Kia ora, I'm Hedley—
I'm a software engineer specialising in data products and applications. My primary interests include dashboards and web applications; data engineering and architecture; and effective data communication (read: pretty plots).
Consulting
I may be able to help you in the following areas:
- R's Shiny framework for data-centric web applications and dashboards:
- Developing new data products;
- Performance optimisation and debugging;
- Data and system architecture, including web hosting and deployment.
- Custom, publication-ready data graphics;
- Data pipelines (e.g., ETL workflows with SQL, Python and R);
- Training individuals or teams in R and Shiny.
For pricing and more information, click here.
Blog
I mainly write about R (15 posts), Python (12 posts), and statistics and data science (10 posts). My three most recent posts are shown below, and you can find a full list of my posts here.
An introduction to practical data privacy and security
Privacy and security 30 October, 2022– This post describes a series of practical actions you can take to increase the privacy and security of yourself and your data.
Using the GitHub API to find open-source projects looking for contributions
Python git 19 March, 2022– I often read that a great way to get better at programming is to contribute to open-source projects. The problem is, open-source projects that are looking for help aren't all that easy to find. To find some leads on such projects, we can use the GitHub API.
More stuff
- You can find the code that I reference in my posts here, which is just a repo in my GitLab account.
- A few of my code projects are available here.
- You can contact me from here.