Hey,

My name is Stephen Bateman and I'm online as @iambateman.

I've always loved web development.

When I was 12 years-old, I got my first thrill of watching the code I typed into a text editor run in the browser.

It was magical. I had never imagined the power that a few words could have and I've been riding that high ever since.

Simple Machine is two things –

1. home for large apps like Scout
2. a place to store experiments like Get Similar Websites or 55 the Game

Right now, everything is invite-only, but I'm hoping to expand Scout in 2025.

Cheers! - Stephen