Nicholas Latham
Data Engineer
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolNicholas Latham is a Data Engineer based in London with 10 years of experience building reliable, maintainable software systems after earning a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Exeter. Currently working at Heddlu Dyfed-Powys Police, he applies pragmatic engineering to data pipelines and analytics in mission-critical public-sector environments. A hands-on developer with front-end pedigree, he contributes to prominent open-source projects like OpenLayers where he modernised legacy code (replacing goog.bind and removing deprecated utilities) and improved WebGL and heatmap rendering paths. Nicholas combines a strong foundation in computer science with practical refactoring and modernization skills, helping teams reduce technical debt while keeping production systems stable. Colleagues describe him as detail-oriented and effective at translating complex technical issues into maintainable solutions.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor's, Computer Science, 2:1, Bachelor's, Computer Science, 2:1 at University of Exeter
Github Skills (5)
maps10
javascript10
s510
openlayers10
webgl9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
openlayers/openlayers
Jan 2016 - Nov 2018
OpenLayers
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:39 commits, 22 PRs, 91 comments in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Nicholas primarily focused on refactoring and updating the codebase, specifically addressing the use of `goog.bind` and replacing it with ES5 `.bind` in various files, including those related to WebGL rendering, interaction handling, and heatmap layer rendering. They also removed polyfills and incorrect dependencies in the examples/mobile-full-screen.html and config/examples/example.html files. Furthermore, the user worked on removing deprecated code, such as `goog.array.flatten`, `goog.array.extend`, `goog.array.removeAt`, and other utility functions.
javascriptopenlayersgis
nicholas-l/advent-of-code-2021
Nov 2021 - Apr 2025
Contributions:77 PRs, 117 pushes, 8 branches in 3 years 4 months
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