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Kathryn Dale

Worked on the UKHSA data dashboard and digital-form-builder repositories, delivering features that improved data governance, infrastructure automation, and user experience. Developed CMS data classification and validation using Django and Wagtail, enhancing security for non-public content. Automated deployments and managed AWS infrastructure with Terraform and GitHub Actions, reducing manual toil and increasing release reliability. Addressed configuration management and error handling to ensure system stability, and implemented IP-based access controls for sensitive dashboards. Used Python, JavaScript, and YAML to build and maintain backend and frontend components, focusing on code quality, test-driven development, and clear ownership to support maintainable, auditable releases.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

75%Features

Repository Contributions

23Total
Bugs
3
Commits
23
Features
9
Lines of code
57,319
Activity Months8

Work History

April 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Apr 1, 2026

Monthly summary for 2026-04: Implemented a security improvement to IP-based access control for the internal data dashboard infrastructure, resulting in tighter access controls, improved auditability, and reduced exposure for sensitive dashboards. No major bugs reported this period. The work was focused on safe, low-risk changes with clear traceability in the repository.

March 2026

12 Commits • 2 Features

Mar 1, 2026

March 2026 performance summary for UKHSA Data Dashboard initiative. Delivered two core pillars: (1) CMS Data Classification for Pages, introducing a page_classification field with admin form updates, migrations, tests, and security improvements; and (2) Deployment automation and AWS infrastructure, including GitHub Actions workflows, AWS credentials handling, Terraform environment management, and Docker image handling for frontend and backend deployments. This work improves data governance, security posture, and release reliability, while reducing manual toil and enabling faster, reproducible deployments.

February 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2026

February 2026 monthly summary for UKHSA-Internal/data-dashboard-api: Focused feature work on data governance and content security, with a solid UI and backend validation enhancement. No major bug fixes were exercised this month as the priority was delivering a high-impact feature.

January 2026

3 Commits • 2 Features

Jan 1, 2026

January 2026 monthly summary for UKHSA data dashboard program. Delivered targeted enhancements to antimicrobial resistance data ingestion, improved code quality, and restored access controls. These efforts increased data reliability for AMR metrics, reduced risk through linting and comment standardization, and ensured uninterrupted access for key stakeholders, enabling faster decision-making and safer deployments.

September 2025

3 Commits • 1 Features

Sep 1, 2025

September 2025 performance summary for ukhsa-collaboration/digital-form-builder: Focused on reliability, data integrity, and user experience improvements. Implemented a generic error fallback page for the which-ari route and carried out routine data and configuration quality improvements to prevent misconfigurations. These changes reduce user impact, lower support requests, and provide a stable foundation for future enhancements.

July 2025

1 Commits

Jul 1, 2025

July 2025 monthly summary for ukhsa-collaboration/digital-form-builder. Focused on maintenance and compliance. No new features delivered; completed a critical bug revert to restore the approved KLS file size limit and messaging.

June 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Jun 1, 2025

June 2025 monthly summary for ukhsa-collaboration/digital-form-builder: Delivered the Form Runner Summary Transformer with frontend integration, enabling dynamic modification and flexible presentation of form summaries. Key enhancements include GOV.UK frontend integration refinements and improved documentation/view layers to support clearer, more adaptable form summaries. Upstream alignment work was completed by merging upstream/main into fix/align-upstream to maintain stability and consistency with core branches.

April 2025

1 Commits • 1 Features

Apr 1, 2025

April 2025 monthly summary: Governance and ownership improvements in the UKHSA fork of the digital-form-builder repository. Implemented CODEOWNERS restructuring to designate L3 Engineering as default owners for the UKHSA fork, clarifying ownership across all files and specifically covering the ReportAnOutbreak form and the general forms directory, with exceptions for team-specific forms if L3 Engineering does not support the product. This change reduces ownership ambiguity, accelerates code reviews, and enhances accountability across forks. Commit reference: 33bfca1e808b4cd3d727d44ca0cf9fa80149e7e4.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness93.0%
Maintainability91.4%
Architecture89.6%
Performance89.6%
AI Usage21.8%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

CSSHCLHTMLJavaScriptPythonSCSSTypeScriptYAML

Technical Skills

AWSBack-end DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentCode OwnershipConfiguration ManagementDatabase MigrationsDevOpsDjangoError HandlingForm BuildingFront End DevelopmentFront-end DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentFull Stack DevelopmentGOV.UK Frontend Integration

Repositories Contributed To

3 repos

Overview of all repositories you've contributed to across your timeline

UKHSA-Internal/data-dashboard-api

Jan 2026 Mar 2026
3 Months active

Languages Used

PythonCSSJavaScript

Technical Skills

Pythoncode lintingdata validationenum managementunit testingBack-end Development

ukhsa-collaboration/digital-form-builder

Apr 2025 Sep 2025
4 Months active

Languages Used

YAMLHTMLJavaScriptSCSSTypeScript

Technical Skills

Code OwnershipDevOpsBackend DevelopmentForm BuildingFrontend DevelopmentFull Stack Development

UKHSA-Internal/data-dashboard-infra

Jan 2026 Apr 2026
3 Months active

Languages Used

HCLYAML

Technical Skills

Infrastructure as CodeTerraformAWSDevOpsGitHub Actions