Dave Clayton
Owner at Red Sky Forge
Gelderland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolDave Clayton is an experienced software engineer and founder with 13 years of commercial experience bringing startups and enterprises from concept to production. As owner of Red Sky Forge and former full‑stack engineer and tech lead roles, he ships end-to-end systems using TypeScript/Node, React, GraphQL and Python/FastAPI, and has led architecture and migrations to modern stacks. His background spans e‑commerce, document management, media UIs and cleantech, with hands-on work in performance optimization, testing and CI/CD for products deployed across multiple countries. Comfortable switching between code, design and technical strategy, he often bridges product and engineering to deliver pragmatic roadmaps. Based in Gelderland and curious about space, AI and cleantech, he combines entrepreneurial grit with deep practical experience in building reliable, user-facing platforms.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons) Computer Science at University of Nottingham
Dutch, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (197)
web-application10
effector10
javascript10
rendering10
glsl10
laravel10
compiler10
router10
php10
renderer10
react10
aspect9
validation9
hapi9
data-visualization9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
davedx/simple-c-sharp-http-client
Nov 2012 - Jun 2015
Contributions:4 commits, 1 push in 2 years 7 months
davedx/aop
Feb 2014 - Sep 2015
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year 7 months
javascript-libraryjavascriptaspect-oriented-programmingaspectjavascript-programming
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