A black and white portrait photo of Martin Hicks.

Projects

Over two decades of building software - from early agency work and mobile apps to cloud-based platforms. A timeline of companies, products and side projects.


  1. 2026 Active

    Access Patterns

    Creator

    Learn DynamoDB by running it - a real DynamoDB engine in your browser, from your first GetItem to single-table design. No AWS account, nothing to install.

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  2. 2026 Active

    Dynoxide

    Creator

    A DynamoDB emulator backed by SQLite. No Docker, no JVM - runs as an HTTP server, MCP server, or embedded library.

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  3. 2026 Active

    Parity Suite

    Author

    An independent DynamoDB conformance suite that scores every DynamoDB emulator against live AWS DynamoDB.

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  4. 2018–present Active

    Si Novi

    Founder / Principal Consultant

    Cloud-native software consultancy I co-founded. We architect, build and maintain web applications on AWS for organisations across motorsport, infrastructure and sustainability.

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  5. 2018–present Active

    Plugins, tools & contributions

    Author & Contributor

    Open source plugins and tools for the Architect, Enhance and web platform ecosystems.

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  6. 2011–2018 Past

    Tariff Street / Human

    Co-founder / Director / Software developer

    A Manchester-based software development team I co-founded. Later rebranded to Human Software, building apps loved by users and putting people first.

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  7. 2010–2012 Past

    Iconic Mobile

    Director / Mobile App Developer

    Mobile app development studio, building native iOS and Android apps for education and media clients.

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  8. 2008–2011 Past

    Freelance

    Web & mobile developer

    Freelance web development across Manchester and London.

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  9. 2005–2008 Past

    Via Studios

    Web Developer

    A Manchester web development studio, formerly known as vcom, where I started my career building websites and web applications.

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