Ash Kyd
Digital Developer at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Queensland, Australia
Summary
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SeniorAsh Kyd is a seasoned digital developer with 16 years of experience building polished front-end experiences and reliable backend, devops, and networking systems across media and SaaS companies. Currently back at the ABC after roles including Senior Software Engineer at Atlassian and lead frontend developer at Dealroom, he combines React/Node expertise with practical operational awareness. He contributes to open-source projects like a GeoJSON regions toolkit, bringing hands-on mapping and frontend automation skills to data visualizations. An active community organiser who co-runs a Mastodon server and speaks/volunteers regularly, Ash blends technical craft with public-facing engagement. Based in Queensland, Australia, he often codes in his spare time and brings a pragmatic, curious approach forged by international experience and continuous tinkering.
16 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
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Github Skills (7)
javascript10
front-end-development10
geojson10
leaflet10
css8
automations7
automation7
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
AshKyd/geojson-regions
Jan 2014 - Sep 2022
🌏 A repo to create simplified GeoJSON regions so we can display map-based visualisations without having to load tiles all over the place.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:22 commits, 9 PRs, 28 pushes in 8 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Ash primarily contributed to the front-end development of the GeoJSON maps project. Their work included adding and modifying JavaScript code, specifically integrating a labeling library (Leaflet.label) and disabling clickable GeoJSON layers. Additionally, the user worked on the web frontend, including implementing a basic CSS stylesheet and Javascript. Furthermore, they automated data fetching and standardized filenames, showing some operational awareness.
geojsonvisualizations
AshKyd/vlog-tools
Jan 2020 - Jan 2023
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes in 3 years
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