Anthony Sterling
Software Engineer at Ubio
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarAnthony Sterling is a seasoned Software Engineer based in Newcastle upon Tyne with 15 years of hands-on experience in systems and backend development. He brings pragmatic expertise in PHP and test automation, demonstrated through contributions that improved performance and reliability in notable open-source projects like php-imagine and Cloudflare's PHP library. Anthony has a track record of refactoring for maintainability—applying PSR2 standards, expanding test coverage, and optimizing image-processing internals such as color handling and interlace support. Comfortable working across APIs and libraries, he combines systems-level thinking with a developer’s attention to detail, often surfacing subtle correctness fixes that prevent real-world failures. Colleagues can expect a steady engineer who values code quality, measurable improvements, and clear documentation.
15 years of coding experience
Github Skills (11)
cloudflare-api10
php10
psr-210
image-manipulation10
api-testing10
phpunit10
test-automation10
testing9
imagick9
unit-testing6
documentation5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
php-imagine/Imagine
Feb 2011 - Feb 2013
PHP Object Oriented image manipulation library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits in 2 years
Contributions summary:Anthony focused on optimizing and extending the functionality of the image manipulation library. They improved the performance of the `__toString()` method in the `Color` class. Additionally, the user implemented and documented the use of hexadecimal notation for color construction and added interlace support across various image processing libraries (GD, Imagick, and Gmagick). This included refactoring and ensuring correct parameter usage for the interlace functionality.
image-manipulationphp
anthonysterling/silex-provider-analogue-orm
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:1 release, 18 pushes, 2 branches in 6 days
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