Daniel Hollingsworth is a software engineer with 12 years of experience and a BA in Physics from the University of Oxford, blending rigorous analytical training with practical engineering. He has contributed notable backend work to open-source projects, including a WebKit-based headless browser driver compatible with Selenium and a DuckDuckGo Instant Answer that improved frequency parsing and unit handling. Recent professional experience includes engineering at BAE Systems and extensive one-on-one tutoring in maths and physics, demonstrating both systems-level coding ability and patient technical communication. Equally comfortable digging into low-level browser interactions and normalizing messy user inputs, he brings a pragmatic, detail-oriented approach to solving tricky integration and parsing problems.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
A-Levels: Maths Further Maths Physics Chemistry, A-Levels: Maths Further Maths Physics Chemistry at Kenilworth School & Sixth Form
BA Physics Physics, BA Physics Physics at University of Oxford
GCSEs: 13 Qualifications, GCSEs: 13 Qualifications at Kenilworth School and Sixth Form
A programmable, embeddable web browser driver compatible with the Selenium WebDriver spec -- headless, WebKit-based, pure Java
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:41 releases, 907 commits, 61 PRs in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Daniel's commits primarily focused on the development of a web browser driver. The user implemented a new class for setting timezones, added features for handling file downloads, and made adjustments to the user-agent string. They also modified code related to processing headers, interacting with the web view and handling issues with Javascript.
DuckDuckGo Instant Answers based on Perl & JavaScript
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:9 commits in 1 month
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily contributed to the implementation and enhancement of a frequency spectrum goodie for the DuckDuckGo Instant Answers project. They developed the core logic for parsing and normalizing frequency inputs, handling unit conversions, and displaying relevant information based on frequency ranges. The user also improved the code by replacing magic numbers with constants and handling fractional frequencies and by including more radio spectrum examples, demonstrating a focus on improving the accuracy and user experience of the frequency spectrum feature.
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