mysociety/fixmystreet
Nov 2024 – Oct 2025
12 Months active
Languages Used
DockerfileHTMLMarkdownPOPerlShellYAMLCSS
Technical Skills
API IntegrationBackend DevelopmentBug FixingCode RefactoringDatabase ManagementDependency Management
Matthew Somerville
PROFILE
Matthew Somerville
Matthew contributed to mysociety/fixmystreet by delivering robust features and reliability improvements across waste management, payments, mapping, and admin workflows. He engineered end-to-end solutions for subscription lifecycles, payment integration, and data export, refactoring workflows to improve maintainability and user experience. Using Perl, JavaScript, and SQL, Matthew unified payment logic, optimized geospatial data handling, and enhanced admin interfaces for configuration and reporting. His work included implementing caching, session management, and accessibility updates, while addressing edge cases and reducing operational friction. The depth of his engineering is evident in the breadth of cross-domain enhancements, code quality improvements, and scalable architectural refinements.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
62%Features
Repository Contributions
551Total
Bugs
166
Commits
551
Features
274
Lines of code
132,600
Activity Months12
Your Network
12 people
Work History
October 2025
52 Commits • 20 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 monthly summary for mysociety/fixmystreet. Focused on reliability improvements, user experience enhancements, and data-driven performance optimizations across Bexley, Sutton, Merton, North Northants, Echo, and related deployments. Key changes include data access improvements for Bexley, UI and email refinements in Sutton, bulky items workflow enhancements and asset updates in Merton, scheduling frequency automation in Echo, and UI/data enhancements in North Northants. Also addressed several high-priority bugs to stabilize calendar processing, update sending, and security-related issues.
52 Commits • 20 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 monthly summary for mysociety/fixmystreet. Focused on reliability improvements, user experience enhancements, and data-driven performance optimizations across Bexley, Sutton, Merton, North Northants, Echo, and related deployments. Key changes include data access improvements for Bexley, UI and email refinements in Sutton, bulky items workflow enhancements and asset updates in Merton, scheduling frequency automation in Echo, and UI/data enhancements in North Northants. Also addressed several high-priority bugs to stabilize calendar processing, update sending, and security-related issues.
October 2025
September 2025
54 Commits • 28 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 delivered a mix of performance, usability, and reliability improvements across the FixMyStreet suite. Key features include lazy-loading for three footer images to accelerate page load and save bandwidth; improved business logic and UX with Merton Waste bin services ordering; Sutton sidebar enhancement via a small items link; and front-page UI adjustments to better adapt to viewports. Major code-quality and reliability work included refactoring payment processing for Waste, caching GetSiteWorksheets results in session to reduce redundant calls, and persisting fetched events for faster subsequent access. Additional cleanups included removing unused AboutYou fields (Garden) and minor UI bug fixes across several endpoints. These changes collectively enhance user experience for municipal customers, improve data accuracy, and reduce friction in common workflows such as waste collection requests and payments.
September 2025
54 Commits • 28 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 delivered a mix of performance, usability, and reliability improvements across the FixMyStreet suite. Key features include lazy-loading for three footer images to accelerate page load and save bandwidth; improved business logic and UX with Merton Waste bin services ordering; Sutton sidebar enhancement via a small items link; and front-page UI adjustments to better adapt to viewports. Major code-quality and reliability work included refactoring payment processing for Waste, caching GetSiteWorksheets results in session to reduce redundant calls, and persisting fetched events for faster subsequent access. Additional cleanups included removing unused AboutYou fields (Garden) and minor UI bug fixes across several endpoints. These changes collectively enhance user experience for municipal customers, improve data accuracy, and reduce friction in common workflows such as waste collection requests and payments.
August 2025
60 Commits • 36 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for mysociety/fixmystreet: Delivered a set of high-impact features and stability fixes across bulky processing, data export, mapping, and payment workflows, driving improved data integrity, user experience, and operational efficiency. Key features include bulk processing improvements with mandatory phone capture and polished confirmations; CSV export now includes the original reference; aerial mapping layer added with performance-conscious zoom controls; and direct debit reconciliation options plus related UI/data updates. Major fixes addressed warning handling, PAYE narrative display, fly-tipping grouping, and renewal questionnaire handling to reduce errors and unintended changes. These efforts contributed to improved data quality, faster end-to-end operations, and groundwork for scalable growth.
