Engineer & Technical Curator
Hi, I'm Simon 👋🏼
London / Las Palmas-based freelance software engineer. I've been building digital products for businesses of all sizes for over 20 years. For details on how I do that, read more about what I do.
I work with innovative Clients, have a few of my own Side Projects and sponsor and contribute to various Open Source projects.
Previously, Head of Software Engineering at Elvie.
Recent Writing
View all articlesOn AI doomerism
This is a reflection on this post (of the same title) that I thoroughly enjoyed, by Flavio Copes. "I am the genuine article, therefore I don't have to...
2024: Just the Start
2024 has overall been a great year for me personally. I believe it represents a turning point. 2023 was tough, but 2024 went some way to redressing the...
Slow Tech is Good Tech
This morning, I watched a video advertising a course aimed at developers. One of the first sentiments proclaimed is that of feeling left behind, that tech is...
Simon Shares
I've started a little podcast! If you give it a listen, I'd love to know what you think.
Why You (Probably) Shouldn't Start With an SPA
I came across this interesting article by @gregnavis the other day. I guess it's from a few years ago now, judging by some of the other posts on his blog....
2023: The Rollercoaster
This year has been quite a ride! 🎢 It's felt like the first real year since 2020 that things have been somewhat "normal". However, looking back,...