Services
From content architecture to production polish. Senior consulting for teams building serious modern websites
Traditional Drupal development
For projects that need traditional Drupal: a fully integrated CMS and frontend, not a headless split. Custom content modelling, bespoke modules, and themes built from the ground up around how your team actually works. The goal is to work with what you already have where possible, rather than reaching for a rebuild every time a migration gets tricky or a content model gets unusual.
Who it's for:
Organisations migrating from WordPress, older Drupal versions, or other CMSs. Teams with complex content relationships that need a CMS to handle them properly, and anyone who wants the editorial power of Drupal without the headless architecture overhead.
- Content migrations from WordPress, legacy Drupal, or any structured source
- Custom modules built using modern Drupal patterns (events, attribute-based hooks, dependency injection)
- Bespoke themes with editor-friendly layouts, not theme-in-a-box compromises
- Complex content modelling: workflows, multilingual, taxonomies, references
- Integrations with the systems your team already uses (CRM, marketing, analytics)
Headless Drupal development
Drupal as a structured content backend, paired with a fast frontend built in React (Next.js) or Vue (Nuxt). You keep the editorial power Drupal is known for (content types, taxonomies, workflow, multilingual) but ship a frontend that's measurably faster and easier to evolve.
Who it's for
Organisations outgrowing WordPress, teams syndicating content across multiple channels, or anyone who wants editors to keep using a CMS they trust while developers work in a modern JavaScript tools.
- JSON:API or GraphQL endpoints tuned for editorial workflows
- Live preview so editors see changes before publishing
- Server-side rendering for SEO and fast page loads
- Built-in deployment pipeline to Vercel, Netlify, or your own infrastructure
Drupal maintenance and upgrades
Proactive maintenance for sites that need to stay secure, fast, and current. AI-augmented testing means upgrades happen faster and with more confidence, including the kind of major version jumps (Drupal 7 to 10, Drupal 10 to 11) that have historically been painful, expensive, and risky.
Who it's for
Teams running business-critical Drupal sites who can't afford an unpatched vulnerability, and organisations on older Drupal versions facing an end-of-life upgrade.
- Security patches applied within 48 hours of release
- Uptime monitoring with rapid response if something goes down
- Major version upgrades without losing content, configuration, or custom functionality
- Automated regression testing so updates don't break what's already working
- Monthly health reports covering what changed, what's coming, and what to watch
Next.js / React development
Modern JavaScript frontend work for projects that need more than a static site. Server-side rendering, static generation, and seamless integration with whichever CMS or backend is already in place. Equally suited to greenfield applications and to adding richer interactivity on top of an existing content platform.
Who it's for:
Teams building new web applications, organisations adding interactivity to a content site, or anyone with a backend that needs a polished modern frontend in front of it.
- Next.js App Router with server components and streaming
- Static generation, server-side rendering, or hybrid (whichever fits the page)
- API integration with REST, GraphQL, or JSON:API backends
- Component libraries built for editorial flexibility, not just developer convenience
- Deployment to Vercel, Netlify, or your own infrastructure
Prototype to production
Turn an AI-generated prototype into a real, production-ready website. Most prototypes from Lovable, v0, or Bolt look great in the browser but ship without a CMS, without proper SEO, without accessibility, and without the kind of code structure that survives the second feature request. This service bridges that gap.
Who it's for:
Founders and product teams who built a prototype with an AI tool and now need it to actually run as a business. Designers who used AI to mock up a site and need an engineer to make it real.
- Replace placeholder content with a proper CMS so non-developers can edit
- SEO setup including metadata, structured data, and sitemap
- Accessibility review and WCAG remediation
- Performance tuning for fast page loads on real devices and networks
- Deployment, environment configuration, and handover
AI-augmented development
AI tools used throughout the workflow, not as a replacement for expertise but as a way to apply expertise faster. Discovery, code review, testing, documentation, and refactoring all benefit from careful AI integration. The judgment of twenty-five years' experience decides where AI helps and where it would quietly introduce risk.
Who it's for:
Organisations that want the productivity benefits of AI without the failure modes (hallucinated dependencies, plausible-but-wrong code, security blind spots) that come from using AI uncritically.
- AI-assisted code generation paired with human review on every change
- Automated test coverage written and verified before features ship
- Faster discovery and research, validated against authoritative sources
- Documentation and changelogs generated as a by-product of the work, not an afterthought
UX, SEO & accessibility
The strategic layer that AI-generated code misses. Even the best modern tooling will produce a site that ranks badly, excludes disabled users, and confuses real visitors if no one is paying attention to the human side of the work. This service exists to make sure that doesn't happen.
Who it's for
Sites that have launched but aren't converting, organisations preparing for an accessibility audit, or teams who want the strategic layer built in from the start rather than retrofitted later.
- UX review covering information architecture, conversion paths, and copy clarity
- Technical SEO: metadata, internal linking, indexability, and site structure
- Schema.org structured data for richer search results
- WCAG 2.2 accessibility review and remediation
- Performance work targeting the speed metrics Google ranks on
Frequently asked questions
How I work
Discovery
A conversation about your project, your goals, and your constraints. No obligation.
Proposal
Clear scope, realistic timeline, and a fixed price in writing.
Build
Regular updates and direct access, with a weekly check-in and an open channel for anything urgent.
Launch & Support
Deployment, structured handover, and ongoing support on a retainer or pay-as-you-go basis.