About

I’m Tawanda.

I am a software engineer and writer. Over years of writing code and stories, I have found that the same patterns mostly apply. This blog is a place for me to do both.

Currently, I am working at Zapiet, building Shopify apps that allow merchants big and small to handle complex pickup and delivery logistics. Outside of that, I’m usually deep in a side project, tinkering with my homelab, or writing about what I’m learning on this blog.

I work primarily with PHP, TypeScript, and Go (with some Python sprinkled in). Lately, I have rediscovered an old joy: game development. I found it to be the best way to merge the two things I am passionate about - coding and storytelling. With that in mind, I have been brushing up on my C# and learning the ins-and-outs of game development using Godot.

I’ve also had short fiction published in Literary Heist, Ab Terra, and Rush Magazine.

My hobbies include watching football, PC gaming (mostly platformers), watching movies, reading sci-fi, and working out.

I’m multilingual (Shona, English, Chinese), based in Harare, Zimbabwe with my wife, and a lifelong Manchester City supporter.

Projects Showcase #

RivalSpy (live) - Fantasy Premier League analytics for tracking mini-league rivals. Built with Laravel, deployed with Kamal.

Doorman (GitHub) - Lightweight self-hosted analytics in Go (30MB RAM vs. hundreds for alternatives) with SQLite support. Also available as a Laravel package (GitHub).

tinyutils (GitHub) - A self-hostable, web-based collection of utilies for those who value privacy.

You can find more of my projects here or on my GitHub

Professional Experience #

Fullstack Developer #

Zapiet | November 2023 - Present
PHP (Laravel) | TypeScript (React) | Docker | GraphQL

Software Developer #

Chesco Tech | October 2022 - November 2023
PHP | Java (Spring) | TypeScript (React & React Native)

Writing #

Fiction published in:

Technical writing and essays live on this blog.

My reading list collects books I think everyone should read.

Contact #

For business inquiries: projects@webbe.dev