Software and systems, built by the person who scoped them.

Six to twelve weeks is the usual shape, and the diagnostic turns it into a number before you commit.

It comes from a specification, and either you bring one or the diagnostic produces one: £7,500, and two weeks later you hold a spec and a costing you can bring back to me or take elsewhere.

If the number is bigger than the problem is worth, you found out for £7,500 in a fortnight. Bring a brief I can build from and the quote is free. All prices exclude VAT.

C# and .NET with MongoDB is where I’m deepest, and it’s what the platforms in the case studies run on. Python where it suits the problem, Avalonia for cross-platform desktop, Azure and local inference for AI.

I’ve shipped relational work too, but document stores are where my depth is. If your data is strongly relational and reporting-heavy, say so early. The right answer might be Postgres and an engineer who lives in it, and I’d sooner tell you that in week one.

Yes, and I’d say it’s the more valuable job. The first stretch is reading, because I don’t change a system I haven’t understood.

You own what you pay me to build, once it’s paid for. Anything I bring that existed before (my own tools, mostly) stays mine and comes with a licence to use and change it as part of your system. The handover includes the system, its infrastructure and enough documentation for another engineer to take it on.

A person: if you need a team of five starting next month, I’m the wrong call.