60 Commits • 36 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for mysociety/fixmystreet: Delivered a set of high-impact features and stability fixes across bulky processing, data export, mapping, and payment workflows, driving improved data integrity, user experience, and operational efficiency. Key features include bulk processing improvements with mandatory phone capture and polished confirmations; CSV export now includes the original reference; aerial mapping layer added with performance-conscious zoom controls; and direct debit reconciliation options plus related UI/data updates. Major fixes addressed warning handling, PAYE narrative display, fly-tipping grouping, and renewal questionnaire handling to reduce errors and unintended changes. These efforts contributed to improved data quality, faster end-to-end operations, and groundwork for scalable growth.
August 2025
July 2025
24 Commits • 15 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for mysociety/fixmystreet focusing on delivering business value through feature delivery, reliability fixes, and architectural refinements. The month saw cross-domain improvements across payments, maps, rights of way, bulky items workflows, and developer ergonomics, resulting in cleaner payment flows, more reliable mapping, richer ROW capabilities, and improved user data capture.
July 2025
24 Commits • 15 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for mysociety/fixmystreet focusing on delivering business value through feature delivery, reliability fixes, and architectural refinements. The month saw cross-domain improvements across payments, maps, rights of way, bulky items workflows, and developer ergonomics, resulting in cleaner payment flows, more reliable mapping, richer ROW capabilities, and improved user data capture.
June 2025
44 Commits • 23 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly performance summary for mysociety/fixmystreet. Delivered core value through payments integration, site-specific UX enhancements, security improvements, and geospatial accuracy upgrades across regional deployments. The work reduced processing friction, improved data integrity, and strengthened privacy, underpinning scalable growth and more reliable service delivery.
44 Commits • 23 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly performance summary for mysociety/fixmystreet. Delivered core value through payments integration, site-specific UX enhancements, security improvements, and geospatial accuracy upgrades across regional deployments. The work reduced processing friction, improved data integrity, and strengthened privacy, underpinning scalable growth and more reliable service delivery.
June 2025
May 2025
61 Commits • 27 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly performance highlights for mysociety/fixmystreet focused on delivering high-value features, stabilizing communications, and modernizing configuration/data management to boost business value and maintainability.
May 2025
61 Commits • 27 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly performance highlights for mysociety/fixmystreet focused on delivering high-value features, stabilizing communications, and modernizing configuration/data management to boost business value and maintainability.
April 2025
42 Commits • 20 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for mysociety/fixmystreet focusing on delivering targeted improvements across Fly-tipping reporting, update-check traceability, cross-borough workflow optimizations, reporting enhancements, and reliability/code-quality improvements. Highlights include features delivered, bugs fixed, business impact, and demonstrated tech skills.
42 Commits • 20 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for mysociety/fixmystreet focusing on delivering targeted improvements across Fly-tipping reporting, update-check traceability, cross-borough workflow optimizations, reporting enhancements, and reliability/code-quality improvements. Highlights include features delivered, bugs fixed, business impact, and demonstrated tech skills.
April 2025
March 2025
67 Commits • 39 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 performance summary for mysociety/fixmystreet. This period delivered substantial improvements across Bexley, Waste, and Garden workflows, focusing on subscription lifecycle, data quality, and admin governance. Notable outcomes include an auto-renew renewal workflow for expired Bexley subscriptions, enhanced config-driven access controls and logging for Bexley, and improved pending waste lookups with confirmed reports. Data integrity improvements ensured waste records always have a name, and user-facing garden admin experiences were clarified with staff-only cancellation access and improved intro text. Several reliability and quality fixes were completed (template warnings, removal of unused hooks, and edge-case corrections such as 0 zoom handling). These changes collectively reduce operational risk, accelerate end-to-end processing, and improve business value for field operations and council services.
