I'm Dan, I've been a software engineer for over a decade currently based in Brighton, UK. These days most of my work is building AI in production: agents, tool-use loops and LLM pipelines, built to be debugged and trusted rather than demoed.
Previously I led engineering at Bluecrest Wellness, growing the team, mentoring its engineers and keeping the platform ISO 27001 certified. Before that I spent a decade scaling startups: five products in five years at Venture Harbour, an IBM Watson research partnership on widening access to legal help at LegalBeagles and apps for Heinz, Mercedes-Benz and Spotify at A Bigger Circle.
I work at the architecture end systems that scale, tooling that makes a team faster and accessibility, security and privacy treated as requirements rather than cleanup. I started coding at 11, studied fine art in Amsterdam and still think a lot about cybernetics, emergent systems, and how elegantly nature solves complexity.
Things I'm Working On
Here's a list of projects I'm currently working on. Some are in early stages, some are more mature, but all are things I care about and have fun building. If you want to get involved, reach out!
Wobblies are always-on, self-initiated, and proactive. They watch your tools and then they take action, so you can focus on the work that makes you feel most human.
Collaborating is awesome but keeping track of files in Google can be tricky in understanding what the latest info is. Maybe it's because I'm an engineer but all business context should live in the codebase, with the code. The problem with that is business people aren't always tech literate. Chikamichi offers a shortcut for non-technical members of your team to keep your business context up to date in your codebase.
A mobile app where you receive one remarkable piece of contemporary art every day. A small daily exercise in taste.
My engineering notebook.
Feedback is super useful for understanding what to do next. I created a product that allows users to get the truth without the friction but with the option to make it a bit fluffier if they want.
I'm often working with non-technical stakeholders who don't write code. I help them think like an engineer and ship products they're proud of.
Keeping open source repositories healthy so maintainers can focus on the work that matters.
A lightweight product management tool for small teams who want to move fast without the overhead, add roadmaps, get feedback, and ship products that delight their users.
Other things I do occassionally from behind the screen are interactive essays and make small games.
If you want to get in touch, you can reach me on LinkedIn or my personal favorite: email