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Stewart McGown

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Stewart Mcgown

Worked on improving memory management and reliability in the prettier/angular-html-parser repository, focusing on the signal graph component. Addressed a memory leak by initializing the prevConsumer reference to undefined during link creation, which eliminated non-live-link leaks and reduced memory usage in Angular applications. Enhanced the test suite by adding garbage collection-based tests to ensure destroyed effect consumers are properly collected when a non-live computed reads the same producer. Utilized TypeScript and JavaScript to implement these changes, emphasizing front end development and robust testing practices. The work increased the parser’s stability and maintainability by strengthening memory safety and expanding test coverage.

Overall Statistics

Feature vs Bugs

0%Features

Repository Contributions

2Total
Bugs
1
Commits
2
Features
0
Lines of code
76
Activity Months1

Work History

April 2026

2 Commits

Apr 1, 2026

April 2026 monthly summary: Focused on memory safety and reliability of the signal graph in prettier/angular-html-parser. Implemented a robust fix to prevent memory leaks from non-live consumer links by initializing prevConsumer to undefined during link creation, and added GC-based tests to verify that destroyed effect consumers are garbage-collected when a non-live computed reads the same producer. These changes reduce memory usage for typical Angular apps and increase stability of the parser component.

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Quality Metrics

Correctness100.0%
Maintainability90.0%
Architecture90.0%
Performance90.0%
AI Usage20.0%

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages

TypeScript

Technical Skills

AngularJavaScriptTypeScriptfront end developmentmemory managementtesting

Repositories Contributed To

1 repo

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prettier/angular-html-parser

Apr 2026 Apr 2026
1 Month active

Languages Used

TypeScript

Technical Skills

AngularJavaScriptTypeScriptfront end developmentmemory managementtesting