About dut.dev

A philosophy centred on technical excellence, architectural scaling, and business value.

North Wales based. Serving clients globally.

The Philosophy

Technology is a means to an end. My goal isn't just to write clean code; it's to build systems that solve business problems—reliably, securely, and at the right price point.

I focus on the foundational challenges: ensuring your infrastructure can handle millions of users, keeping your cloud costs under control, and building AI features that actually provide value instead of just burning tokens.

With deep expertise across the PHP and Python ecosystems, I help teams bridge the gap between "working on my machine" and "stable at production scale."

Technical Ecosystem

Languages

  • PHP
  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • Go

Frameworks

  • Slim
  • Laravel
  • FastAPI
  • Django

Databases & Caching

  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Elasticsearch
  • Meilisearch
  • Redis
  • Memcached

Messaging & Asynchronous

  • RabbitMQ
  • Amazon SQS
  • Twilio (Voice, SMS)
  • Redis Pub/Sub

Payment Systems

  • Stripe
  • Braintree
  • SagePay (Opayo)

Infrastructure & Cloud

  • Cloud Architecture
  • On-Prem to Cloud Migration
  • AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, Fargate)
  • Docker / Kubernetes
  • Terraform

Delivery & CI/CD

  • Deployment Pipelines
  • GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Bitbucket Pipelines
  • Automated Testing Strategies
  • Infrastructure as Code

Security & Resilience

  • Secure Coding (OWASP)
  • Incident Response
  • Data Recovery
  • PCI-DSS / GDPR

AI & Emerging Tech

  • AI-Powered Development
  • Agentic Workflows
  • LLMs (OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, AWS Nova)
  • Large Dataset Analysis
  • Audio & Voice Models (Whisper, AWS Polly, AssemblyAI)
  • Vector Databases

Experience Highlights

Technical Authority

Recognized in the Top 1% of StackOverflow globally, contributing to the developer community through deep technical expertise and problem-solving.

Open Source Impact

Creator and maintainer of open-source packages with over 5 million downloads, powering production systems across the globe.

Global Scale

Designed and scaled systems handling millions of requests per hour with 99.99% uptime and sub-millisecond latency.

AI Innovation

Early adopter and developer of real-time voice-to-voice models and custom LLM integrations for mission-critical applications.

Performance Expert

Expertise in deep-dive application profiling and performance optimisation, consistently reducing server overhead and improving customer experience.

Strategic Leadership

Proven track record of optimising development teams for delivery and technical excellence through process refinement and mentorship.