Matt Brailsford is a Staff Engineer and creator with 13 years of full‑stack experience focused on the Umbraco ecosystem, currently driving Umbraco AI and co-hosting the community-focused CODECABIN unconference. He blends front-end UX improvements with back-end and database expertise—contributing to high-profile open-source projects like Umbraco CMS and FluentMigrator where he solved tricky SQLite compatibility and migration issues. A serial founder and product builder, he launched ecommerce and UI tooling for Umbraco (Vendr, Konstrukt) and runs UMB.FYI to share ideas and experiments. Based in Barnsley, he pairs pragmatic engineering with community leadership—organising local IoT and maker groups—and has a background in multimedia and graphic design that informs his emphasis on usable interfaces.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
ND, Graphic Design, ND, Graphic Design at Rotherham College of Arts & Technology
BA (Hons), Multimedia Design, BA (Hons), Multimedia Design at Huddersfield University
Contributions:13 reviews, 34 commits, 5 PRs in 23 days
Contributions summary:Matt primarily contributed to the FluentMigrator project by addressing SQLite-specific issues and enhancing its database migration capabilities. Their work involved fixing bugs related to SQLite type mappings, unit tests, and identity columns. The user also implemented support for schema prefixes and unique constraints, expanding the project's database migration features. They demonstrated a focus on ensuring compatibility and extending functionality for SQLite databases.
The Espruino Web IDE - A Chrome Web App for programming Espruino
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:47 commits in 21 days
Contributions summary:Matt primarily focused on enhancing the user interface of the Espruino Web IDE. Their contributions involved UI tidy-ups, adding and styling status bars, and creating and styling settings popups. Furthermore, the user implemented icon menu support and added a UI mode for compact display, improving the overall visual experience and usability of the application. They also made changes related to the tour, demonstrating an effort to guide new users.
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