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Nicholas Featch

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Nicholas Featch

Over six months, contributed to DEFRA’s ePR calculator suite by building and refining backend features, data exports, and calculation logic across repositories such as epr-calculator-service and epr-common-data-api. Delivered robust API endpoints, enhanced CSV and JSON export functionality, and improved data integrity through careful SQL scripting and Entity Framework migrations. Addressed complex waste management calculations, implemented feature flags, and strengthened session handling in the frontend. Focused on maintainable code through architectural refactoring, expanded unit and integration test coverage, and introduced detailed logging. Used C#, ASP.NET Core, and SQL to ensure accurate reporting, reliable migrations, and streamlined regulatory billing processes.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

49%Features

Repository Contributions

48Total
Bugs
19
Commits
48
Features
18
Lines of code
40,991
Activity Months6

Work History

June 2026

2 Commits

Jun 1, 2026

June 2026 monthly summary for DEFRA/epr-calculator-service focusing on data integrity, calculation accuracy, and test performance. Delivered two targeted bug fixes addressing input validation and late-tonnage calculations, with improved logging and faster integration tests; business value includes more reliable reports and faster feedback loops.

May 2026

26 Commits • 10 Features

May 1, 2026

May 2026 monthly summary for DEFRA epr-calculator workstreams (DEFRA/epr-calculator-service and DEFRA/epr-calculator-api). Focused on delivering accurate billing calculations, robust data exports, expanded test coverage, and code quality improvements to support modulation features and regulatory reporting.

April 2026

9 Commits • 3 Features

Apr 1, 2026

April 2026 monthly summary for DEFRA ePR Calculator projects. Delivered robust migration tooling and SMCW enhancements across API and Service, driving safer deployments, more accurate waste reporting, and improved pricing accuracy. Demonstrated strong end-to-end delivery covering database migrations, data modeling, and service integration across two repositories.

March 2026

3 Commits • 2 Features

Mar 1, 2026

March 2026 monthly summary for DEFRA epr-calculator projects, focusing on user navigation improvements, code quality enhancements, and data integrity for migrations. Deliverables across frontend and API align to user experience, maintainability, and reliability, enabling smoother operations and reduced risk in production releases.

February 2026

1 Commits • 1 Features

Feb 1, 2026

February 2026 (DEFRA/epr-calculator-frontend): Architectural cleanup focused on controller constructors, removing an unused tokenAcquisition parameter across controllers to simplify code, reduce dependencies, and improve maintainability and testability. This aligns with ongoing codebase refactoring and reduces architectural complexity within the core frontend. The month delivered a cleaner constructor surface, improved testability, and prepared groundwork for future refactors. There were no user-visible feature enhancements this month; the primary value lies in long-term maintainability, lower maintenance costs, and faster, safer feature delivery in subsequent sprints.

January 2026

7 Commits • 2 Features

Jan 1, 2026

January 2026 performance summary focusing on feature delivery, bug fixes, and technical excellence across the DEFRA ePR repos. Highlights include configurable submissions retrieval with support for partial obligation calculations, improved data integrity for submissions, reliable frontend session handling and initialization, and enhanced observability and code quality. This period emphasizes delivering business value through controlled rollout capabilities, system reliability, and maintainable code.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness91.2%
Maintainability87.2%
Architecture86.2%
Performance86.2%
AI Usage24.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

C#HTMLJSONSQL

Technical Skills

API developmentAPI integrationASP.NETASP.NET CoreC#C# developmentC# programmingCSV exportCSV export functionalityCSV handlingEntity FrameworkJSON exportJSON handlingSQL scriptingback end development

Repositories Contributed To

4 repos

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

DEFRA/epr-calculator-service

Apr 2026 Jun 2026
3 Months active

Languages Used

C#JSON

Technical Skills

API developmentC#backend developmentdata modelingdata processingdependency injection

DEFRA/epr-calculator-frontend

Jan 2026 Mar 2026
3 Months active

Languages Used

C#HTMLJSON

Technical Skills

API integrationASP.NET CoreC#backend developmentexception handlingmocking frameworks

DEFRA/epr-calculator-api

Mar 2026 May 2026
3 Months active

Languages Used

C#SQL

Technical Skills

C# developmentSQL scriptingdatabase migrationC#Entity Frameworkdata integrity

DEFRA/epr-common-data-api

Jan 2026 Jan 2026
1 Month active

Languages Used

C#

Technical Skills

API developmentC#backend developmententity frameworkunit testing