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I build AI assistants, websites and online stores for real businesses, backed by hands-on experience running production AWS infrastructure.
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Services
Website & Store Design
Custom visual design for your site or store, built around your brand, not a generic theme.
Brand & Visual Identity
Logo, colour palette, and a simple style guide for businesses that don’t have one yet.
Landing Page Design
Focused, conversion-first design for a single campaign, product launch, or offer.
Business Websites
A professional, modern website that gives your business real credibility online, built to be found and built to convert.
E-Commerce / Online Stores
Full online stores built to take real orders and payments, not a template that looks good and stops there.
Custom Web Applications
A tailored web app built around exactly how your business operates, not squeezed into someone else’s template.
Booking & Appointment Systems
Let customers book directly from your site.
WhatsApp Integration
Customers reach you instantly, straight from the site.
Business Automation
Automate the repetitive so the business runs smoother.
Website Rebuild & Redesign
For a site you’ve outgrown: a full rebuild that fixes what’s actually broken, not just a fresh coat of paint.
Store Migration & Replatforming
Moving an existing store to a better-performing setup without losing products, orders, or history.
Legacy Site Modernisation
Bringing an old site up to modern performance, security, and design standards.
AI Chatbot Integration
A trained AI assistant for your site that actually knows your business. It answers questions, qualifies leads, and can even scope a rough quote. You're looking at a live one right now.
AI-Powered Quoting Tool
A guided AI flow that asks a few smart questions and gives visitors a real price range on the spot, instead of a stale price list or a 'contact us for a quote' dead end. It's the same engine quoting projects on this site right now.
AI-Powered Business Tools
Custom AI tools built around one specific problem, like candidate screening, document review, or content analysis. Not a bolted-on generic chatbot.
AI Workflow Automation
AI wired into how the business already runs: lead qualification, report generation, internal search.
Design
Website & Store Design
Custom visual design for your site or store, built around your brand, not a generic theme.
Brand & Visual Identity
Logo, colour palette, and a simple style guide for businesses that don’t have one yet.
Landing Page Design
Focused, conversion-first design for a single campaign, product launch, or offer.
Development
Business Websites
A professional, modern website that gives your business real credibility online, built to be found and built to convert.
E-Commerce / Online Stores
Full online stores built to take real orders and payments, not a template that looks good and stops there.
Custom Web Applications
A tailored web app built around exactly how your business operates, not squeezed into someone else’s template.
Booking & Appointment Systems
Let customers book directly from your site.
WhatsApp Integration
Customers reach you instantly, straight from the site.
Business Automation
Automate the repetitive so the business runs smoother.
Rebrand
Website Rebuild & Redesign
For a site you’ve outgrown: a full rebuild that fixes what’s actually broken, not just a fresh coat of paint.
Store Migration & Replatforming
Moving an existing store to a better-performing setup without losing products, orders, or history.
Legacy Site Modernisation
Bringing an old site up to modern performance, security, and design standards.
AI Solutions
AI Chatbot Integration
A trained AI assistant for your site that actually knows your business. It answers questions, qualifies leads, and can even scope a rough quote. You're looking at a live one right now.
AI-Powered Quoting Tool
A guided AI flow that asks a few smart questions and gives visitors a real price range on the spot, instead of a stale price list or a 'contact us for a quote' dead end. It's the same engine quoting projects on this site right now.
AI-Powered Business Tools
Custom AI tools built around one specific problem, like candidate screening, document review, or content analysis. Not a bolted-on generic chatbot.
AI Workflow Automation
AI wired into how the business already runs: lead qualification, report generation, internal search.
AI that gets
business done.
Why work with me
- Avg. Turnaround
- ~2 weeks
- Industries Served
- 5
- Cities Served
- 11
- Production Systems
- 8 live
What clientssay
“Working together was a seamless process from day one. The site runs incredibly smoothly, handles our traffic effortlessly, and gives our customers a clean, reliable shopping experience. It's rare to find a developer who delivers exactly what you need with zero hassle. Highly recommended.”
“Working together was a seamless process from day one. The site runs incredibly smoothly, handles our traffic effortlessly, and gives our customers a clean, reliable shopping experience. It's rare to find a developer who delivers exactly what you need with zero hassle. Highly recommended.”
Daniel, Owner · discreet420
“The WooCommerce build made an immediate difference to our day-to-day operations. Order management is so much faster now, and the checkout flow is seamless for our customers. The attention to detail on the store setup really set this project apart. It’s been a total game-changer for our business.”
Juan, Owner · Brother Elite SA
“Our original setup had several pain points that needed fixing, and this rebuild solved every single one of them. Months later, the platform is holding up flawlessly and handling our business demands without a hitch. Outstanding work and exceptional ongoing reliability.”
Malcolm, Owner · Westerwick
“The project delivered exactly what TC Energy needed: a modern, high-performing platform that accurately reflects our brand and capabilities. The build was handled with complete professionalism from start to finish. We’re proud to have our site featured as a live case study.”
Tony, Owner · TC Energy
Skills & certifications
Certification · SAA-C03AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AssociateVerify on Credly (opens in a new tab)
Certification · DVA-C02AWS Certified Developer, AssociateVerify on Credly (opens in a new tab)
- Completed training
- AWS Knowledge: AI-Driven Development Lifecycle Foundations · AWS SimuLearn: AI Architect
- In progress
- AWS Certified Generative AI Developer, Professional (AIP-C01) · Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Studying
- BSc Computing, University of South Africa (expected 2027)
Insights
All 70 articles- AI Website Builder vs Developer: An Honest SA GuideAI website builder vs developer: what AI builders do well, where they cost you later, the South African payment and POPIA layer, and how to choose.
- What a Custom Booking System Website Costs in SAOnline booking system website cost in South Africa: Rand prices for booking tools vs a custom build, what drives the build price, and the running costs to add.
- Do You Need a Website or Just a Facebook Page?Does a small business need a website, or is a Facebook page and Google profile enough? Where the line falls in South Africa, what you own, and what it costs.
Studio notes
The accountnobody asked for
Swipe through what actually happens between kickoff calls and production deploys.
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