Nick L
Chief Technical Architect at LoopPerfect
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolNick L is a Chief Technical Architect and founder with 11 years of software engineering experience, currently leading Lab 1 to surface and remediate compromised data risks across enterprise and supplier ecosystems. He blends hands-on systems development—contributions to notable open-source F# projects like Suave (streaming and proxy features) and Fable (Uri/Async enhancements)—with strategic architecture for data-centric security products. His background spans front-office data integration at Barclays, game development and UX at an award-winning studio, and founding LoopPerfect, giving him a rare mix of financial, consumer, and startup perspectives. Trained in AI and philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, he pairs technical rigor with a thoughtful approach to risk and system design. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic engineering solutions that turn large, messy datasets into actionable enterprise insights.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (MA), Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy, First, Master of Arts (MA), Artificial Intelligence and Philosophy, First at The University of Edinburgh
Github Skills (15)
asynchronous10
unit-testing10
webserver10
fsharp10
http-server10
typescript10
typescripts10
async10
typescript-types10
dotnet-new9
javascript9
dotnet9
functional-programming9
dart4
rust3
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
SuaveIO/suave
Sep 2020 - Jan 2023
Suave is a simple web development F# library providing a lightweight web server and a set of combinators to manipulate route flow and task composition.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 8 commits, 3 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Nick primarily contributed to the `Suave` web framework library by adding and enhancing features related to stream handling and proxy functionality. They implemented a proxy WebPart and a WebPart for sending streams, including both standard and chunked transfer encoding options. The user also added stream tests to ensure functionality. The contributions involved modifying core components and adding supporting functions within the `Suave` library to improve its capabilities.
compositiondotnetweb-serverfsharproute
fable-compiler/Fable
Sep 2021 - Sep 2021
F# to JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust and Dart Compiler
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 7 commits, 5 PRs in 13 days
Contributions summary:Nick contributed to the Fable compiler project by implementing features related to the `Uri` and `Async` modules. They added functionality for handling `Uri.OriginalString` and implemented timeout mechanisms for asynchronous operations, including `Async.StartChild`. Their work involved modifying core library files, adding tests, and extending Fable's transform capabilities. The user also added support for `Stack` data structures and made improvements to the date parsing functionality.
pythonrustfsharpjavascriptdart
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