# Dominik Biedebach (@bdbch.com)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/bdbch.com
Headline: Senior Frontend Engineer at Tiptap (YC S23)

## About

Frontend Engineer since 2012 with Media Design background who loves to work with React, Next, Node and is a fan of modular and uncomplicated development. Currently working for Tiptap maintaining the Open Source project. More on https://bdbch.com/

## Career

- **Senior Frontend Engineer at Tiptap** (Apr 2021 - Present)
  Full-time · Remote
  At Tiptap I build and maintain the Tiptap Editor project including the OSS project on Github. I also work on internal projects or client projects. At Tiptap I work with React, Typescript, Tiptap (Prosemirror), Tailwind or Styled Components and recently Next.js with Node.
- **Senior Frontend Engineer at würth cloud services gmbh** (Nov 2020 - Apr 2021)
  Full-time · On-site
  After the acquisition of ZIP-Software I started to work for Würth Cloud Services GmbH building several frontend applications for their customer cloud solutions.
- **Fullstack Engineer at Zip Software** (Dec 2018 - Nov 2020)
  Full-time · On-site
  \- Handling and organizing frontend development of a new React Native application
  \- PWA development for our web messenger
  \- Development of a more refined design language with Figma
  \- Implementation of the Apollo GraphQL layer into our frontend applications
  \- Pushing forward on more modern implementations of React (React Suspense and Hooks)
  \- Development of business logic for our messaging apps
  \- Responsibility of our new frontend employees
- **Fullstack Engineer at Teamgrid Fzco** (Oct 2018 - Dec 2018)
  Full-time · On-site
  \- Development of a new React based workflow editor for task and project management
  \- Design support for the already running project management app
- **Frontend Engineer at Universal Music Deutschland** (Jun 2018 - Oct 2018)
  Full-time · On-site
  \- Development and implementation of data sources into the frontend of analytic tools
- **Frontend Engineer at Deutsche Online Medien|fotokasten|myphotobook** (Dec 2017 - Jun 2018)
  Full-time · On-site
  \- Development of a completely redesigned shop frontpage based on React and Magento
  \- Design decisions regarding the new shop frontpage
  \- Development of a CMS page builder based on React for easier content management in Magento
- **Frontend Engineer at Bleech** (Feb 2015 - Nov 2017)
  Full-time · On-site
  Wordpress development for multiple large agencies including "Goldener Westen", "Scholz & Friends", "DDB", "Jung v. Matt" and clients like "VW", "Mercedes Benz" and "Deutsche Telekom"
- **Media Designer - Digital & Print - Focus on Frontend Engineering at Euroweb Group** (Sep 2012 - Jan 2015)
  Apprenticeship · On-site

## Skills

### Technical
- CI/CD
- CSS
- D3.js
- Figma
- Git
- GraphQL
- HTML
- JavaScript
- Laravel
- Linux
- Magento
- Next.js
- Node.js
- PHP
- React
- React Native
- Software Engineering
- Solid.js
- Storybook
- Svelte
- Systems Design
- Tailwind CSS
- TypeScript
- Vue.js
- WordPress
### Creative
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Design Systems
- Graphic Design
- Logo Design
- UI Design
- Usability
### Interpersonal
- Communication
- Maintainership
- Technical Leadership
### Community
- Open Source
### Other
- Meteor
- Performance
- ProseMirror
- Sketch
- SSH
- Styled Components
- Tiptap

## Projects

- **Rivet** — https://github.com/bdbch/rivet (May 2026 - Present)
  A open-source rust-based changelog and version bumping tool similar to other tools like Changesets.
- **Tiptap Tracked Changes** — https://tiptap.dev/docs/editor/extensions/functionality/tracked-changes (Oct 2025 - Present)
  Tracked Changes & Suggestion Mode was one of the most requested features for Tiptap. I was tasked to find a solution and build it. Handling Changes between Documents in ProseMirror is not easy but I found a way to make this work really reliably and customizable.
  
  It included rewriting ProseMirror based Transactions into Tracked Transactions, analyzing them and extracting the meaning out of Transaction Steps - which then in turn could be used to apply those changes as suggestions on top of the existing document.
- **Tiptap Comments** — https://tiptap.dev/product/comments (Jan 2025 - Present)
  I was tasked to build the Comments integration for Tiptap. This included working on Collaborative documents with Yjs and implementing Comment and Thread structures into collaborative ProseMirror documents.
  
  The feature rolled out to our customers at Tiptap and is steadily continued to be developed up to this day.
- **Devcord** — https://devcord.com/ (Jun 2018 - Jun 2021)
  A Development & Software Engineering Discord Community I founded in 2018 and lead up to 2021 which grew up to a medium-sized community of around 15000 users.

## Publications

- Breaking out of the LLM cycle — bdbch.com (Aug 2026) https://bdbch.com/blog/breaking-out-of-the-llm-cycle
- Writing Custom Tiptap Extensions: From Concept to Production — bdbch.com (May 2026) https://bdbch.com/blog/writing-custom-tiptap-extensions
- ProseMirror for Beginners: How It Actually Works — bdbch.com (May 2026) https://bdbch.com/blog/prosemirror-for-beginners-how-it-actually-works
- Building bdbch.com: How I built my new site in a day — bdbch.com (May 2026) https://bdbch.com/blog/building-bdbch-com
- Why Discord Sucks for Developer Communities — bdbch-rm.leaflet.pub (Feb 2026) https://bdbch-rm.leaflet.pub/3mdvosuepis2f

## Education

- **Ernst-Litfaß-Schule** — Certified Media Designer, Digital & Print

## Involvement

### Open Source
- Nuxt Hackathon (Jul 2026)
  Contributor
  I participated in the first Nuxt Hackathon hosted by @danielroe.dev where I fixed issues and implemented new features for Nuxt.
  Skills: TypeScript, Vue.js, Open Source, Git
- Tiptap (May 2023 - Present)
  Berlin, State of Berlin, DE
  Maintainer
  I'm a core maintainer at Tiptap handling the Github repository, ensuring that the project is maintained well and working on the Tiptap community.
  Skills: ProseMirror, Tiptap, TypeScript, React, Vue.js, Next.js, Software Engineering, Maintainership
- OpenDota (Jun 2018 - Present)
  Contributor
  Continous contributions to the open source project OpenDota
  Skills: React, TypeScript, Styled Components

## Languages

- German (native)
- English (professional working)

## Links

- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominik-biedebach-195a5062
- tangled: https://tangled.org/did:plc:bmkptaqvfcwmgom75fmo5oo6
- github: https://github.com/bdbch