Luke Smallmon
Lead Developer at Morgan Rural Tech
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolLuke Smallmon is a pragmatic, self-taught Lead Developer with 11+ years delivering end-to-end software for private and government clients, often building systems from quote and architecture through to maintenance. He thrives in small teams and consultancy settings, mentoring colleagues while shipping reliable solutions across C#/.NET, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node and React, with frequent work on MSSQL/MySQL backends and cloud services like Azure and AWS. His portfolio spans mobile (including offline-capable apps), web platforms, service API integrations and automated inventory management for large industrial environments, plus hands-on hardware and device integrations. An active contributor to projects such as the TShock Terraria server mod, he brings practical DevOps and backend troubleshooting experience including REST API fixes and build automation. Based in Toowoomba, Australia, Luke balances focused delivery with flexibility and a strong sense of time management shaped by family life and varied consultancy demands. He’s currently expanding formal security skills with a Certificate IV in Cyber Security while continuing to explore programming experiments and cross-platform development.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate IV in Cyber Security, Cyber Security, Certificate IV in Cyber Security, Cyber Security at TAFE QueenslandToowoomba State High
Github Skills (4)
csharp10
dotnet-core10
build-script9
rest-api8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Pryaxis/TShock
Dec 2016 - Nov 2022
☕️⚡️TShock provides Terraria servers with server-side characters, anti-cheat, and community management tools.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:33 reviews, 147 commits, 14 PRs in 6 years
Contributions summary:Luke primarily contributed to the back-end aspects of the Terraria server mod, TShock. Their work focused on fixing errors related to the REST API and addressing startup issues when IP arguments are missing. They also made changes to the build scripts, including submodule updates, and modified the project's configuration files. Furthermore, they updated references to OTAPI and integrated new features related to grass creep checks.
terraria-serverotapiminecraftantimanagement-tools
SignatureBeef/Open-Terraria-API
Aug 2015 - Nov 2022
Open Terraria API - Mac, Linux & Windows
Contributions:2 releases, 8 reviews, 813 commits in 7 years 3 months
terraria-serverapiotapilinux-windowsil
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