Independent developer & maker

Thoughtful digital things, made to be used.

I build apps, tools and experiments that turn useful ideas into clear, friendly experiences.

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About

Curious by default. Practical by design.

I work across apps, data, automation and product design. The common thread is making complicated things feel direct and useful.

My background is in physics and IT; my favourite work begins with a real-world frustration and ends with something someone can actually use.

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Selected work

Small details. Proper outcomes.

Products and experiments made to solve a particular problem well.

Avocacoach

I rebuilt my task app around one simple idea: finishing matters more than collecting. Avocacoach combines a small Doing list, optional Apple Reminders and prepared agile coaching with a very positive cowboy avocado.

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New on YouTube

SharePoint Modern Intranet Series: Episode 1 is out now

The first episode in my new series on building a modern SharePoint intranet is ready to watch.

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Microsoft Copilot Modes of Work slide showing Chat to assist, Cowork to delegate, Code to build and Autopilot to automate at the Microsoft Frontier Tour in London.

AI at work · 5-minute read

When Your AI Assistant Appears in the Org Chart

What Microsoft Copilot’s four Modes of Work reveal about Code, Autopilot and the leap from AI assistance to digital colleagues.

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Diagram showing a PHP build moving from GitHub through Amazon S3 and CloudFront to the website.

Technical article

Learning AWS by Migrating My Own Website

Why I moved this site from conventional web hosting to a small AWS architecture, what surprised me, and why the cheapest option was not the point.

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Abstract illustration of a personal Microsoft test bench linking Azure, Entra and Power Platform.

Technical article

Building a Personal Microsoft Test Bench

I wanted a safe Microsoft enterprise of my own — somewhere to experiment with Azure, Power Platform and Dynamics 365 without touching a work tenant. Here’s the setup that actually worked, including the dead ends.

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