mysociety/fixmystreet
Dec 2025 – May 2026
5 Months active
Languages Used
HTMLJavaScriptPerlJSONCSSYAML
Technical Skills
HTMLPerl programmingfront end developmentservice worker managementtestingweb development
Struan Donald
PROFILE
Struan Donald
Over five months, contributed to mysociety/fixmystreet by delivering eight features focused on waste management, permissions, and user experience. Developed a WasteWorks-specific offline fallback UX, implemented dynamic pricing and premium options for waste services, and introduced a unified permissions system with bulk staff updates. Enhanced alerts and RSS feeds with population-aware configuration and improved PWA installation flows for iOS and Android. Integrated DVLA vehicle lookup for abandoned vehicle reporting and optimized the development environment for realistic browser testing. Work spanned backend and frontend development using Perl, JavaScript, and Docker, emphasizing maintainability, configurability, and improved reliability for both users and administrators.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
100%Features
Repository Contributions
20Total
Bugs
0
Commits
20
Features
8
Lines of code
2,175
Activity Months5
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12 peopleWork History
May 2026
8 Commits • 4 Features
May 1, 2026May 2026 monthly summary for mysociety/fixmystreet: Key features delivered, major fixes, overall impact, and skills demonstrated. The work added a unified permissions system with bulk role staff updates, updated PWA installation flows, DVLA lookup for abandoned vehicle reporting, and dev-time network improvements to support realistic browser testing. These changes enhance security, streamline permissions administration, improve field data validation, and boost testing fidelity.
8 Commits • 4 Features
May 1, 2026May 2026 monthly summary for mysociety/fixmystreet: Key features delivered, major fixes, overall impact, and skills demonstrated. The work added a unified permissions system with bulk role staff updates, updated PWA installation flows, DVLA lookup for abandoned vehicle reporting, and dev-time network improvements to support realistic browser testing. These changes enhance security, streamline permissions administration, improve field data validation, and boost testing fidelity.
May 2026
April 2026
5 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2026April 2026 (2026-04) delivered per-cobrand population-aware configuration for alerts and RSS feeds in fixmystreet. The work enables councils to configure population sizes and ensures distance calculations and feed generation respect cobrand-specific populations, improving relevance and accuracy of alerts. Distances are persisted with alerts and RSS feeds, preventing stale results when population settings change. This creates a scalable, maintainable approach to population-based targeting across cobrand configurations and feeds.
April 2026
5 Commits • 1 Features
Apr 1, 2026April 2026 (2026-04) delivered per-cobrand population-aware configuration for alerts and RSS feeds in fixmystreet. The work enables councils to configure population sizes and ensures distance calculations and feed generation respect cobrand-specific populations, improving relevance and accuracy of alerts. Distances are persisted with alerts and RSS feeds, preventing stale results when population settings change. This creates a scalable, maintainable approach to population-based targeting across cobrand configurations and feeds.
March 2026
3 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2026March 2026: Implemented core waste management feature enhancements focusing on pricing, premium amenities, and capacity upgrades. Key deliverables include dynamic pricing for bulky waste with differentiation for items containing POPs, a new premium kitchen food waste caddy option, and upgrading paper recycling bins from 240L to 360L. Changes were delivered via configuration-driven pricing and commit-level implementations across mysociety/fixmystreet to improve user experience and business value.
3 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2026March 2026: Implemented core waste management feature enhancements focusing on pricing, premium amenities, and capacity upgrades. Key deliverables include dynamic pricing for bulky waste with differentiation for items containing POPs, a new premium kitchen food waste caddy option, and upgrading paper recycling bins from 240L to 360L. Changes were delivered via configuration-driven pricing and commit-level implementations across mysociety/fixmystreet to improve user experience and business value.
March 2026
January 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2026Summary for 2026-01: Delivered end-to-end completion logic for Bulk Goods Collection Notifications and fixed an HTML email rendering issue. This improves reliability and clarity of user communications around bulky item collections, aligning with customer-facing service levels.
January 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jan 1, 2026Summary for 2026-01: Delivered end-to-end completion logic for Bulk Goods Collection Notifications and fixed an HTML email rendering issue. This improves reliability and clarity of user communications around bulky item collections, aligning with customer-facing service levels.
December 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025: Delivered a WasteWorks-specific offline fallback UX for mysociety/fixmystreet. Replaced the generic FMS offline page with a dedicated WasteWorks page, and wired service worker routing to serve the correct fallback for waste URLs. Updated messaging to explain offline status and waste activities, improving clarity and reliability for WasteWorks workflows. This work reduces user confusion during outages and strengthens business value by supporting consistent offline access for Waste-related features.
3 Commits • 1 Features
Dec 1, 2025December 2025: Delivered a WasteWorks-specific offline fallback UX for mysociety/fixmystreet. Replaced the generic FMS offline page with a dedicated WasteWorks page, and wired service worker routing to serve the correct fallback for waste URLs. Updated messaging to explain offline status and waste activities, improving clarity and reliability for WasteWorks workflows. This work reduces user confusion during outages and strengthens business value by supporting consistent offline access for Waste-related features.
December 2025
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Quality Metrics
Correctness96.0%
Maintainability86.0%
Architecture86.0%
Performance86.0%
AI Usage21.0%
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Programming Languages
CSSHTMLJSONJavaScriptPerlYAML
Technical Skills
API developmentAPI integrationCypressCypress testingDevOpsDockerHTMLJavaScriptPWAPerlPerl programmingPerl scriptingTestingback end developmentbackend development
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