I'm an entrepreneur, software engineer, and musician from the United Kingdom. I specialise in building web applications and sites using Laravel, and macOS and iPhone applications using Swift.
By day, I'm Chief Technology Officer at Mumsnet, and by night (and weekends), I'm building ShowLab.
In my spare time I can be found playing in or musically directing theatre productions across the UK as well as recording and producing click tracks for touring theatre, bands and artists.
A single person can build a business that supports a family, fits around the life they want and grows only when they want it to. There's something remarkable about a company that can stay this simple and still change its owner's life.
AI has made it easier than ever to build every idea we have. The thing that matters now is having the taste to know which ones shouldn't be built at all.
Knowledge makes someone useful in the role you hired them for. Curiosity makes them useful in places you never expected.
Whether it's AI, business strategy or everyday decisions, many disagreements are often surprisingly simple: people are trying to optimise for different things.
I've spent far more time and effort buying camera gear than I have making videos. It turns out that buying better tools can feel an awful lot like making progress.
Five Towns Theatre
May 2026
Stoke Youth Musical Theatre Company
Apr 2026
Five Towns Theatre
Nov 2025
Matthew Davis is an entrepreneur, software engineer, and musician from the United Kingdom.