Rupert Groom
RupertG Interactive

About

I build things myself, end to end. Websites, apps, Discord bots, game servers, whatever the idea needs. I run everything off my own infrastructure rather than stitching together someone else's tools, because I'd rather understand exactly how something works than trust it blindly.

Most projects start the same way, an idea that won't leave me alone at 2am. I prototype fast, ship fast, and figure out the rest as I go. Some of those projects turn into businesses. Some turn into books. All of them teach me something I didn't know the day before.

I'm drawn to the parts of building that most people skip: the architecture, the infrastructure, the decisions that happen before a single line of UI gets written. Setting up a server properly, designing a system that scales, choosing the right tool for the job instead of the popular one, that's where the real work happens.

Outside of code, I write. Main Character is the book that started everything, a manifesto on writing your own script instead of performing someone else's. Writing and building share the same muscle: you start with nothing, you impose structure, and you ship something that didn't exist before.

Books

Main Character book cover

Main Character

Non-Fiction

A book about writing your own script instead of performing someone else's. It's the closest thing I have to a manifesto, and the idea that everything else I build sits on top of.

Contact

If you want to get in touch, whether it's about a project, a collaboration, or just to say hello, drop me an email.

rupert@rupertg.co.uk