I'm Adam, a software developer and platform engineer based in Manchester, UK. I previously founded and led FlipLytics, a SaaS analytics platform for eBay sellers, from initial concept through to a stable production system used by real, paying customers. I'm passionate about building functional, beautiful software and the reliable infrastructure behind it, solving real-world problems. When I'm not writing code, you can find me making pizza .
Moving away from per-repository GitHub Secrets, I self-hosted Infisical and rebuilt how my projects authenticate to it, using OIDC-issued, short-lived credentials scoped per application instead of static tokens sitting in CI.
I'd never touched Kubernetes before FlipLytics needed a real production platform. Here's how I taught myself Helm charts, real cluster networking, and workload isolation by building the thing itself, not by following a tutorial.
A backup you've never restored isn't a backup, it's a hope. Here's how I built an AES-GCM encrypted, tiered PostgreSQL backup and restore pipeline for FlipLytics, and why I insisted on testing the restore path, not just the backup.
Discover how I built FlipLytics, a SaaS platform for eBay sellers, from the ground up. Learn about the tech stack, challenges faced, and lessons learned along the way.
