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
Counting Worms
Knocked Loose
MakeDamnSure
Taking Back Sunday
Bicker
Orchards
Just Another Day
Lakes
Go
The Chemical Brothers
Faster the Chase
InMe
I Feel Terrible
Orchards
Cute Without The 'E' (Cut From The Team) - Remastered 2019
Taking Back Sunday
No Sleep Tonight
Enter Shikari
It's Far Better To Learn
Saosin
Coding Soundtrack
What I listen to while I code · 9 May — 8 Jun 2026
4
Commits
988
Tracks Scrobbled
1
Repos
Top Artists Around Commits
Yellowcard
My Chemical Romance
Neck Deep
Fall Out Boy
Silverstein
Top Tracks Around Commits
Ocean Avenue
Yellowcard
The Ghost of You
My Chemical Romance
In Bloom
Neck Deep
"The Take Over, the Breaks Over"
Fall Out Boy
Smile in Your Sleep
Silverstein
© 2026 Simon Darke. All photographs are my own. Unauthorised use prohibited.