Darren Chowles

Developer + Speaker

About Me

I'm Darren Chowles, a certified Laravel web developer with 20+ years of commercial experience. I started Rock Cherry Limited, a web and consultancy agency specialising in Laravel development, web security, and AI integration. I have a keen interest in behavioural economics, psychology and philosophy.

What I Do

Consultancy

Professional consultancy services in the areas of web development, web security, Laravel, hosting, and AI.

Security Audits

I pen-test your application, as well as performing in-depth code reviews and assessing security posture.

Laravel, PHP & AI Development

I'm a Certified Laravel developer, and have been using it since version 4.2 released in 2014.

Speaking

I speak at conferences, my latest being a talk about application security at Laravel Live 2023 in London.

Certifications

Certified Laravel Developer

August 2019
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CompTIA Security+

Sep 2020
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Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect

Aug 2022
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Work

Clients

Here are some of the clients I've had the pleasure of developing projects for or providing consultation services to:

DHL

Steven Bartlett

Meta

Gaucho

parkrun

Imperial College London

AP (The Associated Press)

Listening Books

Industries

Some of the industries I've been involved in for projects and consultancy:

Fintech

Banks

Fashion

Fitness

Government

Medical Research

Social Media

Startups

Intranets

Travel

Real Estate

Services Provided

  • Web Development
  • Consultancy
  • Application Security
  • AWS Architecture
  • Scalable Hosting
  • Generative AI
  • Conference Speaking
  • Laravel Applications
  • Pen-Testing & Audits
  • Project Management

Contact

United Kingdom

darren@chowles.com