Paul Blake: Software Developer & Engineer

Software developer. Former aircraft mechanic. I build web apps, desktop tools and the server they run on.

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About Me

I spent years as an aircraft mechanic before moving into software, and I brought the habits with me: exact documentation, methodical root-cause debugging, and calm when something critical is down. Today I build full-stack web apps in TypeScript and React, desktop tools in Python, and the self-hosted infrastructure that runs them. More about me

Tech Stack

JavaScriptThe language under everything here

TypeScriptLion Tails and Neighborly, typed end to end

ReactUI for every web project on this page

Next.jsThis site and Neighborly

Node.jsExpress API behind Lion Tails

PythonLoom's overlay, PyQt6 and OpenCV

PostgreSQLDatabase for Lion Tails and Neighborly

DockerEvery app ships as a container

GitHub ActionsCI/CD to a self-hosted Unraid box

AI tools

I use these daily. Every change they produce is reviewed and tested by me.

Claude CodeAgentic coding in the terminal

CursorAI-assisted editor for day-to-day work

Featured Projects

Loom overlay panel showing build-order steps over an Age of Empires II match

Loom

Real-time Age of Empires II build-order overlay that reads the game's HUD with computer vision.

Python
PyQt6
OpenCV

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Lion Tails home page

Lion Tails

Christian bedtime stories starring your own kids, illustrated so they look like themselves every time.

TypeScript
React
Express
PostgreSQL
Docker

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Neighborly home page

Neighborly

Skill bartering and tool sharing for neighbours, with messaging and reservations.

Next.js
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
Prisma
Tailwind CSS
Docker

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I write about software, the lessons that carried over from aircraft maintenance, and Christian faith and theology.