German Jablonski
Open Source Developer at Figma
Orlando, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGerman Jablonski is an open source developer and entrepreneur with seven years of experience building full-stack products and contributing to high-profile projects like Meta's Lexical and the Payload CMS. He founded Fluski, scaling it to 1,000+ active users and shipping advanced real-time sync, spreadsheet formulas, and a bespoke editor, while also co-founding a top-2% SEO agency that served clients such as Canva and Semrush. Comfortable across frontend, backend, and DevOps, he has a track record of improving editor UX and performance in widely used libraries and was invited to Meta’s Lexical consulting team for his impactful contributions. A former national mathematics Olympiad awardee, he combines rigorous problem-solving with a passion for local-first app design and developer tooling. Based in Milton Keynes, he blends startup grit with proven open-source influence and product-focused engineering.
7 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
System Engineering, System Engineering at Universidad Tecnológica Nacional
Github Skills (21)
cms10
javascript10
ui-components10
typescript10
ui-design10
uid10
front-end-development10
typescript-types10
lexical10
typescripts10
react10
nextjs9
open-source9
html8
unit-test8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
payloadcms/payload
Aug 2024 - Jul 2026
Payload is the open-source, fullstack Next.js framework, giving you instant backend superpowers. Get a full TypeScript backend and admin panel instantly. Use Payload as a headless CMS or for building powerful applications.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:243 reviews, 327 PRs, 502 pushes in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:German primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and user interface of the Payload CMS framework, as evidenced by contributions in the `richtext-lexical` package. Their work involved fixing bugs, such as incorrect block indications in the UI and the appearance of remove block buttons, and implementing new features, like the ability to disable indentation and the inclusion of a new icon for links that open in a new tab. They also addressed performance issues and improved the overall usability of the framework.
backendfull-stackheadless-cmsnextjstypescript
facebook/lexical
Oct 2022 - Dec 2022
Lexical is an extensible text editor framework that provides excellent reliability, accessibility and performance.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:166 reviews, 3 commits, 36 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:German's commits primarily focused on refactoring and enhancing the Lexical text editor framework's user interface components. They made changes to the `ToolbarPlugin`, `ImagesPlugin`, `TablePlugin`, `ComponentPickerPlugin`, and `PollPlugin`, indicating a focus on improving the editor's functionality and user experience. These changes involved restructuring dialogs, implementing new features, and fixing tests. The user also made improvements to the list indentation, indicating improvements to the core functionality of the editor.
accessibilitytext-editor
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