Hi, I‘m Sam Robbins
Senior Software Engineer at UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing
Jobs
Senior Software EngineerUK National Innovation Centre for AgeingJuly 2023 - Present
Software DeveloperCybSafeAug 2021 - July 2023
Software Developer ContractorPostapplyJul 2021 - Oct 2022
Lab DemonstratorDurham UniversityOct 2020 - Mar 2021
Summer InternGlobal Cyber AllianceJul 2020 - Sep 2020
For more details, check out my CV
Writing
Migration From jQuery to Next.js: A GuideSmashing Magazine - August 2022
A beginner’s guide to JSON, the data format for the internetStack Overflow - June 2022
Adding form submissions to Notion using Next.js and NetlifyNetlify - March 2022
Write A Plugin For Tailwind CSSEgghead - April 2021
Timeline
Voluteered at DurHack 2022.2
November 2022
Helped with set up, coding problems, food and judgingAttended State of the Browser
October 2022
A conference about web standardsAttended React Advanced
October 2022
Learnt about effectively using ReactAttended CyberUK 2022
May 2022
A government run cyber security event focusing on cyber security for the whole of societyVolunteered at Durhack 2022
February 2022
Helped with setting up, food, judging and packing upPrize winner in Cloudflare Developer Challenge
December 2021
Created a train timetable project using workers and pagesGraduated from Durham University
July 2021
Graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in BSc Computer ScienceGave an Introduction to Git talk at DurHack 2020
November 2020
Covered how to use Git, GitHub and GitKrakenWinner at Magic Hackathon
November 2020
Created a website which allows for users to create a CV and have it published- Wrote a proposal for a website to teach people how to get started contributing to open source
- Built a website to make it easier to add DMARC to domains hosted on Vercel
- Learned about the basics of setting up an application on Microsoft Azure
- Created a Firefox browser extension designed to make you less productive
Finalists and best use of MongoDB at DurHack 2019
November 2019
Built a website to help people with dementia in a variety of tasks such as scheduling and moneyAttended init.g
November 2019
Learned about a range of Cybersecurity topics including Fuzzing, Binary Exploits and Reverse EngineeringAttended CyberUK 2019
April 2019
Learned about the current Cybersecurity landscape and met with companies working in cyberWon Funniest Hack at DurHack 2018
November 2018
Created a Discord chatbot that interfaces with a range of APIs