Personal Developer Portfolio
A responsive, mobile-first portfolio showcasing my projects, skills and experience, deployed live with continuous deployment.
Available for full-time, contract & remote roles
I'm Brian Machoka
Software Developer
I design, build and deploy scalable, user-centered web applications, and keep the servers and networks behind them running.
About me
Code that ships, systems that stay up
I'm a results-driven developer who builds production-ready web applications from scratch. My IT support experience at the Supreme Court of Kenya, plus five portfolio projects including a live e-commerce and inventory system, means I'm comfortable writing clean code, configuring servers and diagnosing network issues.
4+Live deployed projects
100+Users supported daily
15+Workstations deployed
Full-StackPHP · Python · MySQL · JS
Skills
Tools I work with
Languages
PHPPythonJavaScript (ES6+)HTML5CSS3
Frameworks & Data
LaravelBootstrap 5MySQLSQLiteREST APIs
Tools & Deployment
Git & GitHubDocker (basic)cPanelNetlifyXAMPPphpMyAdmin
IT & Networking
Windows 10/11Ubuntu / Linux CLITCP/IP · LAN/WANWiresharkHardware repair
Projects
Selected work
Mwamba Logistics
A responsive logistics company website built with HTML, CSS and JavaScript, deployed live on Vercel.
Real Estate Website
A responsive real estate website built as a front-end project and deployed live on Vercel.
Online Employee Selection & Hiring System
A full-cycle recruitment platform: job posting, online applications, automated scoring, admin shortlisting and interview scheduling. The rule-based scoring engine cuts HR review time for every hiring round.
View code
PembaHardware.com
Hardware shop management system. I built the database schema, all backend logic and a responsive front end. It covers product catalogue, real-time stock tracking, sales, customers and a secure admin dashboard, replacing paper-based stock records.
View liveCase study
PembaHardware.com: from paper stock books to a live system
The problem
A hardware shop managing hundreds of products relied on manual, paper-based stock tracking.
What I built
As sole developer I designed the database schema, wrote all backend logic in PHP and MySQL, and built a responsive Bootstrap 5 front end with a secure admin dashboard.
The outcome
The shop now manages its catalogue, real-time stock, sales and customers digitally. The system is live on cPanel shared hosting.
Experience
Where I've worked & learned
IT Technician, Industrial Attachment
Supreme Court of Kenya, Nairobi
- Gave Tier-1 and Tier-2 helpdesk support to 100+ judges, staff and administrators, resolving hardware, software, printer and LAN issues daily.
- Deployed and configured 15+ new workstations: Windows 10/11 setup, software, network registration and user accounts.
- Helped deploy and maintain internal PHP web applications used court-wide for case management.
- Ran scheduled server monitoring and automated backups, and assisted with data recovery for critical records.
- Built the IT asset inventory and documented SOPs, improving onboarding for new attachment students.
Diploma in Software Engineering
- Coursework: web development, database systems, networking, OOP, system analysis and design, cybersecurity fundamentals.
- Capstone: an online employee selection and hiring system with automated candidate scoring, awarded distinction-level feedback.
Certifications & learning
- Cisco CyberOps Associate: security monitoring, threat analysis and incident response.
- Self-study: advanced Laravel, Docker containerisation and AWS Cloud Practitioner.
Languages: English (professional working proficiency) · Kiswahili (native)
Cisco CyberOps AssociateCisco Networking AcademyCompleted
AWS Cloud PractitionerExam preparationIn progress
Docker & Advanced LaravelSelf-studyIn progress
Testimonials
What people say
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Contact
Let's build something together
I'm open to full-time, contract and remote roles, and to relocation within Kenya. WhatsApp is the fastest way to reach me.