Backend & application development
Behind the product
My longest-running craft: building APIs, integrations and the application logic that turns an idea into a dependable product.
PHP
Laravel
Livewire
Python
Django
Node.js
Composer
ENGINEER AT HEART. STILL BUILDING.
Tech
I’ve used.
01 — ACROSS MY CAREER
Technologies I’ve worked with throughout my career, from earlier projects to the tools I use today.
You’ll also find the technologies I’m currently exploring, clearly labelled below.
A few familiar tools. A few new chapters.
Explore the toolboxA decorative animation of technology logos falling into a pile. Use Pause to stop motion, Drop again to replay, or Grid view for a still display. The complete labelled technology list follows below.
THE PRACTICAL SIDE
Good tools.
Thoughtful choices.
The useful part is knowing what to reach for, why it fits, and when to keep things simple.
Frontend & interfaces
Where people meet it
From Vue-powered platforms to React interfaces, I like staying close to the experience people actually use. Tailwind CSS is part of my everyday workflow.
JavaScript
TypeScript
Vue.js
React
Tailwind CSS
Databases & search
Making the data useful
Data modelling, high-volume processing, search and the queries that need to keep working as a product grows.
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
SQL Server
Algolia
Meilisearch
AWS RDS
Amazon DocumentDB
Cloud & delivery
From my machine to yours
From containers and serverless functions to storage, queues and email, I’ve worked with the cloud services a product needs and the pipelines that get it there.
AWS
AWS
Amazon EKS
Amazon ECS
AWS Lambda
Amazon SES
Amazon S3
Amazon SQS
Amazon ElastiCache
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean Functions
DigitalOcean Kubernetes
Infrastructure & CI/CD
Kubernetes
Docker
OVHcloud
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI/CD
Bitbucket Pipelines
Observability & monitoring
Keeping the feedback loop open
Watching how systems behave, tracing errors and investigating performance problems so the team can see what matters.
Grafana
Sentry
Laravel Nightwatch
BugSnag
Testing & quality
Confidence in every change
I’ve used Pest and PHPUnit to check behaviour, catch regressions and make changes with confidence.
Pest
PHPUnit
AI-assisted development
A faster path from idea to code
I’ve used coding assistants, SDKs and model APIs to explore ideas and build software. I review the output and stay responsible for what ships.
Laravel AI SDK
OpenAI APIs
Claude API
Grok API
Hermes- Claude
Claude Code- Grok
Codex
ChatGPT
AI experimentation
Room to experiment
A space to try AI applications such as ComfyUI, explore new workflows and learn through hands-on experiments.
ComfyUI
Currently exploring
Still adding to the stack
I’m building this portfolio with Next.js and exploring Go. There is always another way to approach a problem and something new to learn.
Next.js
Go
PUTTING IT TO WORK