Tony Van Swet
Owner Software Engineer at Appy Digital
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolTony Van Swet is an owner and software engineer with a decade of experience building web and mobile apps and leading teams focused on climate-positive outcomes. After an early career as a truck driver, he pivoted into software and now combines deep front-end expertise (TypeScript, React, Next.js) with broad backend and cloud skills across GCP, AWS and Azure. He led the Advocacy Team at Electricity Maps, contributing UI improvements and resilience features to the project's prominent open-source repo that powers real-time CO2 visualizations. As founder of Appy Digital he delivers product-focused solutions while mentoring teams and aligning engineering work to product strategy. Tony’s background in mechanical engineering and computational intelligence gives him a pragmatic systems perspective that he applies to energy, sustainability and developer experience challenges.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer and Information Sciences, Double Major in Software Development and Computational Intelligence, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer and Information Sciences, Double Major in Software Development and Computational Intelligence at Auckland University of TechnologyAuckland Grammar School
English
Github Skills (12)
uid10
javascript10
iphone-app10
android-app10
ui-design10
front-end-development10
react10
application10
redux9
data-visualization9
data-visualisation9
data-visualizations9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
electricitymaps/electricitymaps-contrib
Aug 2022 - Jan 2023
The open source repository for Electricity Maps App and data parsers that enables a real-time visualisation of the CO2 emissions of electricity consumption
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:482 reviews, 88 commits, 457 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Tony focused on enhancing the Electricity Maps web application's front-end. They implemented features for handling grid and zone request failures, including retry mechanisms and an error banner component. The user contributed to the design and implementation of UI components, specifically the addition of a country-specific map component for spatial aggregation views and an app survey. Furthermore, they also updated UI elements and navigation, including the addition of a link to the company's website from the header logo.
real-timeelectricity-consumptionvisualisationco2-emissionsemissions
tonypls/tonyvanswet.com
Nov 2023 - Dec 2024
Portfolio Website
Contributions:6 PRs, 35 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 1 month
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