Gav McKenzie
Developing
Role
- Heads up front-end architecture across all projects.
- Co-ordinates team members during builds.
- Optimises front-end performance.
- Creates rapid prototypes.
- Professional bug-fixer.
- Makes things go whizz.
Experience
- Writing code for the internet since he was 13.
- Began professional career as a front-end developer in 2008.
- Quickly rose to senior developer working on projects for brands such as: Admiral, Easyjet, Stella Artois and Smashing Magazine.
- Joined Etch in 2012 as one of the original team members and became a Director in 2016.
- Can still do a decent impression of a dial-up modem.
Status
👨👩👧👦MeetingsReading
We analyzed the GitHub Issues from the most popular Front-End frameworks, here's what we found
Using unsupervised AI to discover insights
State Management in React Apps — Part I – Hacker Noon
If you know how to properly use JSX and how React components communicate with each other you are a true hero. However, you should ask…
Service Workers — Gotchas – Boopathi Rajaa – Medium
Yet another Service Workers Post
Writing
We rewrote our site after 5 years.
A lot has changed.
Increase conversion with a faster web app
50% of users will leave if your site doesn’t load in less than 3 seconds.
6 ways to manage your React app state
You know what you need to build and you know you’re building it in React, but how are you going to manage your data?
Resting
- Outside of work Gavyn can be found training for powerlifting or hanging out with the team bulldog, Darcy.
- If he’s not injured, you can often find him on a mountain in Europe, skateboarding downhill.
