Steve Pugh
Robotics Lead Developer at Cera
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSteve Pugh is a Robotics Lead Developer and seasoned Android/Kotlin engineer with over two decades in software and more than a decade focused on Android since 2011. He has led development of Android-based companion robots for remote care delivery, applying modern practices like Jetpack Compose, MVVM, Retrofit and Room while expanding into Kotlin Multiplatform and server-side Ktor work. Comfortable as a contractor and independent app/game creator, he consistently ships production-grade mobile solutions and has contributed Android keyboard support and multilingual layouts to an open-source Colemak Mod-DH project. His background in physics (PhD) and early computational research gives him a uniquely analytical approach to system design and robotics problems. Based in Bristol, UK, he blends hands-on coding, build-system and ProGuard expertise with product-focused leadership on long-running projects. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex requirements into robust, maintainable Android systems.
11 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Physics, PhD Physics at Keele University
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autohotkey10
android-development10
keyboard-layout10
java9
css9
gradle9
javas9
gradlew9
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php6
google-geolocation6
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
ColemakMods/mod-dh
Oct 2014 - Oct 2022
A Colemak mod for more comfortable typing.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (Android)
Mobile Developer (Android)Contributions:2 reviews, 150 commits, 28 PRs in 8 years
Contributions summary:Steve primarily worked on integrating Android physical keyboard mappings for the Colemak Mod-DH layout. They added multilingual support to the Android layouts, indicating an effort to broaden usability across different keyboard configurations. The user also modified Gradle and ProGuard files, along with core Java code, to support the Android application's build process and behavior. Their work included updating the layouts and ensuring functionality across various input devices.
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stevep99/seniply
May 2021 - Nov 2022
An ergonomic, six-layer extended keyboard layout designed for small keyboards.
Contributions:15 commits, 3 PRs, 41 pushes in 1 year 6 months
keyboardsextendedlayoutergonomickeyboard
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