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Hey, I’m Greg Ives

I’m a software engineer, interested in everything from database design to great user experiences. I’m currently working at Zopa Bank by day, and working on my side projects by night.

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

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Cloudy

Warrington, UK

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Acquired!

Myles Wellbeing

Myles Wellbeing rewards employees for living a healthy lifestyle: every time you go for a run, or do some meditation or gardening, Myles Wellbeing will reward you with Smyles. You can then redeem your Smyles for real-world vouchers from retailers like Amazon and Nike. As the lead software engineer at Myles Wellbeing, I am responsible for architecting and building an easy-to-use product that employees love, which works well and will continue to work well as we scale.

WWYLL

What would you look like if you were bald? WWYLL shows you what you'd look like with different hair styles, hair colours, facial hair and accessories.

Jotboard

Jotboard is an online whiteboard that makes it easy to collaborate in real-time with your colleagues, students and friends. Built as an alternative to Google Jamboard, Jotboard now has more than 10,000 users across the world.

Emoji Family

Your go-to for all things emoji. Emoji Family is the best place to find and download more than 3,000 emojis in SVG and PNG format. We provide an Emoji API which you can use to embed high-quality emojis in your own website or artwork.

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From the blog

Auto-Increment Headings in React

 

A really simple ‘trick’ to automatically number headings in React.

Styling a SectionList in React Native

 

The easiest way to apply styles to sections in a SectionList.

Nuxt, Netlify Forms and reCAPTCHA

 

How to integrate Netlify Forms and reCAPTCHA into a Nuxt application.

“
Greg is a rare breed of developer that can work across the full stack and is a genuine joy to work with. We’re lucky to have him leading our development at Myles.

Toby Cannon

CEO, Myles Wellbeing