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Hi, I'm James.
I build websites that work for small businesses.

Front-end developer and UX designer based in Kent / London. I design and build fast, accessible sites — from the first sketch in Figma to a working back end and admin dashboard.

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HTML · CSS · JSNode.js · React · Figma

About me

From music tech and project management to the web.

I came to coding later in life. After studying music technology and working in studios, on film sets and in retail, I spent six years as an office admin and project manager for a property developer — and helped set up and brand a local coffee shop. That's where I discovered UX design.

I then trained at the Bath Spa University web development bootcamp and have kept building ever since. Today I make complete websites for small businesses: designed with the user in mind, coded by hand, and backed by simple, secure servers.

Outside work you'll find me at the gym, on a bike, playing guitar, at motorsport track days in a car I built with my brothers — or keeping up with my two kids.

Problem solving
Creative ideas
Project management
Technical ability
Easy to work with
Client-focused

More about me Résumé

Selected work

Recent builds

A live web app used to track staff hours, plus three complete small-business websites, each with a hand-coded front end and a lightweight Node.js back end.

Web app · Live

Clock-in Helper

A staff clock-in and hours-tracking app for small businesses. Staff clock in and out on a shared tablet, and owners manage everything from their own dashboard.

Tablet clock-in screen opened by a secret link, so no staff passwords are needed
Owner dashboard: staff, rotas, a filterable hours log with shift durations, and CSV export
Multi-business sign-up, Google Sheets sync and installable on phones and tablets

React
Vite
Tailwind CSS
Supabase
PWA

Live app

Business website

Meridian & Co.

A polished site for a business advisory firm — services, process, testimonials and FAQ, with a contact form that feeds a private admin dashboard.

Animated stats, testimonial carousel and light / dark theme
Contact & newsletter API with validation, rate limiting and spam honeypot
Token-protected admin: search, filter, update status, export to CSV

HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Node.js
REST API

Hospitality website

Ember & Bean

A warm, inviting site for an independent coffee house and bakery, with a live "open now" badge, tabbed menu and table bookings.

Menu with categories, prices and dietary tags loaded from JSON
Photo gallery with keyboard-friendly lightbox and reviews carousel
Booking / events form and an admin dashboard to manage requests

HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Node.js
Accessibility

E-commerce · Live

Common Goods

A clean, minimal online shop for homeware — product filtering, a slide-out basket and a full checkout flow backed by a real order API.

Search, category filters, sorting and stock badges
Stripe Checkout payments: card, Apple Pay and Google Pay, confirmed server-side and by webhook
Server re-prices orders and reserves stock; admin shows revenue, orders and stock