When I got my hands on my first computer at the age of 10, I was instantly hooked! I wanted to know how everything worked; I started with looking at how the computer was put together and understanding what the role of each component was.

My first PC was an old Pentium II which had been scrapped by my secondary school. I saved up for a new motherboard, hard drive, and I was finally set with my own computer at 13 where I started tinkering with MS FrontPage, occasionally switching to the code view to see how the markup actually worked. I gradually taught myself how to develop websites.

At 14, I discovered others creating dynamic websites with PHP and databases, which really began to peak my interest. I started my first real project at 16, creating a database driven file repository manager, which I released to the public and called PHCDownload on my old website PHPCredo.

Ever since, I haven’t stopped learning new ways of producing clear, optimized code, whilst maintaining a strict adherence to best practices and standards. I especially love working on unusual projects that branch away from your typical web environment. Call me cliché, but coding is certainly an art form to me! It fuels my creativity and offers a new challenge.