Case study7 min read
How I Built a UK Automotive Marketplace, Solo
A marketplace case study: how I built CarVendors, a live UK used-car platform end to end — vendor workflows, search, GDPR consent, scraping, and deploys.
Blog / Writing
Notes on building, shipping & AI.
Practical write-ups from real projects — marketplaces, business systems, POS, and AI integration, in plain language. No fluff, no theory.
Case study
Guide6 min read
How Much Does a Custom Web App Cost in 2026?
Custom web app cost in 2026 explained: price bands from $500 landing pages to $15k marketplace MVPs, the real cost drivers, hidden costs, and how I quote.
Guide8 min read
Next.js vs WordPress for Business Websites
Next.js vs WordPress for business websites: when each one wins on cost, speed, SEO, maintenance and custom logic — plus a simple decision checklist.
AI6 min read
AI Automation for Small Business: 7 Tasks You Can Automate
AI automation for small business: 7 practical tasks to automate, how to pick the first one, what it costs to run, and keeping a human in the loop.
Business8 min read
5 Signs Your Business Needs a Custom Dashboard
Five clear signs your business has outgrown spreadsheets and needs a custom dashboard: slow sheets, duplicated data, errors, no access control, reporting pain.
Guide6 min read
How to Choose a Freelance Full-Stack Developer
How to choose a freelance developer: check shipped production work, live links, role clarity, code ownership, and milestone delivery — not just cheap pricing.
Engineering7 min read
React vs Next.js: What Founders Need to Know
React is a UI library; Next.js is a full framework on top of it. A founder-friendly guide to when each fits, and why I default to Next.js for MVPs.
E-commerce6 min read
Building an E-Commerce Site with Next.js
Custom Next.js e-commerce shines when business logic, vendors, search, and admin matter. When to go custom vs Shopify, plus a realistic build path.
Startups8 min read
Why Your Startup MVP Should Use Next.js
Next.js lets one stack handle frontend, API routes, SEO pages, and deployment — so a small team can scope, build, and ship a startup MVP fast.
AI7 min read
How to Add AI Features to an Existing Web App
How to add AI to an existing app without a rebuild: pick one task, wire Claude or OpenAI through the backend, add a safe UI, log outputs, control cost.