Über Ben Rainbird
After 26 years as a police officer, I hung up the badge in 2025 on medical grounds and went looking for a new line of work — something with noticeably fewer drunks and a lot less stress.
Turns out that gap gets filled fast when you've always liked computers. It started with building my wife's business website, which turned into a genuine itch to learn web and app development properly — partly to solve problems I actually have, partly because it's fun. Somewhere in amongst that I fell hard for 3D printing, and have since upgraded from my first printer to one that can also fire a laser at things (yes, really).
More recently I've picked up video editing — stitching clips and photos into something worth watching. That habit started with documenting "The Burning," construction project work at the Longley International Hotel, and it's stuck.
When I'm not on the PC, you'll usually find me mowing lawns with an audiobook going — genuinely one of life's more underrated forms of therapy — or brewing my own beer. The rest of my time goes to my wife and our two dachshunds.
I'm not a career IT specialist and I won't pretend to be one — everything above I've learned by doing, and I'm still learning. What I will do is tell you straight whether a job's in my wheelhouse before I take your money.
If you have used one of my apps or 3D print files and want to make a small contribution, and can afford it, then it would be greatly appreciated.
Turns out that gap gets filled fast when you've always liked computers. It started with building my wife's business website, which turned into a genuine itch to learn web and app development properly — partly to solve problems I actually have, partly because it's fun. Somewhere in amongst that I fell hard for 3D printing, and have since upgraded from my first printer to one that can also fire a laser at things (yes, really).
More recently I've picked up video editing — stitching clips and photos into something worth watching. That habit started with documenting "The Burning," construction project work at the Longley International Hotel, and it's stuck.
When I'm not on the PC, you'll usually find me mowing lawns with an audiobook going — genuinely one of life's more underrated forms of therapy — or brewing my own beer. The rest of my time goes to my wife and our two dachshunds.
I'm not a career IT specialist and I won't pretend to be one — everything above I've learned by doing, and I'm still learning. What I will do is tell you straight whether a job's in my wheelhouse before I take your money.
If you have used one of my apps or 3D print files and want to make a small contribution, and can afford it, then it would be greatly appreciated.
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