Darcy Laycock
Chief Technology Officer at Newie
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolDarcy Laycock is a seasoned technology leader and CTO based in Melbourne with 18 years of experience building backend infrastructure, APIs and consumer apps across iOS, tvOS and the web. He combines hands-on engineering with product delivery discipline—focused on shipping practical systems that solve real user problems—from data pipelines for VOD discovery to scalable Rails and AWS backends. A strong contributor to open-source tooling and cloud security projects (notably work improving cloud-custodian and RVM), he brings security and DevOps rigor to product teams. Darcy’s background as a co-founder and engineering lead means he’s equally comfortable architecting systems, mentoring teams, and rolling up his sleeves to implement the pieces that make products work in production.
18 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science Systems & Web Technologies, Bachelor of Computer Science Systems & Web Technologies at The University of Western AustraliaKent Street Senior High School
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Github Skills (38)
ruby-rails10
cloud-computing10
python10
api-design10
scripting10
it-security10
rails10
rule-engine10
security10
ruby10
script10
aws10
sh10
error-handling10
engine10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
Sutto/rocket_pants
Sep 2011 - Sep 2015
API building tools on top of ActionController. Also, an awesome name.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:259 commits, 10 PRs, 27 pushes in 4 years
Contributions summary:Darcy primarily contributed to the RocketPants framework, focusing on improving its error handling, caching, and serialization capabilities. They implemented features like custom error mappings, exception handling with metadata inclusion, and JSONP support. Furthermore, the user added support for Rails' ActiveModelSerializers, expanding the framework's data rendering options.
actioncontroller
rvm/rvm
May 2010 - Sep 2011
Ruby enVironment Manager (RVM)
Role in this project:Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:238 commits in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Darcy primarily focused on improving the Ruby enVironment Manager (RVM) project's build and operational processes. Their contributions included refactoring patch support, enhancing the documentation generation, and implementing features related to tools and API functionalities within the ruby environment. Additionally, the user addressed miscellaneous bug fixes and incorporated security patches for OpenSSL, improving the reliability and security of the RVM.
rubyrvmruby-versionsruby-environmentjruby
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