Software Engineering
I build and maintain modern web applications, working across interfaces, APIs, shared components and the systems that hold everything together.
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- APIs
- Design Systems
Darren Toner
Software engineer Creative developer Lecturer
I build digital things worth using.
The useful part
Code is only
half the job.
I build digital products that work properly, feel intuitive and leave an impression.
My work sits somewhere between engineering, creative development, design thinking and explaining complicated things in normal language.
Different modes, same work
The many sides
of the work.
Creative Development
I like the parts of the web where engineering and design stop being separate disciplines. Motion, interaction, unusual layouts and small details matter when they make an experience better.
- Astro
- GSAP
- CSS
- Interaction
- Motion
Web Development
I've spent years building for the web, from bespoke applications to content-heavy platforms, commerce and custom publishing systems.
- WordPress
- PHP
- WooCommerce
- Headless CMS
- JavaScript
Leviathan
I run my own independent digital studio, taking projects from an initial conversation through design, development, infrastructure and launch.
- Strategy
- Design
- Development
- Infrastructure
- Delivery
Lecturer & Mentor
I've taught and mentored people who needed technology to make sense, not simply sound impressive. Teaching changed the way I approach development too. If an idea cannot be explained clearly, it probably is not clear enough yet.
- Teaching
- Mentoring
- Communication
- Workshops
Getting things live
Building something is only useful if you can actually ship it. I've worked across deployment, hosting, domains, DNS, cloud infrastructure, migrations, performance and the less glamorous pieces required to make software exist reliably in the real world.
- Cloudflare
- AWS
- GitHub
- CI/CD
- DNS
- Deployment
Experience without the CV
Along the way.
Places I’ve worked, taught, built and collaborated.
Range, not a checklist
Tools of
the trade.
A changing toolkit, chosen for the problem.
Astro
React
Next.js
TypeScript
JavaScript
PHP
WordPress
WooCommerce
Tailwind CSS
GreenSock
Cloudflare
GitHub
Figma
AWS
Hover to disturb the system
A useful tendency
Developer by trade.
Problem solver by habit.
I like taking complicated ideas, finding the useful part and turning it into something people enjoy using.
That’s usually software.
Sometimes it’s something considerably stranger.
Start a conversation
Got something
worth building?
I’m always interested in good ideas, difficult problems and things that deserve more than an off-the-shelf solution.
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