Simon Darke
Developer. Casual Photographer. Occasional Mini Painter.
About
PHP backend developer with a love for building and breaking things. Whether that's integrations, APIs, or Warhammer armies. When I'm not writing code I'm usually painting miniatures, taking photos, or discovering music I should've found years ago.
What I Work With
Backend
Frontend
DevOps & Tooling
Currently Working On
Hobby Paint Inventory System
Mobile App built with React Native Expo and a Rust based API for tracking miniature paint collections and recipes
Interactive MR Training Tool
An immersive Apple Vision Pro training app that places students inside interactive 360° scenarios to practice realtime decision making.
PHP xAPI Connector
A fluent PHP package for building and sending xAPI statements, with full Laravel support.
Pomodoro Timer Device
A ESP32 WiFi enabled Pomodoro Timer with active tracker (you can literally see it here)
Portfolio Website
This site right now
Gallery
Asahi Pentax Spotmatic · Ilford HPS +
Music
Recent Plays
Face Down
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Now playing
What You Know
Two Door Cinema Club
Quicksand
The Story So Far
That's What You Get
Paramore
Pardon Me
Incubus
Pardon Me
Incubus
Remembering Sunday
All Time Low
My Friends Over You
New Found Glory
Pork and Beans
Weezer
Mercy Me
Alkaline Trio
Coding Soundtrack
What I listen to while I code · 7 Mar — 6 Apr 2026
200
Commits
2,038
Tracks Scrobbled
16
Repos
Top Artists Around Commits
Jimmy Eat World
Taking Back Sunday
Paramore
Funeral For A Friend
Fall Out Boy
Top Tracks Around Commits
The Permanent Rain
The Dangerous Summer
Memory
Sugarcult
Window
Tigers Jaw
She Drove Me to Daytime Television
Funeral For A Friend
Understatement
New Found Glory
© 2026 Simon Darke. All photographs are my own. Unauthorised use prohibited.