Neal Shail
Mobile Application Developer
Glastonbury, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorNeal Shail is a seasoned mobile application developer and full‑stack software architect with over two decades of experience spanning high‑performance C/C++ work during the smartphone revolution and a decade building web and mobile applications across the full stack. He founded Double Happiness Digital Ltd and serves as Lead Developer at Fancam Ltd, where he delivers web‑based fan content and analytics while balancing agency work. Neal's deep mobile roots include a decade in the Sony‑Ericsson ecosystem, and his recent open‑source contributions enhanced Dynamoose with support for complex DynamoDB data types, demonstrating backend data modeling expertise. Based in Glastonbury/Brighton, he blends entrepreneurial initiative with hands‑on engineering and a knack for cleaning up core libraries and tests. Outside tech he is a committed yoga practitioner and co‑founder of a stylish Cape Town studio, reflecting a long‑term focus on discipline and wellbeing that informs his leadership and craft.
11 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
61reputation
3kreached
2answers
2questions
Github Skills (17)
javascript10
schema-design10
amazon-dynamodb10
dynamoose10
dynamodb10
nodejs10
testing9
serialization9
data-serialization9
deserialization9
iframe6
disjoint-sets6
facebook-login6
aggregation-framework6
facebook6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
dynamoose/dynamoose
Apr 2015 - May 2015
Dynamoose is a modeling tool for Amazon's DynamoDB
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 1 PR, 6 comments in 25 days
Contributions summary:Neal contributed significantly to the `dynamoose` library by adding support for complex data types like Maps and Lists within the schema definition and data handling logic. They extended the `Attribute` class to correctly process and convert these new data types to and from DynamoDB format. Additionally, the user enhanced the test suite to incorporate these new features and validate their functionality within the framework. Further improvements were related to cleaning up debug printouts.
dynamoosejavascriptamazon-dynamodbamazondynamodb
nealshail/datatables-query
Aug 2017 - Sep 2024
Contributions:14 pushes, 2 tags in 7 years 2 months
datatablesquerypaginationexpressnodejs
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