I build and fix the software small businesses run on.

"We run the business on spreadsheets."Web applications

I build a tool that replaces the spreadsheet, like a CRM, invoicing or a booking form. I've done it for an auto repair shop, a banking client and a team that was paying for Monday.com.

"Our site is slow, or we can't change it ourselves."Websites and online shops

I use WordPress and WooCommerce when you want to edit things yourself, and a plain, fast site when you don't. Either way I test it with Google's own speed check.

"We don't show up on Google for what we sell."Programmatic SEO

I generate pages that can rank on Google, one for each product, location or search your customers make. They are built from your own data and follow Google's guidelines: useful content, fast loading, clear links between pages. If a page wouldn't help anyone, I don't publish it.

"Our developer left."Taking over existing software

I read the code, get it onto a server you control, fix what's broken and write down how it works.

"Our hosting bill keeps going up."Hosting and migrations

I move apps and databases to cheaper servers or to Cloudflare, set up backups, and cancel the services you pay for and don't use.

"We think we've been hacked."Security incidents

I stop the attack, find out what was taken, help you tell the people affected and fix what let the attacker in.

"We want to use AI but don't know where to start."AI features

I start with one job, like a bot that answers customers from your own documents or a script that reads and scores text. It stays small enough that you can check it works.

"We lose sales because custom orders go through email."Product configurators

I add features to your shop that bring in more orders. With a configurator, customers add their text or logo, see the product and the price, and pay without emailing you.

"It works. We want it to keep working."Ongoing care

Updates, backups, monitoring and small changes every month.

How a project worksFive steps, from the first call to handover

1. We talk. You tell me what the business does and where it gets stuck. I ask a lot of questions. If a better spreadsheet would do the job, I'll tell you that.
2. I send a short plan. What I'll build, what I won't, how long it should take and the price: $75 an hour, or a fixed number when the job is clear.
3. You see it working early. The first version runs on your real data, and we change it from there.
4. Launch. The code, hosting and accounts are in your name, with notes another developer can follow.
5. After launch. I can stay on for updates and small changes each month, or hand it to your team.

An auto repair shop that ran on ExcelStill running four years on, about 300 repair orders a month

The shop kept its jobs in Excel and retyped them into an old database. The manager wanted one thing first: to look up a car by its plate from his phone. He had it in six days.

A marketplace that slowed down when it got busyEvery page now loads under heavy traffic

MySlabs lists more than 200,000 graded sports cards. When I tested the old hosting under heavy traffic, most visitors never got their page.

I moved the site to new hosting. In the same test, every page loaded, in about a second.

An online shop that lost its Google trafficQuote requests went from about 3 a week to 7 or 8

Google changed its search results and added AI answers, and the shop's traffic dropped. I moved the ad budget to the searches that bring buyers and rebuilt the quote form.

A company that needed its customer data securedCustomer data encrypted, with a security check every month

After a security incident, I helped the company tell its customers what had happened and answered their questions.

Then I encrypted the sensitive customer data, cut how long data and backups are kept, and set up a security check that runs every month.

$75 an hour. If the job is clear enough, I'll give you a fixed price on the first call instead.

Yes. Plenty of my work has been a few hours: one fix, one form, one server move.

Rarely. I'd rather fix what you have. If a rebuild would cost you less, I'll say so.

No. Describe the problem the way you'd tell a colleague and I'll ask the rest.

You do. The code, the hosting and the accounts are in your name.

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