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.
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.
How to set up Shiny Server on a Ubuntu 20.04 server from Digital Ocean
Linux R 10 February, 2022– We can use RStudio's open-source version of Shiny Server to host our own Shiny apps on a Ubuntu 20.04 cloud server.
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.