypeScript, modernizing the Block Editor and Universal Visual Editor with improved reliability, multilingual support, and workflow integration. RJ enhanced SDK documentation, streamlined API integration, and introduced dynamic content querying, while refining error handling and cross-browser compatibility. His work emphasized maintainability and onboarding, with thoughtful refactoring and comprehensive testing, resulting in a scalable, user-friendly platform that accelerates content authoring and reduces support overhead.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
80%Features
Repository Contributions
92Total
Bugs
13
Commits
92
Features
52
Lines of code
69,416
Activity Months16
Work History
February 2026
2 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 (dotCMS/core) – Delivered two items focused on robustness and UX improvement: a bug fix for Content Modal default variantId handling and a feature for dynamic Content Palette controls visibility based on favorite content types. These changes improve content authors' reliability and efficiency, reducing undefined variantId errors and streamlining workflows when selecting types. Impact includes fewer support tickets related to copy content modal and faster content curation. Collaborated across teams, with PRs addressing issues #34300, #34474, #34585 and #34651. Key commits include 5606597dbafea26e36d06009042edb145a039a61 and d2ec8b26932ffae16ae45f685cc98f4a7a8ce08e.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 (dotCMS/core) – Delivered two items focused on robustness and UX improvement: a bug fix for Content Modal default variantId handling and a feature for dynamic Content Palette controls visibility based on favorite content types. These changes improve content authors' reliability and efficiency, reducing undefined variantId errors and streamlining workflows when selecting types. Impact includes fewer support tickets related to copy content modal and faster content curation. Collaborated across teams, with PRs addressing issues #34300, #34474, #34585 and #34651. Key commits include 5606597dbafea26e36d06009042edb145a039a61 and d2ec8b26932ffae16ae45f685cc98f4a7a8ce08e.
February 2026
January 2026
4 Commits • 3 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 monthly summary for dotCMS/core. Delivered feature-rich updates and a critical bug fix across core SDK, UVE, and portlet/editor layers. Focus areas included flexible content querying, permission-based UI safeguards, staging-environment alignment for headless examples, and API payload reliability for copyContent. Demonstrated strong cross-team collaboration, code quality improvements, and testing discipline to ensure business value with minimal risk.
January 2026
4 Commits • 3 Features
Jan 1, 2026January 2026 monthly summary for dotCMS/core. Delivered feature-rich updates and a critical bug fix across core SDK, UVE, and portlet/editor layers. Focus areas included flexible content querying, permission-based UI safeguards, staging-environment alignment for headless examples, and API payload reliability for copyContent. Demonstrated strong cross-team collaboration, code quality improvements, and testing discipline to ensure business value with minimal risk.
December 2025
9 Commits • 6 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025: Delivered UX enrichments and reliability fixes for dotCMS/core to accelerate content authoring, enhance editor workflows, and strengthen multilingual support. Key feature deliveries include Content Palette UX enhancements, Style Editor Sidenav Trigger in UVE, and language-aware collection requests. Major fixes addressed workflow task routing NullPointerException and editor navigation consistency through Bubble Menu filtering and navigation improvements. The month demonstrates strong front-end craftsmanship, targeted issue resolution, and cross-team collaboration to drive business value and content quality.
9 Commits • 6 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025: Delivered UX enrichments and reliability fixes for dotCMS/core to accelerate content authoring, enhance editor workflows, and strengthen multilingual support. Key feature deliveries include Content Palette UX enhancements, Style Editor Sidenav Trigger in UVE, and language-aware collection requests. Major fixes addressed workflow task routing NullPointerException and editor navigation consistency through Bubble Menu filtering and navigation improvements. The month demonstrates strong front-end craftsmanship, targeted issue resolution, and cross-team collaboration to drive business value and content quality.
December 2025
November 2025
8 Commits • 4 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 monthly summary for dotCMS/core. Focused on delivering a cohesive Universal Visual Editor (UVE) upgrade, URL management enhancements, governance improvements with page locking, and the introduction of an insights portlet to surface usage metrics. These efforts improved content discovery, editing reliability, and data visibility, delivering tangible business value for content authors, editors, and site owners.
November 2025
8 Commits • 4 Features
Nov 1, 2025November 2025 monthly summary for dotCMS/core. Focused on delivering a cohesive Universal Visual Editor (UVE) upgrade, URL management enhancements, governance improvements with page locking, and the introduction of an insights portlet to surface usage metrics. These efforts improved content discovery, editing reliability, and data visibility, delivering tangible business value for content authors, editors, and site owners.
October 2025
4 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025Month: 2025-10 — Focused on reliability improvements and workflow enhancements in dotCMS/core. Delivered key fixes to content-type filtering, editor language handling, and content drive behavior, plus a new default workflow action set to streamline publishing, archiving, and editing. These changes improve search performance, content accuracy, and user productivity while tightening consistency across the Content Drive and Block Editor components.
