Nigel Brookes‑Thomas

Maker; Tester; Designer; Builder.

Beautiful engineering

I care about engineering.

I love the poetry and prose of beautiful code. I test things and build things, some is Open Source.

20+
Years Experience
Ideas Brewing

Selected Work

01

Chutney

A linter for besr practice Gherkin syntax for BDD. Complete with LSP and MCP servers for seamless integration into code editors.

Testing BDD Ruby
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02

Faker Maker

Testing beats checking. Faker Maker is a factory builder with a simple but powerful DSL for generating fake data for tests.

Testing Automation Ruby
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03

Gutter Press

A self-hosted blog engine with rich-text editing.

Blog CMS Ruby on Rails
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Let's create something together

Always interested in collaborating on ambitious projects, speaking opportunities, or just having a conversation about design and technology.

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