Matt Hegarty
Founder at Bellaport Systems Ltd
Telford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarMatt Hegarty is a founder and full‑stack software engineer with a decade of experience building web applications and bespoke software solutions from the UK. He runs playervis.com, a compliance-focused SaaS for safer gaming teams, and leads Bellaport Systems Ltd delivering custom apps using Java, Angular, Python/Django and Linux. Hands-on in both product and platform roles, he combines entrepreneurship with deep back-end expertise—evidenced by contributions to the popular django-import-export project where he improved bulk import performance and testing. Comfortable across the stack, he focuses on practical, auditable solutions that reduce operational load for regulated teams. Colleagues would describe him as a pragmatic engineer who turns domain expertise and regulatory consultation into resilient, usable software.
10 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (14)
python10
django10
testing10
javafx9
csv8
xls7
django-admin6
docker6
hadoop6
django-rest-framework6
django-views6
tox6
dockerfile6
django-import-export6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
django-import-export/django-import-export
Apr 2020 - Dec 2022
Django application and library for importing and exporting data with admin integration.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:52 releases, 349 reviews, 156 commits in 2 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Matt made several contributions to the Django-import-export library, including adding a meta flag to skip diff operations, updating demo app URLs, and adding functionality for bulk imports. They also removed requirements from the README.rst file and made improvements to the testing framework. Their work involved modifications to core resource classes, including the implementation of new features and improving the performance of existing features.
csvxlspythonadmindjango
matthewhegarty/django-rest-framework
Feb 2017 - Aug 2024
Web APIs for Django.
Contributions:9 pushes, 3 branches in 7 years 6 months
apipythondjango-rest-frameworkdjangoweb-apis
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