Welcome to my personal homepage.
This is my home on the world wide web and is where I post articles, random thoughts and links to any online projects.
Programmer
I’ve been programming for just over 11 years now. The jobs I’ve been employed in have been PHP-based, moving from WordPress; to CodeIgniter and landing at Laravel currently.
My Technology Stack
These are the tools and languages I choose when building things on the web.
Lenovo Thinkpad T490
In a world with Thinkpads, why choose anything else?
Seriously though, Thinkpads by Lenovo have been an absolute gem for me. Always reliable, robust and just a joy to type with.
Arch Linux and i3 window manager
Arch Linux gives me a bare bones system on which I am continually working on my development setup.
i3 Window manager is what I use in place of a traditional “desktop” environment.
Vi / Vim / Neovim
Neovim is my editor of choice.
I list all three as I think it’s important to know Vi and Vim before pimping out your shiny lua Neovim configuration with plugins and themes.
Laravel and PHP
PHP has been my bread and butter for 10 years now and the Laravel framework is what I use in my day to day work.
Docker
For both local development and when deploying to live servers I use Docker.
Containerization is a beautiful thing.
Kubernetes
Although I don’t have cause to use Kubernetes in my day to day work, I do enjoy learning it.
Container Orchestration is a topic I do find fascinating.
Virtual Photographer
Virtual Photography is the art of capturing shots from within digital spaces.
My own spaces of choice are those in PlayStation Games.
Often using a game’s built-in photo mode tools, it is possible to get as creative as your imagination lets you.
My favourite games to shoot include Horizon Forbidden West, The Last of Us part 2, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Death Stranding.
