Ten years across web, mobile and backend systems, from first sketch to something shipping in production. Currently at Street Group.
Find the repeated decision. Remove the noise around it. Build the smallest product that makes the right action feel natural.
A beginner-first guide that combines location, weather and real astronomy data to answer one useful question: is tonight worth going outside?
A home-training companion that chooses today's workout from your equipment, training history and readiness, then coaches the session by voice.
A private UK finance companion that models cash, goals, tax and investing, then explains its recommendations without hiding the maths.
An automated throughput diary that turns Linear, GitHub and daily interruptions into a focused plan, useful stand-ups and evidence of impact.
Most astronomy apps start with a catalog. AstroTool starts with the decision people actually make at the back door: is tonight worth going outside, and what should I look at?
Weather, moon phase, star charts, ISS trackers and smart-scope manuals all answer a piece of the night. A beginner still has to stitch them together before they know whether to get the coat or stay in.
If location is off, the product asks for it. It does not show another city's forecast or dummy stars. Recommendations have to be explainable, mobile-first and readable if you have never used a telescope.
AstroScore folds cloud, moon, dark hours, humidity and wind into a single 0 to 100, with a plain-language reason. Kit comes first: eyes, binoculars, telescope or a Dwarf / Seestar. Then a timeline of what to look at, and a shareable tonight ticket.
Live at astrotool.io. Free, no account. The Salford Astro site preview points visitors here before they travel to the observatory. The same question now drives Raspberry Pi work for capture and remote control.
Good software starts with understanding what people are actually trying to do. I get close to the problem, test the risky parts early and keep the solution straightforward.
I start with the person, the constraint and the result they need, not a preselected technology.
I make dependencies and trade-offs visible so everyone understands what a decision will change.
I prototype the uncertain parts first, while changing direction is still quick and inexpensive.
I ship maintainable foundations and leave the product easier for the next person to understand.
“I highly recommend Dom King as a full stack engineer and UX enthusiast. Dom consistently demonstrates exceptional dedication and a strong work ethic in all his endeavors. His passion for both the technical and design aspects of his work is truly inspiring.
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Agency, security, cloud and product teams. An MRes in Interaction Design sits underneath the engineering.
Full career on LinkedInBuilding property technology in Manchester. Agentic programming with Claude, Conductor and internal tooling the team built.
Built a custom spatial packing tool, modernised a legacy platform and delivered at startup pace.
Led greenfield product work, evolved legacy systems and embedded stronger UX practice.
Built and supported security products including Threat Vision, improving performance, reliability and compliance.
Ten years shipping software in Manchester. An MRes in Interaction Design sits underneath it. Off the clock I build with Raspberry Pi and photograph the sky with Salford Astronomical Society, where I run the DwarfLab community.
Raspberry Pi setups for capture, remote control and weather-aware scheduling. The same product instinct, pointed at a night that can fall apart if the software is sloppy.
In progressPi and Arduino work from research through to real rooms: wearable navigation, supermarket systems, things that have to survive the place they are used in.
Shipped prototypesSensing, control loops, and making a physical system behave with the same clarity I expect from a product.
Actively exploringTwo frames from clear nights: C20, the North America Nebula, and M31, Andromeda. salfordastro.org.uk
