Rescue
When you need it sorted, fast.
I can isolate and diagnose production systems.
Set me up with appropriate credentials and I'll get to work.
One-hour diagnostic call, then half-day or full-day blocks booked.
Robin Metcalfe
Independent web developer
I plan and deploy large-scale projects
A steady hand for Laravel, Craft
& WordPress — at any stage of development.
Notes for success
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Backups and security.
Monitoring and security for your live platform.
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Clear dashboard metrics.
Stats and insights, clear feedback on system behaviour.
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Prototype to production.
Polishing your ideas until they shine — take vibe code to the next level.
Recovery
Getting projects back on track.
I step in at any stage of the project lifecycle, from vibe-coded prototypes to production.
I get up to speed with your team and become your silent technical partner.
There for as long as you need me.
Resilience
Hardening the shell.
For live operations.
I'll engage with your team, review your devops and stack, then prepare a full diagnostic report.
What you can do to improve performance, security, reliability and more.
Featured Case Studies
Kurt Weill Foundation
Salesforce to WordPress sync
I helped the Kurt Weill Foundation connect their WordPress site with a Salesforce backend via API. This included a two-way live sync, audit logs and timeout prevention.
Read the case study →What if Mars had oceans?
Flood the red planet!
Visualising the topography of Mars, answering the question - what would it look like if Mars was more like Earth? Adjust the slider, watch the waters rise.
Read the write-up →
Agencies & clients I've worked with
Studio Simpatico·
Future Studios·
Genoa Black·
Dawson Andrews·
Luminous Creative·
Webwise Creative·
Cornerstone·
Freely·
Blockdaemon·
Forward.com·
Haven Technologies·
The Story Exchange·
Nyde·
Tortoise & Black
I run rescue campaigns for agencies on production stacks. Replatforms, re-integrations, rebuilds. I'm the fluent technical partner sitting alongside your team — helping designers deliver, hardening prototypes for real users, shaping content systems for the long run, and giving management confidence in the work.
I work primarily with Laravel, Craft or WordPress. I make use of AI, not as a replacement, but to streamline development only when it fits. I keep myself in the loop to ensure code quality.
Want to see your project prosper? Let's get started!
Featured
Builds
These three case studies represent a broad sample of the expertise I can bring to your project. There's plenty of detail in each about the implementation.
The Story Exchange
Editorial WordPress + new block system
Year-long WordPress partnership. Modernised block editor, migrated hosting, ongoing editorial support.
WordPress · Editorial blocks · Cloudways
Council
Laravel rescue · NDA
Council Permits
Laravel audit-trail consolidation
A long-running Laravel codebase consolidated under proper Services and test discipline, with the public-facing service running steady throughout.
Laravel · Services · Test suites
Tour
Laravel + WP-Drip connector · NDA
Tour Operator
Laravel CRM + WP-Drip connector
Mid-project Laravel feature work plus a bespoke connector tying WordPress, Drip and the Laravel CRM into one operational flow.
Laravel · Drip API · WordPress connectorFrontier
Experiments
Small, opinionated builds. What I make when nobody is paying me, poking at the edges of browsers, canvas, type and shaders. None are products. All have taught me skills transferable straight back into client work.
What If Mars Had Oceans?
A real-data Mars water-level visualiser. Drag the slider, the planet actually floods the way the elevation data says it would.
Three.js · NASA MOLA · Shaders
AI-Native CMS
Six Verticals, One Engine
A single CMS that produces six wildly different finished sites by tuning an LLM per vertical. One codebase, six identities.
Laravel · Livewire · LLM
Bettermojis
Every Glyph, No Faff
A no-faff browser for ~7,000 emoji, HTML entities and named Unicode symbols. Search in 15 languages, click to copy.
Vanilla JS · UnicodeHow we'd work together
Embedded.
I sit with your team, on calls, on-site if needed.
15 years of experience brought in to help solve problems.
Managed delivery.
I work with PMs and designers to clarify brief and UX.
We work in tandem to ensure the end product gets a clean hand-off and stays fully transparent to your team.
Diagnostic call.
To kick things off, a 30 minute call to go over your current stack.
Sounds good? Let's get to it.
Book a call →