andy whale
Dad, Development lead at Numiko (Symfony, PHP, Python, Javascript, Drupal), Game Dev enthusiast (Unity, C#), problem solver, questioner of things, keen photographer, board game enthusiast, struggling guitarist, juggler ...
web developer
By day I write websites for Numiko where we endeavour to work for clients inspiring social good; built mostly using the PHP stack.
aspiring game developer
By night I build games in Unity and C# and then bin them 4 - 6 weeks later due to the ideas becoming either unplayable or ludicrously complex.
published photographer
I shoot a Fujifilm XT3 and love to take time out to take photos, but it really is just a hobby. Although one of my viking shots has been used in a book ;-)
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