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Regular James

James Brooks rebuilt the cloud-gov/site repository over three months, migrating legacy Jekyll content to an 11ty-based static site architecture. He integrated the USWDS design system, modernized layouts, and improved navigation using JavaScript and SCSS, while enhancing accessibility and maintainability. James implemented dynamic documentation navigation, robust external and internal link handling, and streamlined redirects and permalinks. He focused on configuration management and templating with Liquid and Nunjucks, reducing technical debt and simplifying future updates. His work included SEO improvements, metadata handling, and policy documentation, resulting in a more reliable, maintainable, and accessible site that supports ongoing content and feature delivery.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

76%Features

Repository Contributions

58Total
Bugs
8
Commits
58
Features
25
Lines of code
62,284
Activity Months3

Work History

December 2024

5 Commits • 2 Features

Dec 1, 2024

December 2024 monthly summary for cloud-gov/site highlighting delivered features and bug fixes, their business value, and the technologies demonstrated.

November 2024

29 Commits • 15 Features

Nov 1, 2024

Month 2024-11 Summary: Delivered a comprehensive set of frontend, content, and site-structure improvements for cloud-gov/site, focusing on accessibility, navigability, and maintainability. Implemented robust external link handling, improved redirects, restructured content and permalinks, and introduced dynamic documentation navigation. Built for long-term reliability with build hygiene and code quality enhancements that reduce dependencies and simplify maintenance.

October 2024

24 Commits • 8 Features

Oct 1, 2024

Monthly summary for 2024-10: cloud-gov/site delivered foundational project scaffolding, design system integration, modernized templates, and data/asset migrations as part of the 11ty-based rebuild. Implemented USWDS mixins for consistent styling, refined layout and navigation, improved external URL handling, completed base/template integration with app.js, and performed extensive cleanup. Major bug fixes included removing unused layouts, scoping icon offsets, non-hashed libraries, and invalid styles. The work also included footer migration verification and TOC rendering simplification. Overall, these efforts reduced technical debt, improved accessibility and consistency, and enable faster feature delivery and more reliable performance for the site.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness92.0%
Maintainability91.8%
Architecture86.4%
Performance90.4%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

CSSHTMLImageJavaScriptJavaScript (ES Modules)LiquidMarkdownNunjucksPythonSCSS

Technical Skills

11tyAsset ManagementBuild ToolsCSSConfigurationConfiguration ManagementContent ManagementData MigrationDate FormattingDocumentationEleventyFile ManipulationFront End DevelopmentFront-end DevelopmentFrontend Development

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

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

cloud-gov/site

Oct 2024 Dec 2024
3 Months active

Languages Used

CSSHTMLImageJavaScriptLiquidMarkdownSCSSYAML

Technical Skills

11tyAsset ManagementBuild ToolsCSSConfigurationConfiguration Management