4 Commits • 1 Features
Oct 1, 2025Month: 2025-10 — Focused on reliability improvements and workflow enhancements in dotCMS/core. Delivered key fixes to content-type filtering, editor language handling, and content drive behavior, plus a new default workflow action set to streamline publishing, archiving, and editing. These changes improve search performance, content accuracy, and user productivity while tightening consistency across the Content Drive and Block Editor components.
October 2025
September 2025
9 Commits • 7 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 was focused on strengthening content experiences, improving reliability, and laying groundwork for scalable page/content management. Delivered a set of user-facing enhancements and foundational state management across the core dotCMS/core repo, driving better content service accuracy, faster editor workflows, and more predictable multi-site operations.
September 2025
9 Commits • 7 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 was focused on strengthening content experiences, improving reliability, and laying groundwork for scalable page/content management. Delivered a set of user-facing enhancements and foundational state management across the core dotCMS/core repo, driving better content service accuracy, faster editor workflows, and more predictable multi-site operations.
August 2025
8 Commits • 3 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for dotCMS/core focusing on delivering business value through UI/UX enhancements, cross-browser reliability, and improved content tooling. The work emphasizes authoring efficiency, content portability, and consistent experiences across browsers, with measurable improvements in editor usability and content discovery. Key initiatives completed: - Block Editor UX and Clipboard Improvements: refined drag handle visibility on empty lines, added an Add Button for inserting content on empty lines, improved clipboard paste prompts, and stabilized Firefox paste context menu interactions. - Block Editor Markdown Copy/Paste: introduced Markdown copy/paste capabilities with HTML<->Markdown conversion, leveraging Tiptap and Turndown for seamless interoperability. - Content Drive UX Improvements: added a dedicated title-based search, enhanced table padding and empty state visuals, and refined pagination behavior to preserve state after filtering. - Cross-browser reliability: addressed selection on empty lines and ensured context menu remains open until paste completes in Firefox for a smoother editing experience. Impact and technologies: - Business value: faster authoring, easier content reuse, and more reliable editorial workflows across the platform. - Technical achievements: Tiptap integration, Turndown-based HTML/Markdown conversion, responsive UI tweaks, and robust state management for search, pagination, and content lists. - Demonstrated skills: React/JS UI improvements, browser compatibility testing, and collaboration across features (Block Editor and Content Drive).
8 Commits • 3 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for dotCMS/core focusing on delivering business value through UI/UX enhancements, cross-browser reliability, and improved content tooling. The work emphasizes authoring efficiency, content portability, and consistent experiences across browsers, with measurable improvements in editor usability and content discovery. Key initiatives completed: - Block Editor UX and Clipboard Improvements: refined drag handle visibility on empty lines, added an Add Button for inserting content on empty lines, improved clipboard paste prompts, and stabilized Firefox paste context menu interactions. - Block Editor Markdown Copy/Paste: introduced Markdown copy/paste capabilities with HTML<->Markdown conversion, leveraging Tiptap and Turndown for seamless interoperability. - Content Drive UX Improvements: added a dedicated title-based search, enhanced table padding and empty state visuals, and refined pagination behavior to preserve state after filtering. - Cross-browser reliability: addressed selection on empty lines and ensured context menu remains open until paste completes in Firefox for a smoother editing experience. Impact and technologies: - Business value: faster authoring, easier content reuse, and more reliable editorial workflows across the platform. - Technical achievements: Tiptap integration, Turndown-based HTML/Markdown conversion, responsive UI tweaks, and robust state management for search, pagination, and content lists. - Demonstrated skills: React/JS UI improvements, browser compatibility testing, and collaboration across features (Block Editor and Content Drive).
August 2025
July 2025
7 Commits • 5 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025: dotCMS/core — Editor modernization, UX reliability, and design-system alignment. Key features include the Bubble Menu Component modernization to replace the deprecated BubbleMenuDirective, enabling improved maintainability and streamlined editor workflow; a TinyMCE dependency upgrade to leverage new features and security patches; and a Typography Refresh aligning with the design system for consistent typography across the editor. UX improvements include Copy-to-Clipboard feedback showing 'Copied' on success and 'Error' on failure, and a refined Block Editor UI with improved table visuals. Stability and UX reliability were enhanced by ensuring the Edit Dialog stays open during editing and by implementing popup click-outside handling with z-index refinements to prevent lingering UI. Commits across multiple items reflect focused, incremental improvements and risk reduction through dependency updates and UI polish.
