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gavdraper/README.md

πŸ‘‹ Hi, I'm Gavin Draper

πŸš€ Engineering Leader | πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» 20+ Years XP

About Me

  • πŸ—οΈ Engineering Manager with 20+ years of hands-on experience.
  • πŸ’» Specializing in the Microsoft stack (.NET, SQL Server, Azure, and more).
  • 🏦 Formerly at ClearBank.
  • πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ Passionate about building product focussed scalable platforms (Oh and Running).
  • πŸ“ˆ Advocate for Continious Improvement

πŸ€– Always Learning: AI for Engineering Workflows

I'm currently exploring and experimenting with different AI techniques to help engineering teams make the best use of AI in their daily workflows. My goal is to discover practical ways AI can boost productivity, automate repetitive tasks, and enable teams to focus on creative problem-solving. I'm excited to share what I learn and apply these insights to real-world engineering challenges!

πŸ› οΈ Hobby Projects

  • πŸ“š Articyl β€” A personal content hub β€” save anything, consume anywhere. Save web content via browser extension or mobile share target, subscribe to RSS feeds and podcasts, with YouTube and Twitter/X content support coming soon. Listen to saved content with AI narration, read in a built-in reader with highlights and reading position sync, and deliver to e-readers as PDF/EPUB.

  • 🐺 Moonlight Mayhem β€” A digital take on classic social deduction games. One host runs the game on a TV while up to 15 players join from their phones for fast social deduction rounds. Built with ASP.NET Core and SignalR for real-time gameplay, with 16+ roles, leaderboards, and resilient reconnection so devices can sleep and rejoin seamlessly.


πŸ”— Connect with Me

🌐 Find Me Online πŸ”— Link
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/gavdraper
Website gavindraper.com

πŸ› οΈ Tech Stack

.NET Azure SQL Server Azure Service Bus App Insights Kibana Grafana

⚑ Fun Facts

  • πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ Obsessed about runningβ€”ask me about my latest adventure!
  • πŸ₯‡ Advocate for lifelong learning & team growth. (Lets talk books!)

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  1. gavdraper.github.io gavdraper.github.io Public

    My Blog

    SCSS

  2. ChaosLoad ChaosLoad Public

    Allows you to define load scripts in a JSON file with thread and repeat counts etc

    C# 2

  3. RunPace RunPace Public

    JavaScript