Software consultant · South East England

MichaelTaylor

I'm Michael, a software consultant helping teams plan, build and improve complex software that needs to work in the real world.

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Work and products Manticore Technologies Timestamp
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Technologist, gamer and connoisseur of the weird and wonderful
What I do

01

Software consultancy

Through Manticore Technologies I provide full-stack development services specialising in .NET (C#), Microsoft Azure, container-based architecture and web technologies — building reliable systems that teams can change with confidence.

02

AI consultancy

Through Manticore Technologies I help teams use Claude Code and Codex effectively in real software delivery. That means practical workflows, clear guardrails and strong review practices — improving pace without compromising architecture, quality or human judgement.

About

Code is only part
of the picture.

A few things I’m interested in — from strongly typed software to strange electronic music and sprawling science fiction.

Building

Development

I’ve always been interested in new languages, tools and software engineering techniques. More recently, I’ve been working extensively with AI models through Claude Code and Codex to design, build and review complex software. I’m particularly interested in how these tools can accelerate delivery while preserving sound architecture, code quality and human judgement.

  • .NET (C#)
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Docker
  • Web technology
  • Claude Code
  • Codex

Listening

Music

Long-time Spotify user with massively divergent musical tastes — mostly Ambient, Electronica and IDM when programming, with plenty of rock and metal away from the keyboard.

  • Aphex Twin, Biosphere, Boards of Canada
  • Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Rush, TOOL, Sleep Token
  • Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie

Reading

Books

Driving or doing chores has become my reading time — well, my Audible time.

  • The Culture · Iain M. Banks
  • Remembrance of Earth's Past · Liu Cixin
  • The Baroque Cycle · Neal Stephenson
  • The First Law · Joe Abercrombie

Gaming

One player.
Many platforms.

I'm a keen gamer. My gamer tag is Tyridan — an old World of Warcraft character name.

Primary platform

PlayStation

Gamer tag
Tyridan
Device
PlayStation 5 Pro
Favourites
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Diablo IV, 007 First Light

For Halo, really

Xbox

Gamer tag
Lord Tyridan
Favourites
Halo series, Cuphead

Pocket sized

iOS

Gamer tag
Tyridan
Device
iPhone 16 Pro Max
Favourites
Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus

Old habits

Battle.net

Gamer tag
Tyridan#2748
Favourites
Diablo, StarCraft, World of Warcraft

Back to the PC

Steam / Epic

Gamer tag
Tyridan
Favourites
Hades, Elite: Dangerous, Half-Life

Experience

Curriculum
vitae.

Highlights from my CV. LinkedIn has the longer version.

Full profile on LinkedIn

April 2021 — Present

Symprex

Software Consultant · Contract

Signature 365, an email-signature SaaS product. Developer on a .NET microservice system deployed using Kubernetes with a Vue.js front end.

February 2020 — Present

Manticore Technologies

Director

An independent technology consultancy spanning software architecture and development, practical Claude Code and Codex training, AI consultancy, and technical strategy.

October 2018 — April 2021

Ordnance Survey

Software Consultant · Contract

Architect and lead developer of a highly scalable .NET Core microservice system for address-data processing.

June 2013 — October 2024

Red Sequence

Director

Red Sequence was a software-as-a-service specialist. Timestamp was our flagship product.

1998 — 2002

The University of Birmingham

BSc (Hons) Computer Science / Software Engineering with Business Studies

Contact

Let's solve the right problem.

If you have a project, consultancy question or interesting collaboration in mind, send me a message.

Email directly[email protected]

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