About Elise Hein

I’m a software engineer building products for medical research at London-based Ctrl Group. Previously, I worked on personal digital branding at MOO, and researched development practices at UCL for my master's degree in HCI.

I live in Tallinn, Estonia, where I'm raising a toddler and an almost-toddler with @karlsutt.

Find me on GitHub and LinkedIn. Email me at elise@elisehe.in.

Schematics: A Love Story
June 25^th, 2021
A deep-dive into stackless JavaScript and SVG animations.
Why should type be fluid, anyway?
March 13^th, 2021
Viewport units aren't going to fix your typography.
Some image magick
February 4^th, 2021
On life and work, with my dad
February 23^rd, 2020
A local radio show invites parents and children to discuss their lives and generational differences.
Google-driven development
January 30^th, 2018
For my MSc research, I looked at how programmers use online search and how this data can inform DX. With this work, I was recognised as one of the top performing students in the faculty. A summary of the research is published in Bootcamp.
Exploring ARKit for health
September 26^th, 2017
A write-up on our explorations with ARKit at Ctrl Group
Tenfold is on the App Store!
September 30^th, 2016
I tried my hand at designing and building a minimal number game for iOS, inspired by the pen-and-paper version I used to play in school.
Tag usage overviews in Jekyll
March 28^th, 2016
iCloud, Dropbox, symbolic links
March 27^th, 2016
Smart support for medication adherence
February 20^th, 2016
Usability for programmers: dissertation kickoff
February 10^th, 2016
Fruit flies like a banana
December 26^th, 2015
More accessible cubic bezier functions
December 21^st, 2015
Tossing looms, weaving words
December 10^th, 2015