Matthew Precious
Junior Technical Designer QA Tester at DR Studios
City of Langley, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolMatthew Precious is a Junior Technical Designer and QA Tester with 15 years of hands-on experience building stable game releases and improving app quality through thoughtful design and rigorous testing. At DR Studios he combines UI conceptualization, in-depth feedback documentation, and high-volume bug triage to support successful Terraria releases, while studying Business at the University of Victoria to better understand product trends and user behavior. His open-source Android work includes contributions to popular projects like Square's Wire and usability-focused tools such as Telescope, where he implemented native screenshot capture, device info collection, and improved sharing for bug reporting. Comfortable spanning technical QA, mobile development, and product-minded design, he brings a practical blend of engineering chops and a curiosity for why products succeed or fade.
15 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General, Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General at University of Victoria
French, English
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Github Skills (25)
dagger10
serializable10
mobile-development10
serializer10
protocol-buffers10
ui-design10
android-development10
java10
serialization10
deserialization10
uid10
javas10
code-generation10
front-end-development10
android10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
mattprecious/telescope
Apr 2014 - Sep 2021
A simple tool to allow easy bug report capturing within your app.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:2 reviews, 120 commits, 148 PRs in 7 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Matthew primarily focused on enhancing the Android application, "Telescope", which is designed for capturing bug reports. They refactored the sample application to use a navigation drawer, improving the user interface. Key contributions included adding native screenshot functionality on API 21, integrating a system to capture device information, and implementing fixes related to screenshot handling and file sharing. The user's work focused on improving the usability and functionality of the application.
bug-reportcapturingiosreport
JakeWharton/u2020
Mar 2015 - Feb 2016
A sample Android app which showcases advanced usage of Dagger among other open source libraries.
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:87 commits, 90 PRs, 90 pushes in 10 months
Contributions summary:Matthew focused on enhancing the sample Android application, "u2020," which showcases advanced Dagger usage and other open-source libraries. Their contributions involved updating the application to utilize the Github API. The user also implemented several UI enhancements, integrating features such as SwipeRefreshLayout, a trending view, and a bug reporting system, including the capability to attach logs to bug reports. Furthermore, they incorporated the ProcessPhoenix library to restart the application process.
android-app
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