Welcome to my portfolio

Hi, I'm
Richard Hughes

Software Engineer

Developer, designer, and architect. I build things that look sharp, work smoothly, and make an impact.

Featured Projects

Fletch

Fletch

Self-Directed

Museum Website Redesign

Museum Website Redesign

Cheshire Military Museum

Carlos Pizza

Carlos Pizza

University

CricketCast

CricketCast

University

Unreal Pinball

Unreal Pinball

University

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Get to know me

About Me

A versatile software engineer who moves fluidly between disciplines — whether that means crafting a brand identity from scratch, writing clean production code, or deploying solutions that scale. I'm constantly looking for new ways to streamline human-computer interaction, delivered with maintainable and reliable software.


Role

Software Engineer

Location

Lancashire

Experience

3 Years of Experience

Education

Computer Science, University of Chester

What I work with

Technical Skills

Frameworks

Flutter
Flutter
ASP.NET CORE
ASP.NET CORE
FastAPI
FastAPI
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
Astro JS
Astro JS
HTMX
HTMX

Languages

Python
Python
Java
Java
C++
C++
C#
C#
HTML5
HTML5
CSS3
CSS3

Dev & Workflow Tools

Antigravity IDE
Antigravity IDE
VSCode
VSCode
Visual Studio
Visual Studio
Jetbrains IDEs
Jetbrains IDEs
Git
Git
GitHub
GitHub

Project Management

Figma
Figma
Linear
Linear
Miro
Miro
Mermaid
Mermaid

Databases

SQLite
SQLite
SQL Server
SQL Server
Pocketbase
Pocketbase

Deployment

Docker
Docker
Debian Linux
Debian Linux
Bash
Bash
Traefik
Traefik

My work

Featured Projects

Self-Directed

Fletch

A full-stack archery scoring app for data input and analysis, with an uncompromising UX-first approach. Development started in February 2026, with a launch plannned sometime in the next few months.

FlutterDartPocketbaseDockerFigmaMaterial 3

Cheshire Military Museum

Museum Website Redesign

Led a team of 5 developers within a 10-person student project, personally architecting the database schema. Delivered a minimum viable product aligned with client requirements.

ASP.NET COREMicrosoft SQL ServerC#Project ManagementFigmaHTMLCSS

University

Unreal Pinball

A high-performance, object-oriented C++ application. Uses a custom, lightweight collision system within Unreal Engine, bypassing standard physics.

Unreal EngineC++

University

Carlos Pizza

An example web application and database for a restaurant. Uses a full Microsoft stack, with deep .NET integration

ASP.NET COREMicrosoft SQL ServerC#DockerHTMLCSS

University

CricketCast

An open-source Python package for live-streaming cricket matches in local communities. Achieved 80% as my undergraduate dissertation.

FastAPIPythonHTMXRaspberry Pi