// Manchester, England
I build things that work and write things that linger. By day, a Web Developer at NetZero building digital tools that help people reduce their carbon impact. By night, a fantasy and horror writer putting words into worlds.
Long-form fiction
A LitRPG fantasy novel, volume one of an ongoing series. Earth has been claimed. Its people scattered across a world that runs on levels, loot, and law. One man is chosen to stand as humanity's Guardian — and what he protects may cost him everything.
Long-form fiction
A high fantasy novella currently in development. A story of family, honor, and what it means to stand in defense of ideals more important than your own life.
Short fiction · Cthulhu Mythos
A short story set within the Cthulhu mythos. Something ancient stirs beneath still water, and the people above it are beginning to dream the same dream.
I am a Web Developer at NetZero working on high-visibility consumer platforms. My background spans SRE, software development, automation, and technical support — with a strong foundation in Linux, cloud infrastructure, and backend development.
Building and improving NetZero's web platform to make sustainable choices accessible and actionable. I work across frontend and backend code, optimize performance, and collaborate with product and design to deliver high-impact features that help people reduce their emissions.
Working within a high-traffic production environment, I support the reliability and performance of Betfred’s digital platforms through monitoring, incident investigation, and data-driven analysis. I regularly work with metrics and logs to diagnose application-level issues such as latency, error rates, and service degradation, collaborating closely with development teams to identify root causes and implement fixes.
Managed a large fleet of Linux servers on AWS EC2, performing health checks and fixes via Unix/GNU utilities. Built an automated monitoring system in AWS Lambda using Python — it ran checks on live servers, generated Zendesk tickets prioritised by severity, and produced issue-type reports. Also wrote patch fixes for archived websites and authored crawl scripts to capture otherwise-missing live web content.
Built new features and internal tooling in PHP and Laravel to support a team developing complex ecommerce platforms. Worked extensively on API integrations between external partners and internal systems. Collaborated closely in a small, experienced team — both learning from and contributing knowledge to colleagues.
Independent investigation and resolution of a wide variety of technical problems — database integrity issues requiring manual intervention, local network infrastructure faults, and software bugs requiring hotfixes. Regular Linux/Unix server maintenance and fixes for client-hosted environments.
A private, peer-to-peer desktop app for encrypted voice calls and messaging. No accounts, no servers — all communication travels directly between peers over encrypted WebRTC, with a stateless signalling server used only for the initial handshake. Identities are Ed25519 keypairs generated locally; all data lives in a local SQLite database.
I've spent the better part of a decade building and maintaining systems — from automated monitoring pipelines to high-traffic production platforms. I find the same satisfaction in a clean, well-reasoned piece of infrastructure as I do in a tightly written paragraph.
Outside of work, I write. High fantasy, Lovecraftian horror, D&D sourcebooks — stories and systems that let people inhabit worlds they couldn't otherwise reach. I've published on Amazon and Royal Road, and I'm currently mid-draft on two longer projects.
I'm also a Linux enthusiast, I enjoy tinkering with self-hosted tools, local AI, and anything that blurs the line between work and hobby.
Based in Manchester, England. Educated at University of Central Lancashire (BA, Games Design, 2013–2016), where I studied mechanics, level design, concept art, and development — a background that still shapes how I think about systems and narrative.
Whether you want to talk about a writing collaboration, a development project, or just want to discuss why the old ones are objectively more interesting than dragons — I'm reachable below.