John Cleveley

London United Kingdom

Web Applications Developer

Technology / Software / Internet

Tech Lead at BBC News, driving the development approach and fostering a community of coders to build the best News site on the planet. Hacker at heart, with a soft spot for JavaScript, PHP and Ruby. Use TDD and BDD to keep me on track and keep the code base lean. Fanatical about web performance, squeezing every last http request and redraw out of the site to give our users in every corner of the globe a great experience. Love speaking at conferences and sharing my experiences: Mobilism 2013 EdgeConf 2013 NW PHP 2012 Symfony 2012 Excited about the future of web and thankful to be on board the roller coaster.