James Jarvis
Software Engineer, Explorer
Hi, I’m James.
Professionally, I am a Senior Software Engineer.
Unprofessionally, I do things and write about them here.
Contact me via the links above, or see what I’m up to now
Recent
🏚️->🏠 A year of house renovations
Lessons learnt from a whole year of house renovations
💰 My UK Tax Burden in 2025: A Personal Finance Reality Check
·5 mins
A deep dive into my personal tax burden in the UK for 2025, and concerns about the future of taxation for average UK taxpayers.
🔥 Why I decided to join incident.io and my impressions so far
·6 mins
In May 2025 I joined the AI team here at incident.io, in search of new and exciting engineering challenges.
26 Years Old
·2 mins
From the 23rd June 2024 to 23rd June 2025.
I’m already in China when I kick this year off, finishing off another grand tour of new cities with Feiyang and her parents.
Secret Santa: A Quote-a-day E-Ink display
·6 mins
This is the story of how I built (and how you can build) a cute little display that shows you a new famous quote every day.