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What I've built

More useful than a list of project names: the different kinds of systems and sites I've worked on. If you're looking for something specific, start with the closest category.

Booking

Booking systems

Appointment and service scheduling with availability windows, conflict prevention, reminders and administrative workflows.

PHPLaravelMySQL

Example: appointment booking system

Analytics

Dashboards & analytics

KPI dashboards, sales intelligence, user funnels, charts, trend analysis and exportable reports.

LaravelSQLChart.js

Examples: sales dashboard, behaviour funnel

Commerce

eCommerce

Product catalogues, carts, checkout, payment integration, orders, invoices and customer workflows.

PHPMySQLStripe

Example: full eCommerce platform

Business

Admin & internal systems

Staff management, permissions, task tracking, audit trails and bespoke internal tools for business processes.

RBACCRUDLaravel

Examples: staff portal, project manager

Websites

Brochure & business sites

Responsive sites for businesses that need to present services, information, content and contact details clearly.

HTMLCSSBootstrap

Example: brochure site series

Portfolio

Portfolio & CMS sites

Portfolio experiences and lightweight content management systems for case studies, teams and testimonials.

PHPCMSCRUD

Example: agency portfolio builder

Community

Community & social platforms

Member-facing platforms with posts, communities, threaded discussions, privacy controls and gamification.

LaravelReactInertia

Example: community social network

Reporting

Reporting & data tools

Financial reports, data exports, log analysis, survey visualisation and custom SQL-driven reporting systems.

SQLReportsJSON

Examples: financial reporting, log analyser

Operations

POS & inventory

Retail workflows covering sales entry, stock levels, daily closing reports and low-stock alerts.

PHPMySQLInventory

Example: point-of-sale dashboard

Communication

Email & communication tools

Newsletter and campaign systems covering subscriptions, templates, sending and engagement tracking.

PHPQueuesEmail

Example: email campaign manager

Data

Data-heavy application systems

Complex relational models, EAV structures, large datasets, indexing and query optimisation for flexible applications.

MySQLSQLPerformance

Example: EAV product configurator

not sure where yours fits?

That's fine.

Most real projects cross several categories. Tell me what you're trying to build and we can work out the shape of it together.

Talk about your project