Internal tools
Small, focused tools that replace the spreadsheet, the manual step or the copy-and-paste.
01 Custom software & web · Devon, UK
Software written to fit how you work.
Web servers, integrations, internal tools and websites, built around the way your business or home actually runs instead of bent to fit someone else’s product.
02 How it works
Off-the-shelf software is fine until the job doesn’t quite fit it. Then it’s spreadsheets, copying and pasting, and workarounds. I write the piece that’s missing, or the glue that lets the tools you already use talk to each other.
Because I build hardware too, the software can reach the physical world: dashboards fed by sensors and cameras, web interfaces that switch real equipment, and services running on your own hardware in Docker rather than rented from the cloud.
I’m also part of the team that builds and runs the public website of an established business, so I know what it takes to keep a site customers rely on fast, up to date and online.
03 What I build
The piece that’s missing, written properly.
Integrations
The glue between systems that don’t talk to each other, so information only has to be entered once.
Web servers & APIs
Back ends for dashboards, devices and other software, built to be simple to run.
Dashboards
Live views of what’s happening, on a wall screen, a laptop or a phone.
Websites
Websites that are fast, kept up to date and stay online.
Hardware control
Web interfaces and APIs that switch, read and monitor real equipment.
04 Built already
Real systems, running every day.
Anonymised, but all real.
Web · Software
Website for a £1M+ business
I’m part of the team that builds and runs the public website of an established business, keeping a site that customers rely on fast, up to date and online.
- Web development
- Live production site
Home · Control server
Whole-home control server
A custom dashboard running the house: lighting and heating, TV and media control, a voice assistant that works fully offline, and network-level ad and tracker filtering for every device.
- Linux server
- Docker
- Custom web UI
- Offline voice control
05 Questions
Fair questions, straight answers.
Do I own the code?
Yes. You get the source code and the documentation, so you’re never locked in.
Can it work with the systems we already use?
That’s often the whole job: connecting what you already have so it works together, rather than replacing it.
Where does it run?
Services can run on your own hardware in Docker rather than rented from the cloud. Public websites are hosted where your customers can reach them.
How much does it cost?
You get a written scope and a clear price before anything is built, and I’ll always include the most affordable option that does the job.
06 Other services
Whatever else the job needs.
- 01
Control & automation systems
Central servers and controllers that tie lighting, heating, media, sensors and third-party kit together into one system, and keep working when the internet doesn’t.
- 02
Custom hardware nodes
Microcontroller-based relays, dimmers, sensors and PoE cameras, designed around your installation.
- 03
Monitoring & dashboards
Live views of what’s running, what’s idle and what’s wrong, on a wall screen, a laptop or a phone.
- 05
Networking, servers & Docker
Networks set up or sorted out, servers specified and supplied to fit the job and the budget, and services run on your own hardware in Docker rather than rented from the cloud.
Got something that needs building?
Tell me what you’re trying to do. I’ll reply with honest next steps. No pitch, no obligation.