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Software Engineering · Belfast

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I build practical software: an online store for a local grocery business, database-driven games with my university team, and the site you’re reading now. I’m a Software Engineering student at Queen’s University Belfast, looking for a 2026–27 industrial placement where I can do more of this.

Selected work

A real shop, going online.

A professional Shopify store for a local grocery business — with team-built games and this hand-made site alongside it on the projects page.

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Basha Pantry — online store for a local shop

WoodHouse Groceries is a real local business with hundreds of products — American imports, sweets, Asian and African foods — and no online presence. I’m building Basha Pantry, their Shopify store, from the ground up: product data, photography, categories, and storefront. The unglamorous truth of e-commerce is that the hard part isn’t the website — it’s turning a shop full of stock into a clean, consistent, professional catalogue people can actually browse.

  • Shopify
  • E-commerce
  • Product data
Project notes

What I learned

  • Working directly with a business owner: agreeing scope, priorities, and what “done” means
  • Product data is a real engineering problem — naming, categorising, and photographing hundreds of items consistently

Challenges

  • Building a catalogue that looks professional when the source material is a physical shop floor

What I work on

Four areas, all backed by real builds.

Not a wishlist — each of these is grounded in a project you can read about on this site.

01

Full-stack web development

From a Shopify storefront for a real shop to this hand-built Next.js site — I like owning the whole thing, front to back.

02

Databases & data-driven apps

Save systems, analytics pages, booking systems — most of my projects end up being database design in disguise.

03

Games with a purpose

ReignFall and Greenopoly taught me more about state, persistence, and teamwork than any tutorial could.

04

Hardware & robotics

Queen’s Robotics Club member. I’ve built PCs and tinker with Arduino and Raspberry Pi when a project needs to touch the real world.

Latest note

Documenting the process, selectively.

Short updates on what I am building, learning, reconsidering, or preparing to explore next.

Browse updates
Site note

Placement season, open for business

I’m applying for 2026–27 industrial placements. Here’s what to look at first.

Public documentCV / 01

CV & career hub

A concise view of education, projects, and development.

A two-page overview of my education, projects, and skills — the same story as this site, in the format recruiters expect.

  • A short introduction before the PDF
  • PDF preview and download when available
View CV page

Placement 2026–27

Looking for a placement student who ships real things?

I'm applying for 2026–27 industrial placements now. If you'd like to talk — or just want to see more of the work first — the door is open.