About me

Still curious.
Still building.

I’m Dean Hipkiss. I explore technology, build things, and write about what I learn.

I spent more than 25 years working across engineering, technology, software, consultancy and banking, with a career that took me around the UK and Europe.

I’m now retired from my previous full-time career. These days, I have the freedom to follow my curiosity. I still build software and experiment with technology because I enjoy it.

What interests me now

A lot of my attention is on artificial intelligence: running models locally, exploring AI coding agents, and understanding how these tools fit into the way I build software.

I also enjoy iOS and web development, photography, and digital content creation. Sometimes that means making a useful app; sometimes it means trying an unfamiliar tool to see what happens.

You can browse my apps on the App Store.

Why I write

This site is my place to document the process: the technologies I use, the things I build, the experiments, and the lessons along the way. Writing helps me make sense of what I’m learning, and hopefully makes it useful to someone else too.

You can read my latest articles or take a look at a few things I’ve built.