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Mozilla Automation TeamJamie Hu6 min readintermediate

Minding My Language: My Internship Story

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Summary

Internship recap from Mozilla’s Localization team. Built a Django‑REST API to replace public GraphQL endpoints, added GitHub‑style personal access tokens, created a cross‑product translation search UI, took over the Pontoon browser add‑on, rewrote the Android localization workflow, and delivered an automated project‑manager dashboard with alerts.

  • Swapped Pontoon’s GraphQL API for DRF to simplify the stack and improve latency.
  • Implemented PATs modeled after GitHub’s classic tokens to secure the new API.
  • Built a searchable index of all Mozilla strings directly in Pontoon, closing the gap with Transvision.
  • Migrated community‑maintained Pontoon add‑on to Mozilla ownership and cleaned up technical debt.

Shows how a small team can modernize legacy tooling (GraphQL → REST, token auth) and improve internal workflows (search, dashboards) without massive rewrites, offering a practical roadmap for other localization or internal‑tool teams.

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