# About Daniel Legt

Source: https://danlegt.com/about

## Introduction

Hey there! I'm Daniel, a guy who likes to write code with a particular passion for anything interesting.

Over the years I've worked with `PHP`, `Java`, `C#`, `Golang`, and plenty more. Honestly it'd be easier to list the ones I haven't tried yet.

Outside the day job I'm always picking up a new hobby and rotating through old ones. Every one teaches me a perspective I would not have found otherwise.

Some would call me a Jack of all Trades, Master of None. I could not agree more.

## Summary

tl;dr: I like programming, technology, retro things, and collecting hobbies that teach me new perspectives. The goal is simple: keep becoming better at the craft, better as a person, and curious enough to keep trying the next thing.

## Skills

### Code

- **Golang** (backend, legendary): Powers this very site. Fast builds, boring deploys.
- **PHP** (old faithful, epic): Still runs half the internet. Don't ask how.
- **Java** (enterprise, epic): Factories that build factories that build beans.
- **C#** (.NET, epic): Java's well-dressed cousin.
- **JavaScript** (web tax, epic): Paid daily, whether you like it or not.
- **TypeScript** (typed web, rare): JavaScript, but it argues back.
- **HTML/CSS** (frontend, rare): Every pixel on this page went through here.
- **SQL** (data, rare): SELECT \* FROM problems WHERE solved = false;
- **APIs** (services, rare): Computers talking to computers, politely.
- **Testing** (checks, common): Green checkmarks are a form of therapy.
- **Debugging** (forensics, epic): Professional bug whisperer.

### Systems

- **Linux** (home turf, legendary): Home sweet home. Open source anything.
- **Docker** (containers, rare): Works on my machine, so we shipped my machine.
- **Git** (versioning, rare): git commit -m "fix" (x14)
- **CI/CD** (pipelines, rare): Waiting for the pipeline to finish...
- **Shell** (automation, rare): If I did it twice, it's a script now.
- **Observability** (logs, common): Staring at logs at 2am, professionally.
- **Networking** (systems, common): It's always DNS.
- **Open Source** (community, legendary): Where the whole Linux thing started for me.

### Crafts

- **UI Design** (layout, rare): Bevels, borders and the occasional gradient.
- **Typography** (fonts, rare): Pixel fonts are a personality trait.
- **Pixel Art** (sprites, epic): One pixel at a time.
- **3D Modelling** (renders, rare): Low poly, high hopes.
- **Game Dev** (mechanics, rare): Mostly prototypes. Some of them even playable.
- **Godot** (games, rare): The open source engine, naturally.
- **Electronics** (ESP32, common): Soldering, ESP32s and minor burns.
- **Font Hunting** (curation, common): A collection that only ever grows.
- **Product Sense** (shipping, common): Knowing what to build, not just how.
- **Prototyping** (ideas, epic): Tiny weird projects, built fast.
- **Writing** (notes, common): Ideas, long before they become posts.

## Hobbies

### Game Dev

Building Gamble Cats, a top-down survivor game about a cat with a gambling problem.

- Project: Gamble Cats
- Status: in development
- Link: [View Gamble Cats on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/5368750/Gamble_Cats/)

### 3D Design

Modelling little worlds, one low-poly object at a time.

- Tool: Blender

### Gym

Training, and keeping an eye on the macros.

### Electronics

Soldering, ESP32 boards and small gadgets that may or may not work.

### Aquarium

Fish keeping, and all the upkeep that comes with it.

### Watches

A drawer of watches that only ever grows.

### Travelling

New places, new context.

### PSX Games

Retro mechanics, and the PS1 look this whole site borrows from.

### Fonts

Collecting good type, pixel fonts especially.

- Link: [Read: Fonts I love](https://danlegt.com/blog/my-fonts)

### Notes

Ideas live here long before they turn into posts.

- Link: [Read the blog](https://danlegt.com/blog)

### Experiments

Tiny weird projects, built fast.

- Link: [Browse projects](https://danlegt.com/projects)

## Art highlights

The most viewed folders in the art gallery.

### Pumpkin

- Pieces: 16
- Views: 792
- Latest upload: 2026-11-01
- Gallery: [Pumpkin gallery](https://danlegt.com/art#selected-folder-pumpkin)

### Photography

- Pieces: 36
- Views: 729
- Latest upload: 2026-03-13
- Gallery: [Photography gallery](https://danlegt.com/art#selected-folder-photography)

### Games

- Pieces: 58
- Views: 572
- Latest upload: 2026-04-08
- Gallery: [Games gallery](https://danlegt.com/art#selected-folder-games)