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Hey 👋, I'm Benjamin Dickman
I'm a Senior Software Engineer with over a decade of experience building reliable, scalable software
About Me
13 years of professional experience
I possess a proven track record in developing, enhancing, and maintaining core business products. I am experienced across all stages of the software development lifecycle, including analysis, design, implementation, and release management.
After graduating University with a First Class (hons) degree in Computer Science, I began working for an innovative Business Intelligence start-up, eventually moving into my current role within the Estate Agency sector.
I have full-stack experience and specialise in back-end development, API design and cloud-based infrastructure.
Perhaps you'd like to see my new projects
Latest blog posts
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Capacity Planning for System Design: How Many Servers Do You Need for Millions of Users?
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Explore Notion's block model and PostgreSQL architecture, with practical examples of page structure, permissions, workspace sharding and collaborative edits.
Umbraco CMS Expert
Specialising in all your Umbraco needs
As a certified Umbraco Master, I am an expert in crafting content managed web applications having completed the following official courses
- Fundamentals
- Application Integration
- MVC and Visual Studio
- Security in Umbraco
- Extending the Backoffice
- Searching and Indexing
Skills Summary
My areas of expertise
Server-side Technologies
C#, .NET Framework, .NET 6/8/10, ASP.NET MVC & WebForms, Web API, RESTful, Umbraco CMS, Entity Framework Core, SQL Server, Dapper
Client-side Technologies
HTML, CSS, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap
Source Control
GIT, TFS
Testing
Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Performance Profiling, Logging & Monitoring
Tooling & Workflow
Agile Methodology (Scrum & Kanban), Behaviour-driven Development (BDD), Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) with Azure DevOps & Octopus Deploy, GitHub Actions
Cloud Technologies
Azure App Services, Functions Apps, Cognitive Search, Service Bus, Blob Storage, Key Vault, SQL Database and more
Self Development
what am I currently learning?
As a Senior Software Engineer, it is vital to keep up-to-date with the latest technology trends and frameworks.
As someone who enjoys learning new topics, I will often be found reading blog posts, watching video courses or writing code to enhance my skill set.
Some of the areas and technologies I am currently learning:
- Test-driven Development (TDD)
- Solutions Architecture
- System Design
My Work
what have I created recently?
Guitar Lefty
A fully-responsive web application dedicated to left-handed guitar, with the creation of the website architecture, design and content all personally produced.
.NET 6, Bootstrap, Entity Framework Core
Carp Answers
CarpAnswers is a one stop shop to to provide you with all of the information you need relating to carp & coarse fishing.
Read articles, find fishing near you or even get the latest carp fishing forecast with bite indication.
