Luis Cuende
Summary
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RockstarLuis Cuende is a serial founder and software leader with 13 years building open-source and decentralized systems, currently Cofounder & President of CitizenX in Switzerland. He co-founded Aragon and led product and engineering efforts there (and served as CEO of Aragon One), shaping DAO tooling and contributing front-end UX improvements to flagship projects like Aragon client/apps and MetaMask. His work spans blockchain startups (Stampery, Unpatent) and early open-source projects (Asturix), combining hands‑on front-end development with product strategy. Notably he started freelance coding at 14 and has advised the European Commission, giving him a rare mix of grassroots engineering experience and policy insight. He’s pragmatic about UX in crypto—known for refining vote interfaces, copy, and onboarding flows to make decentralized governance more usable.
14 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (32)
javascript10
css10
ui-design10
javascripts10
ethereum10
react10
daap9
blockchain8
chrome7
extension-functions7
extension-methods7
c-extension7
extensionmethods7
qtwebkit6
nodejs6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
aragon/client
Nov 2016 - Sep 2019
(Aragon 1) Create and manage decentralized organizations on Ethereum.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 335 commits, 63 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Luis primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and user experience of the Aragon client application. Their commits demonstrate a focus on improving copy, such as changing references to "MetaMask" to "your Ethereum provider," and adding the DAO name and other relevant DAO context to the home app. They implemented styling changes, removed unnecessary elements, added an Ethereum loading animation, and contributed to an app center placeholder.
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aragon/aragon-apps
Feb 2018 - Sep 2019
(Aragon 1) Aragon apps developed by Aragon Core Devs (smart contracts + webapps)
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 21 PRs, 26 pushes in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Luis primarily focused on improving the user interface and copy within the Aragon voting application. Their contributions included fixing typos, modifying vote action copy, and updating UI components related to vote summaries, statuses, and progress bars. The commits demonstrate a focus on refining the user experience through iterative changes to text and visual elements within the voting module of the application. These changes were made to improve clarity and address issues reported within the project's issue tracker.
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