HEY, I’M DAVID ATKINS A WORK IN PROGRESS, ALWAYS.
A designer’s eye.
A developer’s mind.
I turn the “what if?” into something you can actually use.
Thoughtful interfaces, useful web apps, and the little details
that make them feel a bit more human.
Part designer, part developer. Entirely curious.
Open to good conversationsYOUR LOCAL TIME
01 /On my workbench
a few ongoing interests02 /A little background
connecting the dotsPresent
Independent · designer & developer
Design
Digital experiences · interfaces & design systems
Development
Web applications · Laravel & Livewire
03 /From idea to something
selected projects04 /Tools of the trade
the everyday essentialslanguages
phpPHPJSJavaScript⌘SQL◇HTML/CSS
frontend
ϟLivewire⚛React≈Tailwind CSS⋈Alpine.jsϟVite
mobile
⚛React Native△Expo
backend
◇Laravel▤SQLite◉MySQL↔REST APIs
ai platforms
✳OpenAI✳ChatGPT↔OpenAI API𝕏Grok⌘Grok Bots▣Local LLMs
ai tooling
✳Claude Code⌘OpenCodeϟLaravel Boost⋈MCP
design
◒Figma▱Paper▦Design systems⌖Prototyping
deployment
◇Laravel Forge☁Laravel Cloud
tools
◇Git◉GitHub⋈VS CodeHHerd⌘Terminal
05 /From the notebook
thinking out loud06 /Leave the door open
Good things start
with a hello.
An idea, a collaboration, or a wonderfully specific question.
I’d love to hear it.