Full-Stack Web Development

Custom web applications built, deployed and kept running by the same person who wrote them. Laravel, custom MVC PHP, MySQL and Tailwind, on servers I set up and maintain.

Most of my work looks the same on paper. Someone has a process running on spreadsheets, shared inboxes, or software that almost fits. They need it to be an actual application. That is the job.

What I actually build

Multi-tenant SaaS applications

One codebase, many customers, strictly separated data. I built a multi-tenant payroll and HRIS system in Laravel where each company gets isolated records, its own users and its own permissions, all running on shared infrastructure. Tenancy is the part that gets expensive if it is wrong at the start, so I scope it first.

Internal dashboards and admin tools

The unglamorous software a business actually runs on. LedgerLine is a Laravel accounting application. AgriBooks handles farm financial management. DeckoSKU is a warehouse SKU catalogue. Same pattern each time: real permission models, an audit trail, and reports the finance person can export without asking anyone.

APIs and third-party integrations

REST APIs for your own frontend or someone else’s. Webhook handlers that do not drop payloads at 2am. Integrations with payment processors, CRMs and logistics providers. TaxPilot generates BIR-compliant DAT files for a Philippine accounting firm, which means matching a government spec exactly, with no room to improvise.

Marketing sites and landing pages

WordPress or Next.js when a full application is overkill. Showtime Pools is a multi-location lead generation site across Sherman Oaks, Century City and Beverly Hills, with a quote-capture flow and a GoHighLevel webhook behind it. Borg’s Roof Tiling in Melbourne is the same idea built around one goal: turn local search into booked quotes.

The stack, and why I picked it

Laravel for anything with users, roles, billing or scheduled jobs. Eloquent, queues, migrations and the auth scaffolding save weeks, and the ecosystem means the next developer after me can read it.

Custom MVC PHP when Laravel is heavier than the problem. A form processor with three tables does not need a framework, and I would rather hand you 400 lines you can understand than a vendor directory you cannot.

MySQL for the database, with proper indexes and foreign keys from the start. Most performance complaints I inherit are missing indexes, not slow code.

Tailwind CSS for every frontend. Utility classes keep the styling readable and stop the CSS file growing forever, which is what happens to every custom stylesheet after eighteen months.

Next.js and Supabase when the project genuinely needs a reactive frontend or edge deployment. EarlyBird runs on that combination: Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase with row-level security, hashed IPs for spam control, deployed on Vercel.

I do not pick the stack by preference. I pick it by what you will be able to maintain and hire for in three years.

Deployment is part of the job, not an extra

This is where most freelance builds fall over. Code gets delivered, and the client discovers that “deployed” meant a zip file.

Every project I ship includes the server. DigitalOcean, AWS or cPanel depending on your budget and compliance needs. Nginx configured properly, SSL through Let’s Encrypt or Cloudflare, firewall rules, automated backups, and CI deployment so future changes go out with a push instead of an FTP client. If you want that handled separately, it is also available as web hosting and infrastructure.

Everything goes in your name. Your DigitalOcean account, your domain registrar, your GitHub repo. I get access, not ownership. If you replace me next year you change one password and carry on.

How a build runs, start to finish

Week zero, scoping. We talk through what you need. I write it down as a scope with a fixed price and a delivery date. If I think you are overbuilding, I will say so before you pay me.

Week one, foundation. Database schema, auth, and the deployment pipeline. It goes live on a staging subdomain immediately, so you can watch it take shape instead of waiting.

Middle weeks, features. Built in the order you would use them. You get a link every Friday.

Final week, hardening. Input validation, prepared statements everywhere, rate limiting, CSRF protection, error logging, and a security pass over file uploads and permissions. Then backups and monitoring.

Handover. Documentation, a walkthrough call, and credentials transferred to you.

Recent Laravel and PHP work

• LedgerLine, Laravel accounting application
• Payroll and HRIS, multi-tenant Laravel
• MaternaTrack, maternal health monitoring system
• BoardHub, boarding house management
• TaxPilot, BIR-compliant DAT file generator
• EarlyBird, Next.js and Supabase

Questions people ask before hiring

Laravel or custom PHP, which do I need?
If your application has users logging in, roles, payments or scheduled tasks, Laravel. If it is a handful of forms and tables, custom PHP will be faster to build and cheaper to host. I will tell you which one your project is after one conversation.

Can you take over a project another developer started?
Yes, and it is a large part of my work. I will audit what is there first and give you an honest read on whether it is worth continuing or rebuilding.

Do you handle the server, or do I need someone else?
I handle it. Server provisioning, Nginx, SSL, Cloudflare, backups and deployment are included in the build.

What happens after launch?
Your choice. Monthly maintenance covers hosting, updates, monitoring and small changes. Or take the documentation and run it yourself.

Who owns the code?
You do. Repository, server and accounts in your name from day one.

How do you handle security?
Prepared statements on every query, password hashing with password_hash, CSRF tokens on forms, validated and type-checked uploads, rate limiting on auth endpoints, and no secrets in the repository. I have written about PHP password hashing if you want to see how I think about it.

What this costs

My rate is $14 per hour. There is no agency margin on top, because there is no agency. You are hiring the person doing the work.

For defined projects I quote a fixed price up front, so the number does not move unless the scope does. For ongoing work, a weekly block you can scale up or down.

Start a project

Tell me what you are trying to build. I will tell you what it takes, what it costs, and whether you actually need it.