Journey
A dated record, newest first. Clinical work continues alongside everything here.
- Oct 2026 Build
Site rebuilt as case notes
Moved from Next.js to static Astro served directly by nginx, with one Markdown case note per project.
- Sep 2026 Build
Acuity Finance iOS app approved
The client app for my accountancy practice went live on the App Store on 17 Sep, with GoCardless and FreeAgent connected the next day.
- Sep 2026 Build
Learn Academy repositioned and redesigned
Site, data model and wording changed together for directed home-education oversight, with old URLs redirected straight to new pages.
- Sep 2026 Build
ForexAcuity on the App Store
The native SwiftUI app was approved on 1 Sep and released on 2 Sep. Version 1.4 followed on 23 Sep.
- Aug 2026 Build
Acuity Finance site and client portal
Laravel 11 site for my accountancy and bookkeeping practice, with a Livewire portal, Filament admin and a versioned API.
- Jun 2026 Study
PgCert Computer Science, Birmingham City University
Postgraduate certificate awarded.
- Dec 2025 Ops
Incident response on my own server
Ten incidents in one month, traced to CVE-2025-55182, a Next.js remote-code-execution flaw. Patched it and hardened the server. Everything since has been built with that in mind.
- 2025 Build
OpticPro started
A practice management system for UK opticians, with NHS GOS claim checks at the point of entry.
- 2025 Build
Locum Optom and Learn Academy
The site for my locum optometry practice, and the first version of Learn Academy, both on Next.js and Supabase.
- 2025 Study
LinkedIn Learning certificates
Business Analysis Foundations, Database Administration, Financial Analyst, and Google IT Support. The certificates are listed below.
- 2024 Study
Began postgraduate Computer Science at BCU
Software engineering, algorithms and AI/ML, alongside clinical work.
- 2024 Build
ForexAcuity and Home Eye Clinic
A real-time forex analysis dashboard fed from MetaTrader 5, and the Laravel site for my domiciliary practice.
- Earlier Clinical
Optometry and Pharmacy, Aston University
Registered with the GOC as an optometrist and with the GPhC as a pharmacist. About 20 years in regulated healthcare, and still practising as an optometrist.
Record
- GOC reg.
- Optometrist, General Optical Council 01-19928
- GPhC reg.
- Pharmacist, General Pharmaceutical Council 2077725 Non-practising
- Clinical
- About 20 years in regulated healthcare; practising optometrist today
- Education
- Optometry and Pharmacy, Aston University PgCert Computer Science, Birmingham City University, June 2026
- Shipping
- Production software since 2024: six live sites, an API and two App Store apps
- Based
- Birmingham, UK. Remote or on-site.
- Open to
- Business partnerships, and selected build-and-run projects
Certificates