Wogan May
Developer, Architect, Writer
I'm a web developer, cloud systems architect and writer based in Somerset West, South Africa. I mainly work with Laravel and the Google Cloud Platform.
I've been working in software development for about as long as I can remember. From QBASIC on my first-ever computer (before Windows 3.1 was a thing), to HTML and CSS in highschool, and the modern web stack (PHP, Javascript, and others) over the last 10 years.
I've worked in multiple disciplines, across various tools and platforms. I'm a full-stack web developer with a keen interest in emerging technologies. My background includes digital marketing (PPC, SEO, Email, Display), B2B application development, cloud-based system architecture and enterprise consulting.
These days, I work on SaaS and B2B web applications (predominantly in Laravel), data visualization projects, and a fair amount of writing.
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Laravel Certified Developer
Certified via Laravel.comMarch 2018 -
DAT207x: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI
Certified via edXJune 2017 -
Zend Certified Engineer (PHP)
Client Candidate ID ZEND027068April 2015 -
Domo Certified Expert (DCE)
Certified for Acquisition, Transformation and VisualizationFebruary 2015
A private social network running on Mastodon
statuslife.co
Mastodon is an open-source alternative to Twitter. It's self-hosted, and comes with most of the same features you'd expect from a modern social network - profiles, posts, follows, notifications, a mobile-friendly app, and more.
Skale Digital (based in Los Angeles) works with brands and influencers. After deploying black.social, I was contracted to deploy a second instance for a general-purpose social network called StatusLife.
My involvement included the core deployment, some setup work, and a few touchups around the branding.
A paid-for network for black entrepreneurs.
black.social
Mastodon is an open-source alternative to Twitter. It's self-hosted, and comes with most of the same features you'd expect from a modern social network - profiles, posts, follows, notifications, a mobile-friendly app, and more.
Skale Digital (based in Los Angeles) works with brands and influencers. I was contracted to deploy and customize an instance of Mastodon for a new social network they've launched, aimed at the black community.
An initial version of the project included a Stripe-integrated paid membership feature, but the network in its current form is free to join and use.
A Discord bot for realtime Luno ticker data
Discord Luno Bot
Discord is currently the most popular communication tool for gamers, including (among other things) a rich API that lets developers build and host bots. These can communicate with people joined to chatrooms, and offer useful services.
Luno is a leading Bitcoin wallet and exchange located in South Africa. They offer a basic API which provides information on 4 crypto/fiat currency pairs.
I spend a decent amount of time in local Discord communities, and cryptocurrency is an almost-daily topic. This bot is the result of about 2 evenings' worth of work, using Discord.js and pChart to create a simple bot that can look up the 4 main tickers in one simple command.
A Microsoft PowerBI dashboard showing cryptocurrency investments.
ICO Dashboard 2017
This dashboard provides a brief, high-level view into ICO activity over the last few years, based primarily on data sourced from TokenData.io and visualized in Microsoft Power BI. The dashboard tracks several different metrics from the same source. View it live here.
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Programming on the Ethereum Blockchain
20th February 2018An introduction to Ethereum from a development perspective, written as the first guest contribution to OfferZen's Community blog. -
What is Blockchain Technology?
8th January 2018A high-level overview of blockchain technology, done as an introductory piece ahead of more advanced topics. -
On the utility and impact of blockchain technology
4th January 2018A comparison of current-day blockchain technology to the world-changing innovations that came before. -
Pulling the world back from the brink of a post-truth era: A thread.
12th December 2017The internet no longer serves its original purpose. This was a collection of tweets on the subject of what the internet has become, and what it's supposed to be. -
Know what you’re buying: Bitcoin edition
10th December 2017An accessible, non-technical primer on what a Bitcoin actually is, what you're buying, and some of the caveats around trading - written during the insane 2017 price boom.