Peter Hartshorn
IOS Developer at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolPeter Hartshorn is an iOS developer with nine years' experience building production software for the UK public sector, currently working at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology after a long tenure at the Government Digital Service. He brings practical expertise across mobile and backend systems, having contributed to GOV.UK's Whitehall platform where he handled URL structures, redirects, database migrations and publishing API integrations to improve content workflows. Comfortable moving between front-end app work and server-side changes, Peter focuses on reliable, maintainable solutions that reduce friction for content publishers and end users. His background rising from apprentice to developer gives him a hands-on, pragmatic approach to engineering and a deep understanding of government digital delivery constraints. Colleagues value his blend of technical breadth and attention to operational detail when shipping public-facing services.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Wales High School
Github Skills (14)
database-migrations10
ruby-rails10
dhall10
wsh10
database-migration10
rails10
api10
wp-api10
hal10
ruby10
api-design9
restful-api9
rest-api9
api-rest9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
alphagov/whitehall
Aug 2017 - Dec 2022
Publishes government content on GOV.UK
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:57 reviews, 288 commits, 187 PRs in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Peter primarily contributed to the Whitehall codebase, making changes to document slugs, implementing redirects, and modifying the topic taxonomy and government email subscription system. Their work involved database migrations, adjustments to URL structures, and updating code to interact with the Publishing API and email-alert-frontend. They demonstrated a focus on improving content management workflows and addressing specific content issues within the GOV.UK platform.
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1pretz1/price-scraper
Nov 2017 - Sep 2020
Contributions:25 PRs, 84 pushes, 27 branches in 2 years 10 months
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