Maggie Appleton
Staff Research Engineer at GitHub
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolMaggie Appleton is a Staff Research Engineer and design-engineering hybrid with a decade of experience building interactive front-ends and prototyping novel product ideas at the intersection of design, anthropology, and programming. Based in London, she has led design and engineering work at companies from startups to GitHub, shaping AI research tools and developer-facing standards like the Block Protocol. Maggie combines product design rigor with hands-on front-end skills (Next.js, Tailwind, Framer Motion), shipping polished UI improvements and responsive layouts for projects such as egghead.io and her own digital garden. She is the first design hire turned product lead at Elicit, where she helped scale an AI research assistant to hundreds of thousands of users, and more recently explores how LLMs can augment human thought. Known for visual essays and public digital gardening, she brings an anthropologist’s curiosity to interface metaphors and experience design. An unusual blend of illustrator, UX strategist, and engineer, she prefers scrappy prototypes to prove ideas fast and iteratively.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
IGCSE and IB, IGCSE and IB at UWC South East AsiaBachelor's degree Anthropology, Bachelor's degree Anthropology at Whitman College
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Github Skills (19)
javascript10
theming10
css10
typescript10
nextjs10
material-ui10
ui-design10
mui10
tailwindcss10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
react10
blocks9
garden9
framer-motion9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
theianjones/roam-research-themes
Feb 2020 - Apr 2021
Role in this project:
UI Designer
UI DesignerContributions:32 commits, 9 PRs, 31 pushes in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Maggie primarily contributed to the styling and theming of the Roam Research themes, specifically by modifying CSS files. Their work involved adjusting fonts, colors, and layout elements to refine the visual appearance and user interface. The changes include styling for various components like queries, kanban boards, and custom data tags. This focused on visual enhancements and the addition of custom visual elements.
MaggieAppleton/digital-gardeners
May 2020 - Dec 2022
Resources, links, projects, and ideas for gardeners tending their digital notes on the public interwebs
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 162 commits, 70 PRs in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Maggie primarily focused on developing the front-end components and structure for the digital garden project. Their work involved setting up the initial project structure, implementing navigation elements like the side menu, and creating card components to display garden entries. They also integrated the Next.js framework and utilized libraries such as Framer Motion for animations and Tailwind CSS for styling. Furthermore, they refactored components and updated paths, demonstrating a focus on user interface and experience.
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