I’m a product engineer based in East London, currently working at Omnea.
Prior to that I worked at Daphne, where I helped build a one-stop-shop for the digitisation of alternative assets, and Red Badger, where I built digital products and services for blue chips like Nando's.
- Currently enjoying
- No Bad Memories | The Avalanches
- Just watched
- Resident Evil
- Now playing
- Silent Hill: Townfall
You can find me on Bluesky here: @jayfreestone.com
- You might not need… the repository pattern
- You might not need… a service worker
- Intentionally blocking rendering with JavaScript
- When React parent components need to know their children
- Bulletproof flag components
- The jest.mock() escape hatch
- The issues with JAMStack: You might need a backend
- The perils of functional CSS
- Text Wrapping & Inline Pseudo Elements
- Perils of Atomic Design






