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Full-Stack Guru • Digital Alchemist • Vibe Architect
Turning caffeine into mass-produced code since 2012 (mass-produced since 2020)
*verification pending
"Dave is... certainly one of the developers of all time."
— A former colleague (who asked to remain anonymous)
I've been writing code professionally for over 14 years, which means I've generated more legacy code than most developers have had hot dinners. I specialise in Angular and TypeScript full-stack development — taking features from brief to production across frontend, API, and infrastructure. Mostly without breaking things. Mostly.
I've shipped component libraries, design systems, clinical portals, real-time video tools, and SaaS platforms for organisations including a major football league and Pexip. I embed quickly in existing teams, bring what I'd describe as "senior-level judgement" to architecture decisions, and own my work end-to-end. I'm most useful when you need someone who can pick up context fast and start shipping from week one — or at least look busy from day one.
I've distilled 14 years of engineering wisdom into four principles that I definitely follow 100% of the time and have never compromised on, not even once.
I don't just build UIs. I own features across the entire stack — Angular frontends, NestJS APIs, PostgreSQL migrations, Docker deployments. One person, fewer handoffs, more opportunities for a single point of failure. Efficiency!
I break work into small, reviewable increments and ship often. Some people call this "agile." I call it "deploying before anyone notices the TODO comments." Short feedback loops mean fewer surprises and faster course-correction when requirements inevitably shift at 4:47pm on a Friday.
Readable, tested, peer-reviewed. I write code that the next developer can understand and maintain — because on contracts, that's often someone else's problem. My code has been described as "fine" and "yeah that works I guess."
Tight feedback loops with designers and product. I care about accessibility, responsive behaviour, and building interfaces that actually work for the people using them. I can pixel-push with the best of them. Will I enjoy it? That's between me and my therapist.
Technologies I've shipped production code with. Sorted by "how loudly I'll defend them in a pub argument."
A curated selection of things I built that didn't immediately catch fire in production. Results may vary.
Patient-facing platform for a healthcare provider. Built document signing with audit trails, photo capture and management, dark mode theming (the real MVP feature), real-time notifications, and multi-stage QA review workflows used daily by clinical teams. No patients were harmed in the making of this software.*
*that I know of
Multiple internal applications supporting league operations — from component libraries and design systems to photo and video annotation tools, CRM features, and event management platforms. Yes, I did get to visit the offices. No, I did not meet any footballers. Yes, I'm still bitter about it.
Internal platform for a consulting firm. Architected the Nx monorepo, established CI/CD pipelines, and delivered content management features with shared component libraries. The kind of project where "architected" means "spent three days arguing about folder structure in a PR review."
Personal media archive for organising a large photo and video library. Features perceptual duplicate detection, interactive Mapbox maps with time-slider filtering, and Adobe Lightroom catalogue integration. The kind of side project you build to avoid organising your photos manually, which would have taken a fraction of the time.
100% real, unedited testimonials that I did not write myself at 2am.
"Dave joined our team and within a week he'd already churned out enough components to fill a small warehouse. The code was readable, the tests passed, and he only introduced 3 bugs that we know of."
"I've worked with many contractors. Dave is one of them."
"He cranked out an entire design system in two sprints. When I asked how, he just gestured vaguely at his monitor and whispered 'efficiency.' Still not sure what that means."
Available for contract roles, consulting, and genuinely any opportunity that doesn't involve another CRUD app. Just kidding. I'll build your CRUD app. I'll build it so hard.
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