Agustin Barrientos (@arglab) – WordPress user profile

Bio

I’m a frontend engineer and UI/UX designer, and a Google Developer Expert (GDE) in Web Technologies. I’m originally from Argentina, and these days I’m living in Bogota, Colombia.

I’ve been obsessed with computers for as long as I can remember. At 8, I used to take them apart to learn about the parts and play with them.

Back in 2008, when I was 12, I right-clicked a page on a social network that was popular in Argentina and, just out of curiosity, clicked on the option that showed me its source code. I found all that complexity and color mesmerizing. I later found that what I was seeing was HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, so I started learning the basics on my own by watching YouTube videos and reading W3Schools.

As I was learning, I created a lot of personal projects just for fun until I got my first official paid job in December 2012, when I was 16. I started a small agency with online friends, and we designed and developed the Unicoos website, among other projects. I haven’t stopped working on things for the web since then.

Today I work at Uncanny Owl, where I build the frontend of a no-code automation tool called Uncanny Automator and its AI copilot, Uncanny Agent. People have used Automator’s interface to create automations that have run more than 200 million times. Both products are built 100% with web components and Lit, on top of an in-house library of reusable components and reactive controllers I created myself. Thanks to that library, the Agent can run independently of whatever it plugs into.

I’m also the developer of TOCus, a free browser extension that adds a short pause before you visit the websites you choose, to help you concentrate.

Every week, I publish two posts on agustinbarrientos.com, one about how a senior developer makes decisions and one about web and AI news. I also give talks about practical ways to improve your users’ experience and convert better. And I post videos on YouTube, like one about how to get a developer job when entry-level seats are shrinking.

Badges

CODE

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Plugin Developer

COMMUNITY

1 badge

WordCamp Speaker '23

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '20 Translation Editor '20

Current Job

Sr UI/UX Designer & Frontend Engineer

Feb 2018 – Present

Uncanny Owl · Full-time

During my first four months at Uncanny Owl, I was focused on adding features to the company's WordPress plugins for LearnDash.

Four months later, I also started working as a UI/UX designer. Although I still contribute to the company's plugins for LearnDash and clients' projects, I've switched my focus to Uncanny Automator, a plugin that automates WordPress sites without writing any code.

I've designed and coded the front end of the recipe builder, a complex UI that renders using Lit. The UI is component-based, and its code is written with modern JS following WordPress' coding standards.

At the moment, I'm developing a design system based on Atomic Design principles to improve integration between the development and design for Uncanny Automator. During this process, I'm standardizing components and design patterns and building the infrastructure necessary to version and serve any change in design definitions to engineering teams efficiently.

Job History

Full Stack Developer

Jul 2016 – Jan 2018

GlobalSpex · Part-time

I primarily worked on designing and developing WordPress themes and custom WooCommerce plugins for medium-size businesses.

Co-Founder

Feb 2016 – Sep 2018

nanilab · Full-time

I co-founded a software company and formed a small team of three developers and an illustrator. Over three years, we created solutions for dozens of small and medium businesses and government institutions.

I worked with the Government of Puerto Deseado creating the institutional sites of the Municipality and the Secretariat of Tourism, as well as developing applications that modernized common procedures, such as the appointment system for drivers licenses and the payment system of fines and municipal taxes.

Full Stack Developer

Oct 2015 – Jan 2018

Carbono14 · Part-time

As part of the Carbono 14 team, I worked as a Full Stack Developer on projects for the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Universidad Nacional del Sur, Dow Argentina, Club Olimpo of Bahia Blanca, among others.

I created the membership system for then Argentina's national first division team, Club Olimpo of Bahia Blanca. Besides developing the web application, I designed and coded a reliable API for members to redeem benefits and to process recurrent payments using the Mercado Pago API.

Having finished that API, I developed another for Remis Universitario, a taxi company. This API was used to create a web application and mobile apps that users could use to request trips.

Full Stack Developer

Sep 2013 – Dec 2014

Darwin Expediciones · Full-time

Darwin Expeditions, a leading local tourism company, contacted me to convert their Adobe Flash website to HTML. I built the site from scratch following best practices while focusing on SEO.

Front End Developer

Dec 2012 – Jan 2015

Unicoos · Contract

I led a small team of three developers and took care of the product design and front-end development. The website was used by thousands of students every day, and accompanied the growth of the YouTube channel, as it grew from 42,000 to 950,000 subscribers.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, better known as BBVA, awarded Unicoos' website at the BBVA Open Talent 2013 as the favorite project of the audience among 916 startups from 25 countries. The focus of the users was on the website's ease of use.

> Unicoos is a science education Spanish-language YouTube channel.

Recent impact

Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

Last 30 days

17contributions

high7

medium10

score31

Last 90 days

98contributions

high65

medium33

score228

Last 12 months

110contributions

high74

medium36

score258

Team focus

Share of contributions across teams during the last 365 days

Contributions

Type

October 2026

Oct 16 Fri · 04:38

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Protect WP Login, on the site Translate WordPress:
Listo @clickar, las aprobé y te di el rol. Gracias por las correciones.

Oct 16 Fri · 04:36

Polyglots high

Reviewed 141 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

Oct 15 Thu · 23:17

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for Protect WP Login, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hola @clickar. Gracias por enviar las cadenas. Lamentablemente, no pude aprobarlas porque la conjugación de…

Oct 15 Thu · 23:14

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for ONE.lat for WooCommerce, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hola @onelatok. Gracias por enviar las cadenas. Estaban todas bien, así que las aprobé y…

Oct 15 Thu · 23:12

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for MandrakeCRM, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hola @mandrakecrm. Las cadenas estaban bien, así que las aprobé y te di el rol…

Oct 15 Thu · 23:10

Polyglots high

Reviewed 527 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

Oct 03 Sat · 23:16

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post PTE Request for DiluxOne Offload – Media Storage, on the site Translate WordPress:
Hola Pablo, gracias por las correcciones. Ya aprobé tus cadenas y te di el rol…

Oct 03 Sat · 23:09

Meta med

Wrote a comment on the post Translation review request for Sitio…, on the site Translate WordPress:
Todas aprobadas, ¡muy bien! Te di el rol de PTE para los tres plugins. Un…

Oct 03 Sat · 23:03

Polyglots high

Translated 2 strings on translate.wordpress.org.

Oct 03 Sat · 23:03

Polyglots high

Reviewed 550 strings on translate.wordpress.org.