July 2025
7 Commits • 5 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025: dotCMS/core — Editor modernization, UX reliability, and design-system alignment. Key features include the Bubble Menu Component modernization to replace the deprecated BubbleMenuDirective, enabling improved maintainability and streamlined editor workflow; a TinyMCE dependency upgrade to leverage new features and security patches; and a Typography Refresh aligning with the design system for consistent typography across the editor. UX improvements include Copy-to-Clipboard feedback showing 'Copied' on success and 'Error' on failure, and a refined Block Editor UI with improved table visuals. Stability and UX reliability were enhanced by ensuring the Edit Dialog stays open during editing and by implementing popup click-outside handling with z-index refinements to prevent lingering UI. Commits across multiple items reflect focused, incremental improvements and risk reduction through dependency updates and UI polish.
June 2025
7 Commits • 3 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for dotCMS/core focusing on delivering developer-centric improvements and robust editor tooling. The work emphasizes documentation clarity, SDK installation reliability, modernized editor integration, and deployment-resilient examples to drive faster onboarding, reduced support load, and more reliable product experiences.
7 Commits • 3 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for dotCMS/core focusing on delivering developer-centric improvements and robust editor tooling. The work emphasizes documentation clarity, SDK installation reliability, modernized editor integration, and deployment-resilient examples to drive faster onboarding, reduced support load, and more reliable product experiences.
June 2025
May 2025
7 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary: Focused on delivering core DotCMS Block Editor enhancements, modernizing the Next.js example app, and hardening UVE URL handling. Key changes include introducing DotCMSBlockEditorRenderer, editor component refactors to improve stability and error handling, synchronization of DotCMSEditableText with prop updates and added tests; updating Next.js example app to the latest Next.js/React/Tailwind with new Header and RecommendedCard components and revamped environment variable handling for dynamic mode; and fixing UVEStore URL computation with tests to correctly handle leading/trailing slashes. Business impact: improved editor stability, faster onboarding for new projects, and more reliable SEO-friendly URL handling. Technologies demonstrated: React SDK, Next.js, Tailwind, testing, and configuration management.
May 2025
7 Commits • 2 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary: Focused on delivering core DotCMS Block Editor enhancements, modernizing the Next.js example app, and hardening UVE URL handling. Key changes include introducing DotCMSBlockEditorRenderer, editor component refactors to improve stability and error handling, synchronization of DotCMSEditableText with prop updates and added tests; updating Next.js example app to the latest Next.js/React/Tailwind with new Header and RecommendedCard components and revamped environment variable handling for dynamic mode; and fixing UVEStore URL computation with tests to correctly handle leading/trailing slashes. Business impact: improved editor stability, faster onboarding for new projects, and more reliable SEO-friendly URL handling. Technologies demonstrated: React SDK, Next.js, Tailwind, testing, and configuration management.
April 2025
3 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025: Key developer experience improvements in dotCMS/core with a focus on SDK docs, EMA UVE integration, and decoupling components to improve maintainability and onboarding. SDK docs across @dotcms/client, @dotcms/react, and @dotcms/uve updated to reflect beta progress, new features, deprecations, and clearer installation and usage guidance. The Edit Experience improvements include refactoring the EMA Portlet for better workflow actions, state management via NgRx Signals, and improved error handling, as well as decoupling DotCMSEditableText from the client and updating iframe URL generation to include dotCMSHost, aligning with newer UVE state management. These changes reduce coupling, improve reliability, and accelerate developer adoption, delivering tangible business value such as faster integration and easier maintenance.
3 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025: Key developer experience improvements in dotCMS/core with a focus on SDK docs, EMA UVE integration, and decoupling components to improve maintainability and onboarding. SDK docs across @dotcms/client, @dotcms/react, and @dotcms/uve updated to reflect beta progress, new features, deprecations, and clearer installation and usage guidance. The Edit Experience improvements include refactoring the EMA Portlet for better workflow actions, state management via NgRx Signals, and improved error handling, as well as decoupling DotCMSEditableText from the client and updating iframe URL generation to include dotCMSHost, aligning with newer UVE state management. These changes reduce coupling, improve reliability, and accelerate developer adoption, delivering tangible business value such as faster integration and easier maintenance.
April 2025
March 2025
5 Commits • 2 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 monthly summary for dotCMS/core: Implemented UI-driven rendering control with DotCMSShow, added a robust URL normalization utility for page API requests, and resolved critical UVE reliability issues (live mode publishDate handling, internal navigation defaults, and iframe URL generation) with comprehensive tests, resulting in more predictable UI behavior, more reliable API requests, and a smoother authoring experience in edit/preview modes.
