A software developer, photographer, and indie maker based in Ireland. I build tools that solve real problems.
When I'm not coding, you'll find me chasing light with my camera, mostly landscape and seascape, with a side of astrophotography. There's usually a coffee being brewed somewhere.
Wiring up publishing to Instagram, Bluesky, LinkedIn and Mastodon so I can share my photography without living in four apps. I'm customer zero.
An internet radio on a Raspberry Pi 5 with real buttons and a volume dial. It works on a breadboard. The 3D-printed case comes next.
Small tools, built in the evenings, mostly because I wanted them to exist.
One tool for visual creators and makers to build an audience, publish across channels and own their sending infrastructure. I started it so I could share my own photography better.
bytestackr.comUptime monitoring for websites and APIs. Quiet, with no spam. It also reports to an e-ink display I built for it.
A personal, AI-assisted diet tool. Give it a recipe and it assesses it and suggests changes.
A community for indie makers and founders. Feeds, conversations and encouragement.
A blog about what broke recently and the side projects I'm building.
Some of my ideas and thoughts for what the new editor for Audience should have and be able to do.
Read the postA quick guide to how I allow users to use the same login for different products.
Read the postA quick step-by-step for getting it up and running in .net core web apps in Visual Studio.
Read the postOften by the sea, usually at sunrise/sunset or well after dark. The portfolio site is home-built too, with my own publishing tools behind it.
Things with wires. Exploring, experimenting, and letting my curiosity out.
An internet radio with station buttons, a volume dial and an LCD. Voice control and sleep timers are planned for round two.
Raspberry Pi 5A small multi-page display: the weather, what's playing on Spotify, and whether PingSpot thinks anything is down.
ESP32 · e-inkThe home lab server. Side projects live here before they go anywhere public.
Proxmox · UniFiThe radio case is next. Working on the design for the printer to get to work.
Bambu A1Working on something interesting? Want to talk .NET, photography or home labs? I'm easy to find.
