Software engineer · Galway, Ireland
I'm Mike, an Associate Software Engineer at Liberty IT. My work spans production software, integrations, frontend and backend development, and practical uses of AI.
Away from work, I like experimenting with technology, building products and writing about what I learn along the way.
At work
Building production software and exploring practical AI adoption.
Previously
I worked as a physiotherapist before moving into software engineering in 2025.
Along the way
Part of a team that won Ireland's National AI Challenge.
Selected work
Independent project · Experimental MVP
An AI-assisted tool for creating structured home exercise programmes, built from a problem I understood from my previous work in physiotherapy.
Independent project · AI learning prototype
A full-stack learning application that turns an open-ended goal into a structured learning mission with objectives, resources, lessons, practice, feedback and progress tracking.
Selected writing
This is my fourth annual review. This is the second one I am publishing on my own website. I don’t know how long I will continue to do these for. I think it is a helpful exercis…
I've been reading a lot about REST APIs lately. I wanted to gather up some good ideas and collect them in a single home. I thought it might be helpful to make that home an artic…
This is a blog post about how I built an AI app to help physiotherapists create home exercise programmes. It describes the process and tech stack I used. If you're interested in…
A little context
Moving from physiotherapy into software changed the tools I use, but not the part I enjoy most: understanding a problem, making something useful and explaining it clearly. These days I'm especially interested in applied AI, product engineering and what small teams can build with good software.
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