March 2025
5 Commits • 2 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 monthly summary for dotCMS/core: Implemented UI-driven rendering control with DotCMSShow, added a robust URL normalization utility for page API requests, and resolved critical UVE reliability issues (live mode publishDate handling, internal navigation defaults, and iframe URL generation) with comprehensive tests, resulting in more predictable UI behavior, more reliable API requests, and a smoother authoring experience in edit/preview modes.
February 2025
4 Commits • 3 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 (dotCMS/core): Delivered major front-end rendering improvement, editor UX simplification, and robust SDK infrastructure. Key outcomes include a new DotCMSLayoutBody component and deprecation of DotCMSLayout; editor mode consolidation using PAGE_MODE with URL simplification; and SDK enhancements via PERSONA_KEY standardization, query param normalization, and TypeScript/packaging upgrades. These changes reduce migration friction, improve developer experience, and strengthen consistency across SDK usage and testing.
4 Commits • 3 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 (dotCMS/core): Delivered major front-end rendering improvement, editor UX simplification, and robust SDK infrastructure. Key outcomes include a new DotCMSLayoutBody component and deprecation of DotCMSLayout; editor mode consolidation using PAGE_MODE with URL simplification; and SDK enhancements via PERSONA_KEY standardization, query param normalization, and TypeScript/packaging upgrades. These changes reduce migration friction, improve developer experience, and strengthen consistency across SDK usage and testing.
February 2025
December 2024
6 Commits • 3 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly recap for dotCMS/core: Delivered user-centric editing previews, stronger workflow integration, and reliable iframe/URL handling, boosting editing efficiency and content accuracy. Implemented Preview mode enhancements in DotEmaShell and DotUveToolbar with device selection and calendar, plus safeguards to prevent editing in preview/headless modes; introduced API URL button and Workflows Actions button in the UVE Toolbar with refactored components; improved iframe URL handling with a dynamic URL computation and strengthened tests for EditEmaEditor; fixed UI usability by making the View Roles sidebar scrollable. Collectively, these changes reduce risk in editing workflows, accelerate feature delivery, and improve developer and customer experience.
December 2024
6 Commits • 3 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly recap for dotCMS/core: Delivered user-centric editing previews, stronger workflow integration, and reliable iframe/URL handling, boosting editing efficiency and content accuracy. Implemented Preview mode enhancements in DotEmaShell and DotUveToolbar with device selection and calendar, plus safeguards to prevent editing in preview/headless modes; introduced API URL button and Workflows Actions button in the UVE Toolbar with refactored components; improved iframe URL handling with a dynamic URL computation and strengthened tests for EditEmaEditor; fixed UI usability by making the View Roles sidebar scrollable. Collectively, these changes reduce risk in editing workflows, accelerate feature delivery, and improve developer and customer experience.
November 2024
6 Commits • 4 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 performance summary for dotCMS/core focusing on editor and UI enhancements, API client documentation improvements, and routing improvements, plus a targeted bug fix in the NextJS example. This month’s work accelerates content authoring, improves developer experience, and reinforces maintainability across the core modules.
6 Commits • 4 Features
Nov 1, 2024November 2024 performance summary for dotCMS/core focusing on editor and UI enhancements, API client documentation improvements, and routing improvements, plus a targeted bug fix in the NextJS example. This month’s work accelerates content authoring, improves developer experience, and reinforces maintainability across the core modules.
November 2024
October 2024
3 Commits • 3 Features
Oct 1, 2024Month: 2024-10 — Focused on strengthening multi-language content workflows, editing reliability, and developer experience. Key contributions include enabling language-specific contentlet creation across front-end and back-end, improving editing lifecycle and error handling for a more robust editing experience, and enhancing SDK documentation for @dotcms/angular with clearer usage and troubleshooting guidance. These efforts deliver tangible business value by expanding multi-language capabilities, reducing maintenance risk, and accelerating developer onboarding.
October 2024
3 Commits • 3 Features
Oct 1, 2024Month: 2024-10 — Focused on strengthening multi-language content workflows, editing reliability, and developer experience. Key contributions include enabling language-specific contentlet creation across front-end and back-end, improving editing lifecycle and error handling for a more robust editing experience, and enhancing SDK documentation for @dotcms/angular with clearer usage and troubleshooting guidance. These efforts deliver tangible business value by expanding multi-language capabilities, reducing maintenance risk, and accelerating developer onboarding.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness92.0%
Maintainability86.6%
Architecture84.4%
Performance82.2%
AI Usage28.8%
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BashCSSHTMLJSONJavaJavaScriptMJSMakoMarkdownSCSS
Technical Skills
API DesignAPI DevelopmentAPI IntegrationAPI developmentAPI integrationAngularAstroBack-end DevelopmentBlock EditorBuild Tool ConfigurationCSSClipboard APICode RefactoringComponent ArchitectureComponent Design
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