Random Game
Random Game was born out of boredom, as most of my projects are.
Do you ever wonder: what game should I play? Never fear my friend, Random Game Picker lets you figure that out with a couple of clicks!
What I do
I consider myself a Full Stack Developer / DevOps Engineer. Though the definition changes on a day to day basis, what it essentially boils down to is being able to read and comprehend code written in many different styles and languages, on many different platforms.
My daily driver is Laravel for my server side application logic and VueJS as my front-end datalayer. I also recognise that not all projects do not have to be as bespoke, and as such I also work with WordPress.
I have previously worked with multiple frameworks for PHP, including Zend Framework, CakePHP, CodeIgniter and Symfony. I am proficient with what I consider the basics of the web also, these being HTML5, CSS3, and the various ECMAScripts.
I am also proficient in server side technologies such as; Nginx, Apache, MySQL, MariaDB, as well as Amazon's various offerings.
Previous Projects
I'm always immensely proud of my work, as I always put my heart and soul into it.
However, with over 100 websites to my name, listing them all is always going to be a challenge. Please find below a small selection of the work which I am most proud of.
GameFront
Gaming Mods, News and Community Forums. Previously in the North American top 100 websites, holding over 1,000,000 gaming files with a network of over 80 gaming sites.
Overseeing the rebirth what was once a web giant was always going to be tricky, and GameFront was no exception. With over 6 million records to deal with, this has been the most challenging project of my career. It has also been the most rewarding. I learnt so much writing GameFront from the ground up, and continue learning to this day.
mytrackr
Time Tracking Application built over the course of a weekend for Larahack.
Built over the course of a weekend for Larahack, eventually winning the contest, mytrackr is a time management application aimed at freelancers wanting to be able to manage their time more effectively.
Blog
Occasionally I'll write about industry news, my thoughts and opinions, package releases, etc. You can see my latest writings below.
Book 1: The Wizards and the Warriors (Chronicles of an Age of Darkness)
25th January 2021 at 12:00:pm
At the tail end of 2020 I finally decided to hunt down a book series that were on my mums bookshelf as a child, that I read back then and remember fondly. The book series in question is the Chronicles of an Age of Darkness by Hugh Cook.
My Experiences with building a multi-step form with VueJS
6th November 2018 at 10:00:pm
Recently I saw someone asking how to achieve a simple multi-step form with modern web development practises. Of course, my mind instantly went to VueJS and having built a few multi-step forms in my time I weighed in with my approach.
Improving Pagespeed Insights Score from 0 to 75+ with Laravel
30th August 2018 at 7:00:pm
Recently I had a client contact me asking me to improve the load times of their website. After some analysis I found that the pagespeed score was a big fat 0, and there was one contributing factor.
Security Considerations for Laravel Nova Package Developers
26th August 2018 at 10:00:pm
With the release of Laravel Nova, I've seen a lot of new packages being created for it this week. Unfortunately not all of them have been built with what I would consider to be basic security considerations in mind.