I started my programming journey a while ago - as a restless teenager, I was always looking for creative projects to get stuck into, and computers seemed to offer a lot of fun possibilities - whether it was tinkering with basic music software, or amateur attempts at web dev.
A good number of friends and I shared a love of video games, so naturally I went all-in and built a fan website offering reviews and content on the PS2 - a state-of-the-art console with photo-realistic graphics, if you can imagine it. I hacked together a layout with the aid of HTML tables (how everything on the web was built back then) and the equally modern FrontPage Express (WYSIWGY editor discontinued as of 2006), along with some (probably very cringeworthy) tributes to the review magazines we used to read.
Despite all of this natural curiosity in the days of dial-up internet, I didn't originally pursue coding as a career - I had a number of interests which initially took me in other directions, towards studying in the arts and working for charitable organisations.
Years later, something 'clicked.' Picking up audio software, I realised that I was making heavy use of something called a ‘logical editor,’ writing scripts for software samplers, and diving deep into 'programming' tracks with sequencers or Elektron devices (conditional trigs, anyone?). In my job, I gravitated towards problem-solving through process automation and by writing programs and macros (leading to my Direct Debit Calendar app).
Since then, I've come full circle. I have been intensively self-teaching programming (thanks to a wealth of online resources, and mentors in the field) - you can see what I've been working on as I learn here. I'm excited to keep learning and to bring this to a career in tech.
If you like my work and would like to contact me or build something together, I'd love to hear from you - please:
