Build
Full-stack product work, client sites, React Native, and small tools that get used.
Computer Science / security / web tools
Sam Matthews.Builds cool stuff.
Useful software. Web tools, automation, QA, and security-shaped systems. Kept calm. Kept inspectable.
modeBuild first, polish hard.
currentRlly, RHUL, personal tools.
good atMaking messy things usable.
not doingFounder cosplay.
01 / work shape
Chill surface. Real signal.
Short version: I build, test, automate, and keep asking what breaks first.
Break
QA, security study, CTFs, privacy instincts, and failure-mode thinking.
Automate
Scripts, agents, exports, and workflows that remove admin pain without magic theatre.
02 / experience
Receipts.
Enough context to be useful. Not a giant advertisement.
RllyFounding Full-Stack Engineer
Product engineering at a pre-seed AI startup.
Desktop app MVP, real-time tools, and the awkward glue that makes software real.
2025 to now
ResetSoftware QA Engineer Intern
Health-tech QA.
Independent testing, confidentiality, delivery ownership, and technical reporting.
2025
PMCWeb Developer and Manager
Long-running client website work.
Design, maintenance, uptime, updates, troubleshooting, and client trust.
2019 to 2025
StoryVideo Editor Intern
Immersive storytelling and XR-adjacent content.
Edited visual material inside the Royal Holloway and NFTS StoryFutures ecosystem.
2024
RH8Hackaway
Hackathon Participant
Fast builds, demos, team pressure.
Useful chaos. Good place to learn what actually survives contact with a deadline.
Participant
03 / selected work
Stuff worth opening.
Small set. Public-safe. No inflated numbers.
shipped / JS
Instagram Analyser
Client-side analysis for Instagram direct-message exports.
maintained / web
Pat Mooney Counselling
Client website design, development, management, and ongoing fixes.
Public client work ✓
active / AI
Automation and agents
Practical AI-assisted workflows, glue code, and product-shaped experiments.
workshop
Public experiments
Python, TypeScript, Flutter, docs, university work, infra, and things worth abandoning.
04 / about
The useful bit.
Not a life story. Just enough shape.
Sam is a Royal Holloway Computer Science / IT Security student building web tools, automation, data utilities, and software that makes annoying systems less annoying.
The vibe is simple: make it work, make it inspectable, then make it look clean enough that nobody has to think about the machinery.
EducationRoyal Holloway, Computer Science / IT Security
Handle@TheLidlMan
DirectionWeb tools, QA, automation, security, local-first utilities
RuleSpecific beats impressive-sounding.
05 / contact
Got something technically annoying?
Good. Those are usually the interesting ones.