About Digital House Services
I’m a software and integration architect with 15 years of experience in software development and maintenance. Through Digital House Services, I help organisations turn business requirements into practical, supportable technical solutions.
My work spans application architecture, enterprise integration, custom software, deployment automation, and the systems that keep applications running. I aim to bring the same care to operational design as to the code itself.
How I work
I favour test-driven, code-first development. Requirements and design decisions should be expressed in forms that can be reviewed, tested, versioned, and improved—not left solely in someone’s memory or hidden in manual configuration.
That approach informs how I build both applications and infrastructure.
Infrastructure as code
Where practical, infrastructure is defined and managed as code using tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
This makes environments easier to reproduce, review, change, and recover. It also helps reduce configuration drift and makes infrastructure changes part of the normal development workflow.
Baked images when possible
When a project benefits from prebuilt machine images, I use an image-building workflow with tools such as Packer and Ansible.
I use Molecule to test Ansible roles and automation where appropriate. Baking configuration into an image can make deployments more predictable and reduce the amount of setup required at instance startup.
Configured servers when necessary
Not every environment is suited to image-based deployment. When servers need to be configured in place, I use automation—typically Ansible over SSH—to make configuration repeatable and minimise manual changes.
Whether an environment is built from an image or configured after provisioning, the objective is the same: make the process explicit, auditable, and maintainable.
Practical engineering over unnecessary complexity
Every project has different requirements. I choose tools and patterns based on the problem, the operating environment, and the people who will maintain the result.
That means paying attention to:
- Automated tests and early feedback
- Clear interfaces and manageable system boundaries
- Version-controlled application and infrastructure changes
- Repeatable deployment and recovery procedures
- Useful logs, monitoring, and operational documentation
- Long-term maintainability as well as initial delivery
Work with me
If you’re planning a new system, improving an existing application, or connecting platforms that don’t work well together, contact Digital House Services to start a discussion.