Nathan Millar

Lead Developer at Next

Building web products that are clear, fast, and liveable.

I am Nathan, a developer who likes clean systems, sharp interfaces, and codebases that still make sense six months later.

Current Stack

Next.js
Azure DevOps
Vercel
React
MUI
Tailwind
Module Federation
ESLint
Prettier
Jest Unit Testing
Playwright Testing
Kubernetes
Neon DB
Postgres

About Nathan

Nathan Millar is a Lead Developer focused on frontend architecture and product UI.

I work with React, Next.js, TypeScript, and modern frontend tooling to build web products that are clear to use, maintainable to own, and dependable once they are live.

My day-to-day work at Next spans retail product surfaces and development practices that help the team ship without leaving a mess behind. Outside work, I build products like the Client Portal to pressure-test the same standards in real use.

GitHub Activity

Recent code activity, pulled from GitHub.

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longest streak

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Live service monitoring

Uptime and incident updates, one click away.

Independent monitoring for the websites and applications I run, with response-time history and outage updates.

Where I Help

Product thinking. UI detail. Code that holds up.

Frontend Architecture

Codebases that still make sense later

Structure, boundaries, and conventions that help teams keep moving after the exciting first version has shipped.
Next.jsReactModern.js

UI Craft

Interfaces that feel designed, not decorated

Careful layouts, useful interactions, and responsive details that make products feel considered without getting fussy.
MUITailwind CSSAccessibility

Developer Workflow

Tooling that earns its place

Monorepos, build pipelines, and project habits that reduce friction instead of becoming a second job.
Node.jsKubernetesAzure DevOps

Personal Projects

Client Portal is the clearest proof of how I build.

This is a live product, not a mock concept. It combines contracts, document workflows, subscriptions, billing, and support into one private workspace with the operational plumbing needed to keep it dependable in production.

Career

From graduate developer to Lead Developer at Next.

Since June 2019, I have grown through the engineering track at Next, specialising in frontend development and helping support Total Platform. I have worked on browse and shop areas across several retail websites, alongside modernisation work moving parts of a legacy monolith toward independent services.

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What I Care About

Good software should feel obvious after someone has done the hard thinking.

Availability

Occasionally available for compact, focused web work.

Full-time work comes first, but I sometimes make room for small builds, technical cleanups, and front-end rescue missions where the goal is clear.

Owned profiles and contact channels

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