Building a SaaS After Bedtime
What it's actually like building a SaaS product in 90-minute evening sessions — the progress, the unglamorous parts, and why the coding isn't the hardest thing.
Why I'm Building ParkMyAWS
The origin story behind ParkMyAWS — from using ParkMyCloud years ago, to watching it disappear after an IBM acquisition, to building a simpler version in late-night coding sessions.
Migrating a Legacy Laravel App with AI: From PHP 7.4 to Laravel 12
How I used Claude Code to modernise a neglected marketing site — fixing N+1 queries, stripping dead code, and jumping from Laravel 9 to 12 in a single day.
Why I Replaced Excel with a Web App for Payroll
How I turned a complex Cyprus payroll spreadsheet into a type-safe Vue 3 calculator — and what I learned about building financial software.
My Side Project Stack in 2026
The tools and frameworks I'm using across my projects in 2026 — what's working, what I'd change, and why I picked each one.
Secure AWS Integrations: The AssumeRole Pattern
How to build multi-account AWS access without ever storing credentials, using IAM AssumeRole with external IDs and temporary session tokens.
Action Pattern in Laravel: Why I Stopped Using Fat Controllers
How extracting business logic into single-purpose Action classes made my Laravel code easier to navigate, test, and maintain.
Allowing GitHub Actions to SSH into Your Server
A technical guide on configuring AWS to allow GitHub Actions to SSH into your server.
Impostor Syndrome – Maybe I’m Not Good Enough?
Sometimes feel like I'm falling behind. Here's my take on impostor syndrome as a senior developer, parent, and human.
Running Multiple PHP Versions on a Single EC2 Instance
How we manage different PHP versions from 5.6 to 8.4 on a single server using Docker and volume mapping
Learning Astro by converting Next.js template.
I decided to convert the React-based template into an Astro site in order to get my hands on it.
Finally launching my site
I hold this domain for some years now and it was about time to launch my site.
Experience
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- Company
- Digital Marmalade
- Role
- Senior Software Engineer
- Date
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- Company
- Digital Marmalade
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Date