Work
Innovate UK’s grant platform, where the work is open source and the contribution is public. The same platform taken international for the EUREKA network. GoodFlexi’s labour marketplace, which we build and run.
case studies
The funding platform, taken international
The platform behind UK innovation funding, adopted by an intergovernmental R&D network to run cross-border funding programmes such as Eurostars. We helped take it there.
Innovate UK · GOV.UKInside Innovate UK's Innovation Funding Service
Years as one of the core engineers on the open-source GOV.UK platform that runs Innovate UK's grant competitions — applications, assessment and project setup, at national scale. The contribution is public and verifiable.
GoodFlexi · UK, CA, ORThe platform behind quality flexible work
We build and run GoodFlexi — a labour marketplace offering flexible work with real protections across the UK, California and Oregon. Here's the engineering behind it.
how we think about it
Spring Boot 2.7 end of life: what the upgrade to 3 costs
Two estates reported the same unsupported Spring version and needed very different work. The version number tells you that you are behind but not what it costs to catch up.
EssayModernising legacy systems without the big-bang rewrite
Why the from-scratch rewrite usually fails, and how a system gets modernised in place — one slice at a time, while it keeps running.
The rest of the writing, including the papers, is on the writing page.
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