Daniel Compton
Staff Software Engineer at Whimsical
Waikato, New Zealand
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Daniel Compton is a Staff Software Engineer and founder with 14 years of experience building resilient Clojure and ClojureScript systems, currently leading integrations and the Platform Team at Whimsical from Waikato, New Zealand. He runs Deps, a hosted Maven repository service, and is a prolific open-source maintainer whose contributions span high-impact projects like ClojureScript, Leiningen, Sente, Loom and re-frame tooling. Comfortable across the full stack, he pairs back-end systems work—compiler fixes, dependency upgrades, and web library hardening—with front-end UI improvements and CI/CD automation. His background includes product and program leadership at GitHub and hands-on engineering at Flipboard and Day8, where he also investigated large-scale analytics and designed robust distributed workflows. Known for untangling complex problems, he blends technical depth with product sensibility and an unusual mix of technical degrees from Georgia Tech and a Bachelor of Music, reflecting a creative approach to engineering.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Music Contemporary Performance, Bachelor of Music Contemporary Performance at University of OtagoMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyMorrinsville College
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Github Skills (57)
dependency-management10
code-optimization10
graph-algorithms10
javascript10
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reagent10
clojure-test10
clojure-cli10
version-detection10
testing10
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Github contributions (5)
bhauman/lein-figwheel
Feb 2017 - Dec 2018
Figwheel builds your ClojureScript code and hot loads it into the browser as you are coding!
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 11 PRs, 73 comments in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily focused on improving the functionality and maintainability of the Figwheel project. They addressed code quality by adding an editorconfig file and removing trailing spaces. The user also implemented caching strategies by adding ETag and `no-cache` headers to responses for static files, improving browser caching and performance. They also fixed tests and made improvements to the Clojure version comparison.
browserfigwheelbuildsreplclojurescript
day8/re-frame
May 2015 - Feb 2019
A ClojureScript framework for building user interfaces, leveraging React
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:15 releases, 256 commits, 132 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily focused on code cleanup and refactoring within the re-frame ClojureScript framework. They addressed spelling and tense issues and improved the clarity of docstrings. Their contributions involved modifications to various ClojureScript files, including those related to undo functionality, subscriptions, and middleware, indicating a focus on enhancing code quality and maintainability within the UI framework.
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