I'm Thomas - a software developer and devops engineer from the UK who's passionate about computers, technology, and science in just about all forms. I started writing code at about 6 or 7 years old - on an Atari ST and DOS PCs, and haven't been able to stop ever since!

In my spare time, I'm quite busy in online communities - technical, and otherwise!

My interests include:

• Photography - particularly plants, motorsport, and astrophotography
• Motorsports - especially Formula 1 and the Williams F1 team
• Electronics and hardware design
• Gaming, especially retro gaming (think GameCube and older!)

I'm also a strong advocate for self-hosting - if you have the time, it is an excellent way to learn new things, it is often cheaper, and gives much more control over your data and your privacy.

I currently run a development team writing web applications for the hospitality industry, but I have experience with many industries and technologies.

My main technologies of interest currently are:

• AWS, particularly involving containerised or serverless apps
• Infrastructure-as-Code tooling, such as Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, and the AWS CDK
• Linux platforms, including Docker and Podman
• PHP
• Python 3
• .NET and C#
• PostgreSQL
• MySQL and MariaDB

I also have experience with:

• Desktop app development for Windows using C/C++/C#
• ASP.NET on Linux and Windows Server
• Small and medium business networking

Starting at a young age with older technology has given me a wide pool of knowledge to draw from when designing, writing, and debugging software & hardware problems.