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Zach Rutman

Zachary Arutman contributed to both the-blue-alliance/the-blue-alliance and Autodesk/synthesis repositories, focusing on analytics, UI enhancements, and system reliability. He developed new ranking point metrics and improved match breakdown GUIs using JavaScript and HTML, enabling more granular post-match analytics for teams and event organizers. On Autodesk/synthesis, Zachary enhanced onboarding flows, refined UI/UX, and strengthened performance monitoring with React and TypeScript, reducing onboarding friction and improving system robustness. His work included CI/CD pipeline improvements with GitHub Actions and codebase refactoring for maintainability. Across projects, Zachary’s engineering emphasized data accuracy, user clarity, and sustainable development practices through rigorous testing and review.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

90%Features

Repository Contributions

15Total
Bugs
1
Commits
15
Features
9
Lines of code
317
Activity Months6

Work History

March 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Mar 1, 2026

March 2026 monthly summary: Focused on delivering the 2026 Season Match Breakdown GUI enhancements for the-blue-alliance, including new scoring categories and improved clarity in match results, and fixed auto climb handling. The work spanned the repository the-blue-alliance/the-blue-alliance with commit 7306b9469d236f89d2721779c23a3d76a8eb2cf6. The changes improved post-match analytics accuracy, reduced manual corrections, and strengthened data reliability for teams and scouts. This month also reinforced our pipeline for UI changes alignment with product goals and improved maintainability.

November 2025

1 Commits

Nov 1, 2025

November 2025 monthly summary focusing on UI correctness and data integrity for bracket features in the Blue Alliance platform. Delivered a critical bug fix to ensure the final match placeholder correctly reflects the winners in the 4-team double-elimination bracket, improving UI accuracy and trust for teams and fans.

August 2025

5 Commits • 3 Features

Aug 1, 2025

August 2025: Focused on code quality, UI clarity, and CI reliability in Autodesk/synthesis. Delivered maintainability improvements, clearer user feedback, and a more stable CI/CD pipeline, driving faster, safer release cycles with no user-facing changes.

July 2025

4 Commits • 2 Features

Jul 1, 2025

July 2025 monthly summary for Autodesk/synthesis focused on delivering robustness in the performance monitoring system and improving codebase quality. Key features delivered include Performance Monitoring Robustness Enhancements and Codebase Hygiene and Configuration Cleanups. No major bugs fixed this month. Overall impact: improved reliability of performance issue detection and response, streamlined user experience during performance events, and reduced technical debt through cleaner configuration and codebase hygiene. Technologies demonstrated include TypeScript, Vite, performance monitoring patterns, and general clean-code practices.

June 2025

3 Commits • 2 Features

Jun 1, 2025

June 2025 monthly summary for Autodesk/synthesis: Delivered core user onboarding improvements and UI polish that streamline game startup, laying groundwork for upcoming multiplayer features. Implemented a main menu modal that initializes the world and starts the main game loop, along with UI/UX tweaks to messaging and styling for a cleaner user experience. These changes improve first-run conversion, reduce onboarding friction, and set a stable base for multiplayer UX work.

April 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Apr 1, 2025

April 2025: Delivered a new 9 RP Achievements Metric for the-blue-alliance, providing granular insights by counting and calculating the percentages of matches where both teams achieved all ranking points. Implemented a targeted fix to 2025 ranking point statistics (commit c6a310252a3f77b594a7b7a2bc0333476ded9c96) to ensure accuracy in the metrics. These changes improve data quality, enable better decision-making for teams and event organizers, and lay groundwork for future analytics dashboards. Technical work included implementing the metric, integrating with existing ranking-point data flows, and applying rigorous testing and code review to ensure reliability.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness94.6%
Maintainability96.0%
Architecture93.4%
Performance94.6%
AI Usage21.4%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

CSSHTMLJavaScriptPythonReactTypeScriptYAML

Technical Skills

Backend DevelopmentCI/CDConfigurationData AnalysisFront End DevelopmentFront-end DevelopmentGitHub ActionsHTMLJavaScriptPerformance MonitoringReactRefactoringSystem DevelopmentTestingUI Development

Repositories Contributed To

2 repos

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

Autodesk/synthesis

Jun 2025 Aug 2025
3 Months active

Languages Used

CSSJavaScriptReactTypeScriptYAML

Technical Skills

Front End DevelopmentFront-end DevelopmentReactUI/UX DesignConfigurationPerformance Monitoring

the-blue-alliance/the-blue-alliance

Apr 2025 Mar 2026
3 Months active

Languages Used

HTMLPythonJavaScript

Technical Skills

Backend DevelopmentData AnalysisWeb Developmentfront end developmentweb developmentHTML