Ryan Hipkiss
Senior Software Engineer
Who Am I?
I thrive on building things, breaking things (usually on purpose), and solving problems that make me question my life choices. With years of experience and an unhealthy obsession with clean code, I focus on creating solutions that actually work—and ideally, don’t require 3 AM bug fixes.
When I’m not coding, you’ll find me on Football Manager, where I’ve spent thousands of hours making questionable transfers and winning imaginary trophies. Turns out, leading a virtual team to victory isn't too different from coding—it's all about strategy, patience, and praying nothing crashes.
Writing
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Building Bin Day: one page for four councils' bin collections
How a static page, a Cloudflare Worker and a week-long cache answer the question every household asks on a Sunday night.
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CraftProfit: a WoW Forever addon that tells you what's worth crafting
An auction house scanner for World of Warcraft: Forever that prices every recipe you know, shows which ones make a profit, and tracks it over time in a browser dashboard.
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Living with and overcoming OCD
What 16 years of checking doors and windows was really like, and how group therapy helped me break the cycle. A personal account of living with OCD.
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Moneyball in Football Manager: using data to sign better players
Using Python and data analytics to find the best-fit players in Football Manager.