03 / ABOUT Walton-on-Thames, UK

Full-stack developer, eventually

I TOOK THE SCENIC ROUTE.

Journalism, a brief detour into civil engineering, years in localisation and digital marketing, and now full-stack development. Looking back, it's less of a zigzag and more of a toolkit.

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01 The human bit

I am happiest when I am making computers do my bidding. Politely, most of the time.

I am a full-stack developer based in Walton-on-Thames. My route here was a little unconventional, with stops in journalism, a brief detour into civil engineering, and several years in localisation, content, and design before I finally stopped pretending technology wasn't the destination all along.

I'm currently waiting for results of a BSc in Computing while working in localisation, which means I spend my days translating things. Sometimes it's English to Portuguese. Sometimes it's technical jargon into something a normal human would actually understand. Both come in handy when building software.

I enjoy building apps that solve real problems, whether that's helping football admins manage oversubscribed matches or creating something simply because I wanted to know if I could. I like thoughtful design, code that make it work, and asking "why?" almost as often as "how?".

Outside of coding, you'll usually find me cooking something overly ambitious, watching football, getting lost in a great TV series, or confidently telling my family, "This should only take five minutes," moments before discovering I've just volunteered my entire evening.

02 The scenic route

NOT A STRAIGHT LINE.
A BETTER TOOLKIT.

Every stop left something useful in the backpack.

2000

The first hello

Visual Basic, Delphi, and a Level III Certificate

My computing adventure started here. Then life opened several unrelated tabs and I forgot which one was playing the music.

PLOT TWIST

The useful detours

Journalism, civil engineering, content, and localisation

Investigating stories, organising projects, designing content, translating languages... none of them looked like software development at the time. Looking back, they all were.

THE RETURN

Back to the keyboard

A bootcamp, a BSc, and no intention of stopping

Returning to computing didn't feel like starting over. It felt like finally picking up where I was always meant to be.

NOW

Currently juggling

Professional work, university, and production-ready builds

These days I'm building real applications, finishing my degree, and proving to myself that the scenic route was worth taking.

03 What is in the toolbox

USEFUL THINGS
I HAVE PICKED UP.

Tap a category. I promise there is no personality test at the end.

Next.jsReactNode.js JavaScriptTypeScriptPHP HTMLCSSTailwind GSAPScrollTrigger ScrollSmootherSplitText DrawSVGThree.jsWebGL Canvas APIREST APIsGraphQL FirebaseSQLNoSQL Java

04 Human after all

WHEN I AM NOT
ARGUING WITH CODE.

Swipe cards to explore

Gamer at heart

Gaming since the Atari days. I have strong opinions about games from the '90s. They're available upon request.

Football fan

I'll defend its title as the world's greatest sport with a completely reasonable and absolutely unbiased level of enthusiasm.

Kitchen experimenter

Cooking is basically programming with more garlic. Sometimes everything comes together beautifully. Sometimes there's a rollback.

Series binger

I've watched enough series and films to make every streaming algorithm quietly give up on understanding me.

Perpetual learner

I enjoy learning new technologies almost as much as I enjoy discovering I should have read the documentation first.

Storyteller

Whether it's code, documentation, or a blog post, I enjoy making complicated things easier to understand. Old habits from journalism die hard.

05 / AFTER HOURS Unsolicited wisdom

Building digital experiences by day, questioning my life choices while staring at error messages by night.

Rodrigo De Lascio Probably debugging at 2 AM