Christian Gregg
Software Engineer at Fresha
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolChristian Gregg is a software engineer with 11 years' experience building reliable web and backend systems across startups and large platforms, currently contributing at Fresha after roles at Cherrypick and GitHub where he worked on improving availability and reliability for GitHub Actions. He has a strong track record in localization and internationalization, contributing to notable open-source projects like Helpy and GitHub Classroom by adding translations, RTL support, and locale-aware email handling. Comfortable across the full stack, Christian has driven CI performance improvements early in his career and repeatedly focused on shipping pragmatic, production-grade fixes. Based in the UK with a Computer Science degree from Heriot-Watt, he blends hands-on engineering with an eye for global user experience that often surfaces in behind-the-scenes internationalization work.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh Campus
English, French, German, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (28)
translation10
i18n-node10
internationalization10
rails10
e-mail10
localization10
email-templates10
i18n-js10
ruby-on-rails10
emailjs10
erb9
eruby9
devise9
embedded-ruby9
html9
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
helpyio/helpy
Jun 2016 - Feb 2018
Helpy is a modern, open source helpdesk customer support application. Features include knowledgebase, community discussions and support tickets integrated with email.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Localization Specialist
Back-end Developer & Localization SpecialistContributions:74 commits, 30 PRs, 163 comments in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Christian primarily focused on improving the internationalization and localization aspects of the Helpy application. Their work involved adding translations to email templates for various user actions like password resets and account confirmations. They also implemented Right-to-Left (RTL) language support for email content and adjusted text rendering based on the user's locale. Furthermore, the user made improvements to email-related functionality, including subject line internationalization and new user email toggles.
e-mailhelpdeskknowledge-baseforumticketing
github-education-resources/classroom
Sep 2016 - Jul 2017
GitHub Classroom automates repository creation and access control, making it easy for teachers to distribute starter code and collect assignments on GitHub.
Role in this project:Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:26 commits, 3 PRs, 13 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Christian's contributions primarily revolve around internationalization (i18n) within the GitHub Classroom project. They added numerous i18n strings across various partials within the application, including shared headers, invitation elements, and home page components. Additionally, the user reverted a translation for "Github Education," suggesting a focus on refining localization efforts. They also loaded all locale files, demonstrating a direct involvement in preparing the application for internationalization.
access-controlrubyrailsoauth
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