I am an Australian, Veteran Software Engineer with more than 25 years on the keys (and it's starting to show). When I first started working online in 1997 we were still trying to figure out what to do with it, and we had NO IDEA of just how much the Internet was going to change our world ...
These days, I'm developing 100% Open Source Software ... and I've started writing to try and pass on a little of what I've learned.
Right now I'm focused on building my own IT Consultancy Practice which specializes in the commercial application of cloud, container, and open-source technologies. Alongside this, I'm hoping to build a community of like-minded geeks who are interested in learning some of the stuff I managed to pick up over the past 25 years. If this sounds like you, please JOIN US!!
#!/usr/bin/python
class Ragdata:
def __init__(self):
self.name = "Darren 'Ragdata' Poulton"
self.role = "Software Engineer"
self.age = "(old enough to know better)"
def data(self):
skills = {
'languages': [ 'Bash', 'C', 'C++', 'C\#', 'Java', 'Javascript', 'Node.js', 'PHP', 'Python' ],
'frameworks': [ '.NET', 'Laravel', 'Symfony', 'Node.js', 'Vue.js' ],
'tools': [ 'Android', 'Docker', 'JetBrains', 'Ubuntu', 'Windows 11', 'WSL2' ]
}
def contact(self):
email = "[email protected]"
dev.to = "https://dev.to/ragdata"
twitter = "https://twitter.com/RagdataAU"
substack = "https://ragdata.substack.com/"
def bio(self):
print("Australian Software Engineer with more than 25 years on the keys.")
print("Now concentrating on sharing what I can of what I learned with anyone who wants to listen")
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JetBrains very generously provide me with a free license for their products every month, and you can get one too if you're working on a public, open-source project! I've used JetBrains' IDEs for many years now, and was more than happy to pay for a license every year back when I was working in the corporate sector. My first choice for IDEs! |
If sponsorship isn't right for you, but you have found my work to be useful in some way,
would you please consider buying me a coffee to help keep me going?
 
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