EXCEEDS logo
Exceeds
Will Barbee

PROFILE

Will Barbee

Over seven months, contributed to the kyndryl-design-system/shidoka-applications repository by building and refining a suite of UI components, navigation systems, and automation tooling. Delivered features such as AI assistant integration, dashboard templates, and a drag-and-drop query builder, focusing on accessibility, responsive design, and developer velocity. Applied React, TypeScript, and CSS to implement component-based architectures, modernize navigation, and enhance testing and CI/CD reliability. Addressed bugs in layout, interaction, and state management, while maintaining documentation and dependency hygiene. The work emphasized design system consistency, usability, and maintainability, supporting scalable front-end development and improving both user and developer experiences.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

68%Features

Repository Contributions

114Total
Bugs
15
Commits
114
Features
32
Lines of code
972,995
Activity Months7

Work History

May 2026

15 Commits • 4 Features

May 1, 2026

May 2026 delivered a major UI/navigation overhaul, dashboard polish, and design system enhancements focused on usability, accessibility, and release reliability. The work improved user navigation, dashboard consistency, and component quality, while maintaining a stable CI/CD pipeline.

April 2026

17 Commits • 3 Features

Apr 1, 2026

April 2026 monthly summary for kyndryl-design-system/shidoka-applications focusing on delivering a cohesive AI-enabled UI, modernized navigation, improved reliability, and reinforced CI practices. The work emphasizes business value through better user experience, design-system consistency, and development efficiency.

March 2026

6 Commits • 6 Features

Mar 1, 2026

March 2026 monthly summary for kyndryl-design-system/shidoka-applications: Key features delivered to expand UI flexibility and navigation include Button Groups: Vertical Layout Variant; Page Title: Contextual Dropdown Variant with Options Sub-component; AI Assistant Launch Button: Layout Enhancement; Timepicker: Spinner Behavior Enhancement; Workspace Switcher: Optional Slotted Icons with Icon Selector; Split-View: Multi-Pane Layout with Draggable Components. These changes implemented via commits cb5c512b3f43baeb791ae2542f14b94fb6d3ee64, f3c97e58861b2e312f426d2e082b3b311befb583, fafcf5adcdebdbd64ec633706ff9324f731df448, 78549b000b066981d538659ba08f4b1c7e6d145f, c6cd8e298d6099bbeca67c76d2f68420e7c2645c, and b0e98c66c5c70749faddff0e86af97f0f214f981, collectively improving UI versatility, accessibility, and developer ergonomics. Major fixes addressed hover/focus behavior, border-radius live updates, timepicker accessibility, drag handles, and mobile truncation, contributing to a more robust and accessible design system. Impact: faster UI assembly, consistent user experiences across apps, improved accessibility, and reduced downstream maintenance. Technologies/skills demonstrated: React/TypeScript-based component design, refactoring, CSS/layout improvements, accessibility (ARIA, focus outlines), design-system pattern adoption, and collaboration across teams.

February 2026

17 Commits • 5 Features

Feb 1, 2026

February 2026, kyndryl-design-system/shidoka-applications: Focused delivery of UI component patterns and navigation improvements with concurrent bug fixes and quality enhancements. Delivered new and refined components, improved data rendering, and configurable UX patterns while hardening header/navigation behavior and aligning with accessibility expectations. Key achievements reflect end-to-end feature delivery, design-system consistency, and safer user interactions across the design system surface.

January 2026

3 Commits • 2 Features

Jan 1, 2026

January 2026 produced two major product features in kyndryl-design-system/shidoka-applications, reinforced by expanded testing, CI automation, and accessibility/UX improvements. Date Picker Core and UX Improvements streamlined date-time handling with consolidated helpers, improved interactions, and added unit-test CI scripts. New Query Builder Component for Formulas delivered a drag-and-drop, validation-enabled interface for building sortable, formula-driven queries with responsive design adjustments. The efforts reduced input errors, improved developer velocity, and laid groundwork for scalable, formula-based querying across the platform.

December 2025

16 Commits • 5 Features

Dec 1, 2025

December 2025 — Shidoka Applications (kyndryl-design-system/shidoka-applications): Delivered UI enhancements and reliability improvements focused on user experience, accessibility, and developer ergonomics. Implemented flexible popover footer behavior, navigation refinements, and more usable date/time pickers, while tightening input handling in dropdowns and stabilizing checkbox state in subgroups. The work contributes to broader UI customization, easier adoption for customers, and stronger component reliability across the design system.

November 2025

40 Commits • 7 Features

Nov 1, 2025

November 2025 performance summary for kyndryl-design-system/shidoka-applications: Delivered key UI enhancements, reliability improvements, and tooling upgrades that directly increase developer velocity and product usability. Features shipped include ghost AI buttons in slot controls, chat header slot content swapping, addition of a badge component, and aiConnected gating for inline header elements. Reconciled SB components with Figma and introduced a persistentTag prop to keep the clear-all filter tag visible. Major bug fixes across UI layout, styling, and interaction controls (CheckboxGroup, dropdown multi-select) reduced edge-case issues and improved consistency. CI/test automation housekeeping, linting, dependency migrations, and documentation cleanups improved maintainability and team velocity. Technical work spanned React/TypeScript UI components, design-token usage, and tooling for CI, lint, and dependency hygiene.

Activity

Loading activity data...

Quality Metrics

Correctness88.4%
Maintainability85.0%
Architecture85.2%
Performance85.2%
AI Usage33.6%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

BashCSSHTMLJSONJavaScriptMarkdownSCSSTypeScriptYAML

Technical Skills

AI integrationAutomationCI/CDCSSCSS animationsCSS stylingESLintESM module managementFront End DevelopmentJavaScriptJavaScript frameworksLitLitElementNodeNode.js

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

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

kyndryl-design-system/shidoka-applications

Nov 2025 May 2026
7 Months active

Languages Used

CSSHTMLJSONJavaScriptSCSSTypeScriptMarkdownYAML

Technical Skills

AI integrationCSSESM module managementFront End DevelopmentJavaScriptLit