Back-end web development.

I'm Nick, a software engineer with 25+ years of experience. I build custom back-end web applications for small businesses and entrepreneurs, designed to stay stable, scale with you, and still be running years from now.

Based in Washington. Working remotely.

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If a card payment hits a snag, the system waits and tries again on its own instead of losing the sale.
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Pulling up a customer's order history is instant, even with years of orders behind it.
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Your data is copied to a second location every night, and I've proven I can bring it back.

What I do

Build custom back-ends, admin tools, and APIs designed around how a business actually runs.
Rescue, stabilize and modernize older, fragile systems in safe steps instead of a risky big-bang rewrite.
Connect systems and automate the data between them, with clear failure handling built in.

How I work

After 25 years of watching systems age, I build for year ten, not just launch day.

Proven tools, on purpose: I pick technology with a long track record over whatever is trending, so systems stay easy to maintain for years.
Built to be forgotten: Careful design, real testing, and backups that actually restore. The goal is a system nobody has to think about.
One person, start to finish: The person you talk to is the person writing the code. No account managers, no hand-offs.

Tools

What I usually work with.

PHP
Laravel
Livewire
Ruby on Rails
Hotwire
Python
Astro
Wordpress
Linux

Contact

[email protected]

Based in Washington. Working remotely.