Mason Day

Senior full-stack developer with nearly a decade of commercial experience.

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Projects

Novogamer live

A community-driven platform where gamers can write, discover, and share articles, reviews, and insights about video games. Also released as a Trusted Web Activity (TWA) Android app built on top of the main web experience.

Web Android

Bookbound live

Personal library and book tracking platform. Users catalogue books via barcode or manually, write reviews, add notes, and organise their collection with a focus on clean UX. Also released as a Trusted Web Activity (TWA) Android app built on top of the main web experience.

Web Android

SEO Toolkit live

Lightweight SEO tools for developers and marketers to quickly test and improve their web applications including Sharing Previews, Lighthouse Scores, DNS Info, and more.

Web

SEO Toolkit 2 wip

Full site monitoring and SEO auditing SaaS. Monitors uptime, SSL, broken links, DNS, and performance across multiple sites with real-time dashboard, alerting, and team support.

Browser.is live

A small, helpful tool that shows exactly what information your browser reveals (like fingerprints, IP, and settings). Built with client debugging in mind.

Web

Skills

Backend

Laravel
PHP (modern OOP)
MySQL / PostgreSQL
Redis, queues, Horizon

Frontend

Vue 3 + TypeScript
Alpine.js
Astro
Inertia.js
TailwindCSS
Component-driven UI

CMS

WordPress
Custom themes & plugins
ACF
Headless CMS

Infrastructure

Linux (Ubuntu)
Apache / Nginx
Git, Vite, CI/CD
Server management
Ploi

My Tools

PHPStorm
Primary IDE for day-to-day development, debugging, and larger codebase work.
Zed
Lightweight editor for quick changes, notes, and smaller edits without full IDE overhead.
TablePlus
Database client for inspecting schemas, running queries, and managing local and remote databases.
Laravel Herd
Local PHP development environment for running Laravel projects quickly and consistently.
Warp + Oh My Zsh
Terminal setup for everyday command line work, with a shell environment tuned for speed and convenience.
Ploi
Server provisioning and deployment platform for managing production infrastructure.
Hetzner
Preferred hosting provider for the servers I deploy and manage.
OpenAI Codex
Used for AI-assisted development, refactoring, debugging, and accelerating delivery.
GitHub
Version control, collaboration, and the main home for repositories and code review.
Cloudflare
DNS, domain management, and edge-level tooling for performance and protection.