Liam Potter
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolLiam Potter is a technically-minded designer and front-end developer with 11 years of professional experience and a history of co-founding and leading small digital studios. He blends UX/UI expertise with hands-on development to deliver mobile-first websites, bespoke web apps and cloud-based solutions that prioritise intuitive user journeys. Drawing on an early background in games design, he applies gamification techniques to boost engagement and led a worldwide volunteer team to launch an avatar-based chat platform while still at college. As co-founder and Creative Director at Mashbo he translated design-led thinking into products and client work across the lifecycle, from research and personas to production-ready builds. He also contributes to open-source mobile tooling, addressing platform-specific issues in React Native video components to improve cross-platform compatibility. Based in Liverpool, he combines a craftsman’s attention to detail with a practical, data-informed approach to design and development.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BTEC National Diploma, Multimedia Design, BTEC National Diploma, Multimedia Design at Liverpool Community College
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Github Skills (15)
swift10
ios10
react-native10
objective-c8
android-development7
emberjs6
jquery-ui6
html6
preload6
jquery-plugin6
nginx6
flexslider6
proxy6
jquery6
animation6
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
TheWidlarzGroup/react-native-video
Sep 2022 - Oct 2022
A <Video /> component for react-native
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:6 reviews, 9 commits, 6 PRs in 7 days
Contributions summary:Liam primarily addressed iOS-specific issues within the React Native video component. Their contributions involved resolving naming collisions in Swift logging, adding a focusable prop to the Android view, and integrating changes from the master branch, including modifications to the example app's controls. These changes demonstrate a focus on maintaining and improving the component's compatibility and functionality across different platforms.
react-nativereactvideocomponent-video
Mashbo/ember-aframe-shim
Dec 2017 - Jul 2023
Ember.js shim for A-Frame
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push, 1 branch in 5 years 8 months
ember-addonframea-frameshimemberjs
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