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
Music
Recent Plays
Heart Attack - Rock Version
Demi Lovato
Crystallized (feat. Inéz)
John Summit
messy
Łaszewo
In Full Color
Quicksand
Supercollider
Quicksand
Crystallize
Quicksand
Agency
Quicksand
Regenerate
Quicksand
Get To It
Quicksand
STAY (with Justin Bieber)
The Kid LAROI
Coding Soundtrack
What I listen to while I code · 4 Jul — 3 Aug 2026
4
Commits
548
Tracks Scrobbled
1
Repos
Top Artists Around Commits
Sleep Theory
All Time Low
Incubus
Charli xcx
Turnstile
Top Tracks Around Commits
Bye Bye Bye
Sleep Theory
Sugar (feat JoJo)
All Time Low
Pardon Me
Incubus
360
Charli xcx
BLACKOUT
Turnstile
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