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1</head><body class="bg-background text-foreground overflow-y-scroll antialiased"><div hidden=""><!--$--><!--/$--></div><div></div><div class=""><div class="container"><div class="text-primary flex justify-between py-6 text-2xl font-medium sm:grid sm:grid-cols-2 sm:gap-6 sm:py-12"><div data-tid="title" class="text-primary hover:text-primary-hover inline-block transition-colors duration-100"><a href="/">Simon Heys</a></div><div data-tid="navigation"><nav class="flex flex-row gap-4"><a class="transition duration-100 hover:text-gray-550 text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-gray-500" href="/portfolio">Portfolio</a><a class="transition duration-100 text-primary hover:text-primary-hover" href="/about">About</a></nav></div></div></div></div><div style="opacity:0;transform:none"><div class="container"><div class="mb-12 sm:grid sm:grid-cols-2 sm:gap-6"><h1 class="mb-2 text-4xl font-bold text-balance sm:mb-0">About</h1><div class="mb-4 text-2xl font-medium text-pretty sm:mb-0"><p>As a <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="text-primary hover:text-primary-hover transition duration-100" node="[object Object]" href="https://github.com/simonheys/">Software Engineer</a> with experience in <a class="text-primary hover:text-primary-hover transition duration-100" node="[object Object]" href="/portfolio">Product Design</a>, I’m driven by a passion to create software that makes a meaningful difference to people’s lives.</p><div class="mt-2"><div class="flex flex-col flex-wrap lg:flex-row lg:gap-4"><a class="group text-primary hover:text-primary-hover flex text-2xl font-medium transition duration-100" href="/portfolio">Portfolio<span class="ml-1 transition-transform duration-100 group-hover:translate-x-0.5"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="0.3125em" height="1em" viewBox="0 0 5 16" class="inline"><path fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="square" stroke-width="1.25" d="m1 11 3-3-3-3"></path></svg></span></a><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="group text-primary hover:text-primary-hover flex text-2xl font-medium transition duration-100" href="https://github.com/simonheys/">GitHub<span class="ml-1 transition-transform duration-100 group-hover:translate-x-0.5"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="0.3125em" height="1em" viewBox="0 0 5 16" class="inline"><path fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="square" stroke-width="1.25" d="m1 11 3-3-3-3"></path></svg></span></a><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="group text-primary hover:text-primary-hover flex text-2xl font-medium transition duration-100" href="https://linkedin.com/in/simonheys">LinkedIn<span class="ml-1 transition-transform duration-100 group-hover:translate-x-0.5"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="0.3125em" height="1em" viewBox="0 0 5 16" class="inline"><path fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="square" stroke-width="1.25" d="m1 11 3-3-3-3"></path></svg></span></a><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="group text-primary hover:text-primary-hover flex text-2xl font-medium transition duration-100" href="mailto:[email protected]">Email<span class="ml-1 transition-transform duration-100 group-hover:translate-x-0.5"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="0.3125em" height="1em" viewBox="0 0 5 16" class="inline"><path fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="square" stroke-width="1.25" d="m1 11 3-3-3-3"></path></svg></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="opacity:0;transform:none"><div class="container"><div class="border-border border-t"></div></div><div class="container mb-12 grid-cols-2 gap-6 pt-2 text-pretty"><div class="text-sm text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400">Copyright © Studio Heys Limited · Registered in England №07360731</div></div></div><!--$--><!--/$--><!--$!--><template data-dgst="BAILOUT_TO_CLIENT_SIDE_RENDERING"></template><!--/$-->

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