Software engineer in Cape Town, South Africa. I have been building commercial web applications professionally since 2003.
- My startup is Krit.com.
- I build repair shop software for iFix Apple® Repairs that runs four South African branches and processes millions in revenue.
- I built an online music store which sold 85k MP3s DRM-free from 2007 until 2012 called Rhythm Music Store.
- My university network connection was temporarily suspended in final year following my involvement in peer-to-peer DC++ on campus.
- I have a degree in Electronic Engineering with Computer Science from the University of Stellenbosch.
- I occasionally publish an article on my personal website.
- You can find me as pate on GitHub.
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