Start with the simplest thing
Most problems don't need a clever solution. I build the plainest thing that solves the problem in front of us, and add complexity only when something genuinely calls for it.
About
Experienced engineer who ships
After 10 years in tech, most recently as a Lead Data Engineer, I started my own mission to help UK small businesses, charities and sole traders. I build everything from e-commerce shops to complex web apps and data pipelines, always focusing on fast, agile delivery.
Background
- Consulting on public and private sector projects.
- Previously Lead Data Engineer.
- Real-time streaming, e-commerce web apps, and GDPR compliance.
- Generative AI experience (Claude, Gemini, OpenAI).
- Focused on short, fast-paced delivery.
How I build
The habits behind every project I take on.
No over-engineering
Ten years of engineering taught me where the time and money actually go: building for problems you don't have yet. I won't add scale, layers or configuration you'll never use.
Proven design over novelty
Clean, familiar layouts your customers already know how to use. A design that gets out of the way lets people buy, book or enquire without having to think about it.
A T-shaped engineer
Depth where it counts, breadth across the whole delivery, so one person can take a project end to end.
- Quality Assurance
- DevOps
- Infrastructure as code
- Snyk scanning
- Load testing
- Containerisation
- Front end
- Back end
- E2E data pipelines
- Agile development
Languages & tools
- TypeScript
- Ruby
- JavaScript
- Python
- Terraform
- CDK