Oliver Swindles

BSc Computer Science (Hons) @ Lancaster University
Dev @ Space Frog Studio

Current_AVG: 74.3% [First Class] | Highest_Grade: 95.0% [Data Engineering]

[00] Interests

Hello! I'm Oliver, a 3rd year CS student at Lancaster currently focused on low-latency systems and performance engineering.


At the minute I am working towards my dissertation project, designing a CDCL SAT solver. You can find some of my lecture notes and paper summaries at /notes. I also enjoy fiddling around with Expo to test small app ideas. Outside of CS I enjoy playing hockey with the LUMHC M3s, and Cello and Tenor Sax in LUO and ULMS respectively. With more time I like to go hiking and wild camping in nearby Lakeland. Feel free to reach out to me at hello@oliverswindles.com.

[01] Projects

Blaze-CSV Parser (C++, C++17, CMake)

Engineered a high-performance C++ parser achieving a 9.4x speedup over Python on 22M+ lines. Implemented zero-copy chunked-I/O to eliminate bottlenecks.

LU Hockey Club Website (SvelteKit, SanityCMS)

As elected Publicity Officer, built a full-stack site for 150+ members. Grew Instagram reach to 180k monthly views and drove a 325% engagement increase.