March 2025
67 Commits • 39 Features
Mar 1, 2025March 2025 performance summary for mysociety/fixmystreet. This period delivered substantial improvements across Bexley, Waste, and Garden workflows, focusing on subscription lifecycle, data quality, and admin governance. Notable outcomes include an auto-renew renewal workflow for expired Bexley subscriptions, enhanced config-driven access controls and logging for Bexley, and improved pending waste lookups with confirmed reports. Data integrity improvements ensured waste records always have a name, and user-facing garden admin experiences were clarified with staff-only cancellation access and improved intro text. Several reliability and quality fixes were completed (template warnings, removal of unused hooks, and edge-case corrections such as 0 zoom handling). These changes collectively reduce operational risk, accelerate end-to-end processing, and improve business value for field operations and council services.
February 2025
29 Commits • 14 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly summary for mysociety/fixmystreet: Delivered cross-brand features, reliability fixes, and data-layer improvements that enhance incident response, user experience, and data quality. The work strengthened brand alignment, reduced noise in alerts, and expanded GIS capabilities across multiple districts, while maintaining a strong focus on performance and maintainability.
29 Commits • 14 Features
Feb 1, 2025February 2025 monthly summary for mysociety/fixmystreet: Delivered cross-brand features, reliability fixes, and data-layer improvements that enhance incident response, user experience, and data quality. The work strengthened brand alignment, reduced noise in alerts, and expanded GIS capabilities across multiple districts, while maintaining a strong focus on performance and maintainability.
February 2025
January 2025
46 Commits • 20 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 monthly summary for mysociety/fixmystreet focused on delivering cross-location platform improvements, feature enhancements, and robust bug fixes to improve data quality, reliability, and operational efficiency across Waste, SLWP/Kingston/Sutton, and related modules.
January 2025
46 Commits • 20 Features
Jan 1, 2025January 2025 monthly summary for mysociety/fixmystreet focused on delivering cross-location platform improvements, feature enhancements, and robust bug fixes to improve data quality, reliability, and operational efficiency across Waste, SLWP/Kingston/Sutton, and related modules.
December 2024
43 Commits • 17 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for mysociety/fixmystreet focusing on reliability, performance, and expanded data capabilities across reporting, mapping, and user workflows. Delivered key features, resolved root causes in data handling, and aligned with policy changes to support business goals.
43 Commits • 17 Features
Dec 1, 2024December 2024 monthly summary for mysociety/fixmystreet focusing on reliability, performance, and expanded data capabilities across reporting, mapping, and user workflows. Delivered key features, resolved root causes in data handling, and aligned with policy changes to support business goals.
December 2024
November 2024
29 Commits • 15 Features
Nov 1, 2024Month 2024-11 — Delivered a concentrated set of features and fixes across fixmystreet, strengthening user experience, admin controls, and data integrity while improving deployment readiness. Key features include HTML-enabled Waste enquiry notices, Open311 data processing optimizations, and targeted UI improvements for geography and admin contexts. Major bugs fixed enhanced access restrictions and data consistency, reducing support friction and preventing regression. Overall impact: improved resident interactions, more robust data handling, and smoother deployments with systemd/Docker adjustments. Technologies/skills demonstrated: backend feature work, data handling and validation, admin UI improvements, deployment readiness, and cross-team collaboration.
November 2024
29 Commits • 15 Features
Nov 1, 2024Month 2024-11 — Delivered a concentrated set of features and fixes across fixmystreet, strengthening user experience, admin controls, and data integrity while improving deployment readiness. Key features include HTML-enabled Waste enquiry notices, Open311 data processing optimizations, and targeted UI improvements for geography and admin contexts. Major bugs fixed enhanced access restrictions and data consistency, reducing support friction and preventing regression. Overall impact: improved resident interactions, more robust data handling, and smoother deployments with systemd/Docker adjustments. Technologies/skills demonstrated: backend feature work, data handling and validation, admin UI improvements, deployment readiness, and cross-team collaboration.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness89.2%
Maintainability88.4%
Architecture84.6%
Performance83.8%
AI Usage20.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
CSSDockerfileHTMLJavaScriptMarkdownPOPerlSCSSSQLShell
Technical Skills
API AuthenticationAPI DevelopmentAPI IntegrationAPI OptimizationAddress ParsingAdmin Interface DevelopmentAsset OrganizationBack End DevelopmentBack-end DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentBug FixingBuild Process OptimizationCI/CDCSSCSV Export
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