Web Development Geek For Hire
>> sudo apt-get install geek system-designer testing-zealot api-fanboy build-script-writer
If you're looking for an experienced and professional web developer I might be able to help.
Whether you have an existing project and require extra hands, or have a small project that requires one good developer then do get in touch.
I have a thing for developer tools and development process. Anything to speed up common tasks and improve quality. Software best practices applied to web design and development if you will.
As your team grows, or starts work on more complex applications, these tools and techniques will help you to maintain your high standards.
I'm a professional and experienced web developer based in Cambridge, UK with a passion for agile web development.
I've previously worked in Newcastle and London for medium sized agencies and large in-house teams on everything from content management problems to complex financial services applications.
I've also spoken at a number of high profile web design and technology conferences over the past few years, including: Xtech, Highland Fling and Bamboo Juice.
Part of the team responsible for the relaunch of the Capital Radio website, including development of the bespoke content management system built using Django.
Long running personal blog featuring a number of popular articles on web design and development.
Currently running on a custom Django based content management system served using Spawning and Nginx.
morethanseven.net github.com/garethr/django-train
News aggregation platform designed to consolidate syndication of third party news content to internal sites at Global Radio. Features JSON and XML endpoints as well as a message queue interface. Also required writing a NewsML parser.
A minimal bug tracker build on Google App Engine. Features integration with Google Accounts and makes use of the GitHub webhooks API to close bugs from commit messages.
Blog post aggregator for the top rated contributers to the Hacker News site. Built as a demonstration of using offline processing on Google App Engine. Also makes use of the Yahoo Term Extraction API to automatically categorise content and discover relations.
Personal image hosting service built on App Engine. Used for hosting images on this site as well as my blog.
github.com/garethr/appengine-image-host
PHP based site, using the symfony framework, for tracking birthdays, mainly via a personal RSS feed and API.
This site uses a few bits of CSS3, including RGBa colours. Sorry about that.