I'm Tom, an ex-academic now freelance programmer with a side line in music and low cost robotics such as the PiWars competition series. I write and maintain a Python library for joystick controls for fun, and use other languages for work as needed!

skills: System design distributed computing python microcontrollers robotics java Electronics

I started programming as a hobby around 17 years ago. At that time I also was into video-game hacking. Much later, I realised I could make a living from my hobby and took it seriously. I'm currently working for 8thLight and liking functional programming

skills: ruby javascript php java clojure Erlang Haskell TDD Property-based testing Exteme Programming Elm html css Object oriented functional programming Git vim SQL SOLID Design patterns Android Electronics

I have been a developer/maker/hacker (in the legal sense of the term) for the last 20 years.

skills: programming computer security sysadmin Electronics maker