Gavin Morrice

Gavin Morrice

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(7 reviews)
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ABOUT ME
Ruby specialist with over 16 years of experience
Ruby specialist with over 16 years of experience

I'm a Ruby on Rails contributor and have been building applications (web and mobile) using Ruby for over 16 years.

I am a senior engineer at one of the most prominent Ruby on Rails companies in the world.

Currently seeking a new challenge in a long-term perm role that offers growth into a more senior positio.

English
Edinburgh (+00:00)
Joined September 2021
EXPERTISE
16 years experience | 2 endorsements
I've been building web applications, mobile apps and APIs using Ruby full-time since 2008. I'm also a Rails contributor, and have publis...
I've been building web applications, mobile apps and APIs using Ruby full-time since 2008. I'm also a Rails contributor, and have published several popular open-source gems
16 years experience | 6 endorsements
I've been building web apps in Ruby on Rails since 2008, and have been an active contributor to the Rails core codebase.
I've been building web apps in Ruby on Rails since 2008, and have been an active contributor to the Rails core codebase.
7 years experience
I wrote my first tutorial series for Rubymotion back in 2014. https://www.raywenderlich.com/2157-rubymotion-tutorial-for-beginners-part-...
I wrote my first tutorial series for Rubymotion back in 2014. https://www.raywenderlich.com/2157-rubymotion-tutorial-for-beginners-part-1 For a while, I was an active member of the Rubymotion community, and have published commercial iPhone and iPad apps using the tool
16 years experience | 1 endorsement
I've worked with JavaScript since 2008. Since then, various frameworks have come and gone. I believe focussing on the JavaScript fundamen...
I've worked with JavaScript since 2008. Since then, various frameworks have come and gone. I believe focussing on the JavaScript fundamentals (rather than frameworks and libraries) is the key to writing code that stands the test of time, and that other developers can follow easily.
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16 years experience
25 years experience
I started writing HTML in my early teens, and have followed the updates as it has evolved through XHTML, and HTML5, to the current HTML s...
I started writing HTML in my early teens, and have followed the updates as it has evolved through XHTML, and HTML5, to the current HTML specification.
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REVIEWS FROM CLIENTS

5.0
(7 reviews)
Nathan
Nathan
June 2024
Great session, Gavin helped me by showing the process on how to find and fix the issue, not just telling me the answer, patient and kind. Very recommended. Thanks Gavin!
Nathan
Nathan
May 2024
Gavin is a fantastic teacher, patient, friendly and gave me the different perspective on the issue that was exactly what i was looking for. Thank you Gavin!
Mark Squires
Mark Squires
February 2023
Very thorough, knowledgeable and patient. Definitely recommend.
Deirdre Sullivan
Deirdre Sullivan
November 2021
One of the best tutors I've ever worked with on here!
Nathan
Nathan
November 2021
Very satisfied, I cannot recommend Gavin enough, thoughtful, helpful and very knowledgeable whilst very forgiving of my slow typing. Thanks Gavin!
richiethomas
richiethomas
November 2021
Working with Gavin was great! I'm already familiar with Rails, but I still learned a few things from working with him today. We spent our hour critiquing one controller file in an open-source Rails project, talking about how the code worked and what we might change if we were to re-write it. It was a useful way to both have him gauge my understanding of Rails and also give me the chance to ask questions about how he writes code. 10/10 would work with him again.
SOCIAL PRESENCE
GitHub
blogit
A mountable Rails blogging engine
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BuildingARESTAPIinRails3
App code from the Screencast on building a REST API
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Stack Overflow
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EMPLOYMENTS
Senior Engineer
Cookpad
2021-11-01-Present

Cookpad is one of the most prominent Ruby on Rails apps in the world. We are the world's largest recipe sharing platform, with ov...

Cookpad is one of the most prominent Ruby on Rails apps in the world. We are the world's largest recipe sharing platform, with over 100M active monthly users.

My role at Cookpad has included leading web app performance optimisations as part of the web platform team, as well as helping to improve their core product as part of the search core team.

Ruby
HTML/CSS
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Ruby
HTML/CSS
Ruby on Rails
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