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Damian Poole
Full Stack Engineer / DevOps / Allotment Novice
Damian is a UK-based software engineer who has been building for the web since the IE6 era. He has survived the "Browser Wars," the rise and fall of jQuery, and more "revolutionary" JavaScript frameworks than he cares to admit. With 20 years in the game, he’s seen it all—and usually has the scars to prove it.
The System Log
- The Day Job: Currently navigating the complexities of Full Stack and DevOps at AND Digital. He spends his time orchestrating Azure/AWS infrastructure with Terraform, wrestling with GitHub Actions, and writing TypeScript & Python that (mostly) works on the first try.
- The Philosophy: A Stoic Pragmatist. He believes a simple solution that ships is infinitely superior to a "perfect" one that lives forever in a Jira backlog.
- The Hot Take: He maintains that modern Agile is largely a collection of expensive meetings that slows down real progress.
Known Vulnerabilities & Interests
- Neovim Obsession: Spends an irrational amount of time "optimizing" a text editor that was already perfect in the 90s. He’s recently moved his entire life into obsidian.nvim because Notion felt too "user-friendly."
- Side Projects: Currently building an indie game in PhaserJS. It’s a humbling reminder that moving a sprite across a screen is sometimes more complex than managing a microservice.
- The Great Outdoors: When he isn't staring at a terminal, he's likely hiking in Northumberland, snowboarding, or losing a battle against weeds at his allotment.
Technical Metadata
- Modern: React, Next.js, Svelte, Vitest, Azure, AWS, K8s, AI Tooling.
- Vintage: C#, .NET, MongoDB, Jenkins, and the dark art of CSS hacks for Internet Explorer.
Contact
The goal is to solve the problem, not to win an argument about the solution.