Backend & API development
Robust services and integrations in PHP and Scala, built to be read, tested and maintained long after launch.
Web development consulting
Software that keeps working after launch.
I help startups and small businesses build, rescue and modernise web applications — and add AI where it actually pays off. Over a decade of hands-on experience in backend systems, APIs and databases.
Services
What I can help with
AI integration
Practical LLM features for your product — document processing, smart search, chat assistants and workflow automation — built with care for cost, privacy and reliability.
Legacy modernisation
Upgrading ageing PHP applications, untangling old codebases and moving them onto current, supported platforms without a risky big-bang rewrite.
Database design & performance
Schema design, query tuning and migrations for relational databases, so your data layer keeps up as you grow.
Technical advisory
Architecture reviews, code reviews and a second opinion on build-vs-buy decisions — including where AI genuinely helps and where it is just hype — for founders and teams without a senior engineer on hand.
Process
How we'll work together
Intro call
A free 30-minute conversation about your goals, constraints and where things hurt.
Proposal
A clear scope, timeline and price — fixed or hourly, whichever fits the work.
Delivery
Short iterations with regular check-ins, working software early and no surprises.
Handover
Documentation and knowledge transfer so your team owns what we built.
About
Ten-plus years of building for the web
I'm a web developer working mainly with PHP, Scala and relational databases. I've built software for tech startups, large corporations and small businesses — and co-founded a startup of my own, which taught me more about priorities, budgets and shipping than any job could.
That mix means I care about the business side as much as the code: what actually needs building, what can wait, and what will be cheapest to maintain over the next five years.
Today that includes AI. I use AI tools in my own day-to-day development and build LLM-powered features into real products — always with a clear view of what they cost, where they fail and how to keep your data safe.
I also volunteer as a mentor in the Mentoring Byte program, helping people take their first steps into software development.
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