I love building tools that make life easier for the community. Servers, automation and web development have always been my playground, and there's nothing more satisfying than turning that tinkering into something genuinely helpful, especially when the result is simple, intuitive and effortless to use.

That's what Icarus Field Guide (icarusfieldguide.com) is all about: one place for everything you need to play Icarus well. It has a full item database with a craft calculator, mission guides, maps, the tech tree, creature and resource references, a build planner and the Alteration Bench, plus tools for crews to plan sessions and play together.

For the people who host the game, there's Uplink (formerly Icarus Server Manager). I saw admins wrestling with repetitive maintenance, clunky workflows and time-consuming server chores, so I built a tool that does the heavy lifting. Uplink starts and stops your dedicated server, recovers from crashes, keeps backups and updates on schedule, and puts it all in one clean browser dashboard. There's no steep learning curve and no complicated setup, so you can spend more time playing and less time fighting with the back end.

Everything I release follows the same philosophy: keep it reliable, efficient and genuinely useful. The Field Guide and Uplink are free, and I build them in my spare time. If they've helped you out and you'd like to support the work, your contribution keeps the momentum going and helps me keep improving the tools the community relies on.