$ ls ./tools — skills, stack and apps

Skills & tools

What I know, what I build everything with, and the small apps I’m building, each with one job.

$ cat ./stack — what I work with

Self-hosted infrastructure

hands-on, production

Linux servers: Debian / Ubuntu administration: users, SSH keys, firewalls, systemd services, updates
Docker & Compose: containerised services, multi-stage image builds, volumes, private networks
Kubernetes: Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps & Secrets, rolling updates
Reverse proxy & TLS: Caddy and Nginx, automatic HTTPS with Let's Encrypt, many domains on one server
CI/CD: Git-based deploys with GitHub Actions: push to main, build, ship over SSH, health check
Backups & monitoring: scheduled and off-site, with restores actually tested; uptime checks and alerts

daily

Python: scripting and automation, file and image pipelines, data processing, small web services
JavaScript / Node.js: websites, Express backends, static site generators, browser interactivity
Java: object-oriented backend code and tooling
APIs: REST and JSON, webhooks, OAuth 2.0 sign-in, connecting third-party services
HTML & CSS: responsive, accessible, framework-free when the job allows it
Git & Bash: version control on GitHub, shell scripts for everything repetitive

very proficient

InDesign: books, comics and editorial layout: grids, master pages, paragraph, character and GREP styles, preflight
Photoshop: scan clean-up, retouching, colour correction, RGB to CMYK for print
Illustrator: vector illustration, logos, icons and infographics
Procreate: sketching and digital painting on the iPad, textured brushes, cover illustrations
Acrobat Pro: proofing and print-ready PDF/X export

$ ls ./apps — small, useful apps

LANTERN.app

Sends polite, well-timed reminders for unpaid invoices, so you never have to write "just following up" again.

for freelancers · Concept
FOGHORN.mon

Watches your sites and services and tells you in one plain sentence when something's wrong, and when it's fixed.

for studios · Concept
MOTH.cal

One calendar of events that publishes itself to your website, newsletter and social posts.

for artists, venues · Concept
HUSH.img

Drag in artwork, get web-ready versions with gentle watermarks and stripped metadata.

for illustrators · Concept