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Need something built? I take on a small number of fixed-scope side projects alongside my day job — typically weekend-sized engagements where you know the price and the deliverable in advance.

I'm a Technical Lead with 8+ years of production experience — currently leading LLM & AI product engineering at Rentr, a PropTech platform used across the UK property sector. I've been a FOSS contributor for a decade (Fedora, Mozilla, Debian-adjacent projects).

  • Python
  • TypeScript / JavaScript
  • Flutter
  • Java
  • FastAPI / Django
  • Node.js
  • Docker
  • LLMs / RAG

What I can build for you

LLM & AI integration

Give your product or internal workflow an AI edge: retrieval-augmented search over your documents, AI agents that process invoices, compliance docs and support tickets, or chat interfaces over your own data. I've shipped LLM features that cut manual review time by 75% in production.

Typical shape: 2–4 weekends. You get a working integration, not a slide deck.

Automation & data pipelines

Still copying data between systems by hand? I build pipelines that move, clean and enrich data automatically — PDF/document extraction, spreadsheet-to-database flows, scheduled reporting, third-party API integrations. My automation work has saved past employers 7–10 hours a week.

Typical shape: 1–3 weekends depending on the number of systems involved.

Cross-platform apps with Flutter

One codebase, iOS and Android. If you need an internal tool, a customer-facing app or an MVP to validate an idea, Flutter gets you there without paying for two native builds.

Typical shape: scoped per milestone; an MVP is usually 4–6 weekends.

Web backends & APIs

Fast, well-documented APIs and backends in Python (FastAPI/Django) or Node.js — plus the boring-but-critical parts: deployment, Docker, monitoring, backups. I've architected systems handling 200,000+ transactions a week.

Typical shape: from single-endpoint APIs (1 weekend) to full backends (several).

How working with me looks

  1. 1

    You describe the problem

    A 30-minute call or a written brief, whichever suits you.

  2. 2

    I reply with a fixed quote

    Scope, price and timeline, in writing. If it doesn't fit a fixed scope, I'll tell you honestly rather than pad an estimate.

  3. 3

    We build in weekly increments

    You see working software early and often, on a schedule that respects that this is my weekend time (I keep a day job I enjoy).

  4. 4

    You own everything

    Code, documentation and deployment knowledge transfer at handover. No lock-in, no mystery.

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Get in touch

Tell me what you're trying to achieve — even if it's half-formed — and I'll tell you honestly whether I can help, and what it would take.

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