Michael Compton
Developer at The Things Industries
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Compton is a full-stack developer based in Amsterdam with seven years of experience building performant web applications and cloud infrastructure. He has driven end-to-end projects from UX and front-end design to DevOps, notably improving e-commerce performance, cutting database size, and implementing automated CI/CD pipelines on AWS. At The Things Industries he contributes to open-source LoRaWAN projects, enhancing console UIs and adding mapping and device-management features used by the IoT community. He combines a designer’s eye from a Fine Arts background with hands-on engineering, shipping pixel-accurate interfaces and pragmatic back-end optimizations. Comfortable in both startup and open-source settings, he often focuses on small-but-impactful improvements like caching strategies, offline indicators, and analytics integration. Colleagues rely on him to translate UX needs into reliable, maintainable code that scales.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Fine and Studio Arts, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Fine and Studio Arts at The Arts University Bournemouth
Github Skills (18)
javascript10
leaflet10
css10
uid10
front-end-development10
html10
web-development10
react10
lorawan9
hugo9
ui-design9
iot9
user-interface8
responsive-design8
graphical-user-interface8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
TheThingsNetwork/lorawan-devices
Apr 2021 - Nov 2022
Device Repository for LoRaWAN devices
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 reviews, 57 commits, 74 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on enhancing the device repository website. Their contributions include adding features such as a contact form, updating the header and footer components, and implementing base URL configuration. They also made significant changes to the website's layout, including fixing device views and redirecting functionalities, and they integrated Google Tag Manager. Furthermore, they worked on improving the website's design by updating design dependencies and adding favicons and OG images.
lorawanlorawan-devicesiot
TheThingsNetwork/lorawan-stack
Jul 2019 - Dec 2022
The Things Stack, an Open Source LoRaWAN Network Server
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:67 reviews, 57 commits, 59 PRs in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the front-end of the application, making changes to UI components, including the addition of a leaflet map widget for device and gateway overview pages. They also modified the console's device and gateway components and pages, updating the application's offline status indicator. Furthermore, they updated the device claim authentication code form to handle date inputs correctly and removed unused dependencies. The contributions demonstrate a focus on improving the user interface and overall application functionality.
ttnloranetwork-serverlorawaniot
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