About

Hi, I’m Scott

I’m an application team lead overseeing a large Svelte and SvelteKit codebase centred around an AI product. My role, leading a team of super talented developers and ensuring best practices in the development lifecycle. Prior to this, I was a developer advocate, partnering with companies to create content that educates users and streamline their journey. For specialized Svelte consulting services, visit svelteconsulting.dev. I’m also the founder of OES Technology, where we provide scalable Svelte solutions for businesses.

I create content written in the blog here and educational videos supporting the written content.

I’m a second career dev that re-skilled from a VBA analyst developer role into web development.

For 4 years now I have been working in Svelte and SvelteKit, holding workshops and organising events with the other organisers of the Svelte Society London group.

Check out the speaking section for more details about those!

My journey in web development has given me a strong foundation in modern web standards and best practices. I gained extensive experience (7 years) working with various frameworks and architectures, including Gatsby and the Jamstack approach. While I moved away from active Jamstack usage 4 years ago, the principles of performance, security, and scalability I learned continue to inform my work in creating efficient, user-centric web applications.

Sectors I have worked in:

I have over ten years of experience working for large corporate organisations in Finance (Risk, Asset Management), Property, Oil & Gas and the Lloyd’s insurance market.

As a web developer I’ve worked in government digital transformation, creative digital and the content management space. I now work in business process outsourcing, helping build smart AI agents for clients.

My personality

I find it hard to identify my traits, so instead, I took the 16Personalities test; here are my results.

I like to think of myself as an easy to approach and friendly person.

My interests

I’m obsessed with watching anything to do with mechanical engineering and restorations on YouTube.

I got a Steam Deck! Been playing Borderlands 1, 2 and 3 on it, still really like the franchise after all this time 😊

Music I listen to

I’m a massive Drum and Bass fan. I have a Spotify playlist I like to listen to for coding with the title for which I stole from Phil Hawksworth:

Other playlists I’d recommend would be the UKF Drum and Bass Top 100:

Podcasts I listen to

I listen to many podcasts, here are some that I get a lot of value from that aren’t all code related:

Darknet Diaries

Stories of cyber threats/breaches that happened on the internet, these are stories from the past not covering current tech security. Super interesting to listen to.

Random But Memorable

From the makers of 1Password for security advice and a round-up of the latest security news.

Land of the Giants

Stories about big tech and how it’s changing the world.