Recent Work: The PFMeet re-brand and re-launch
Portsmouth Freelancers Meet has been part of my life since 2010. It’s seen me through different chapters of my freelance journey – from running PubHack, to launching Supportsmouth, to...
18 Sep 25
Blog.
A mix of front-end development, freelance life, and the things that keep me curious: from code to travel, and music to cats.
My first PFMeet talk: sharing the freelance toolkit
I’ve been running Portsmouth Freelancers Meet monthly networking group since 2010, and last week to shake things up (alongside the new brand launch) I also introduced the new format...
15 Sep 25
15 years of running Portsmouth Freelancers Meet (and counting)
Back in 2010, I put a tweet out into the world, hoping someone might show up to meet me at The Wine Vaults in Portsmouth. Four people turned up,...
11 Aug 25
Redesign or refresh? How to decide when it’s time for a new website
How do you know when your website really needs a redesign, and when you can get away with a simple refresh? I get asked this all the time, and...
11 Jul 25
Recent work: Pulse Clean Energy website improvements
A few weeks back, I was approached by Pulse Clean Energy who wanted a some updates to their existing site. This involved a home page content refresh, a new...
11 Jul 25
Designing my dream festival line-up (because why not?)
Music has been a constant in my life: I grew up in a musical household (my parents were in a band), I’ve played acoustic guitar since I was 15,...
10 Jun 25
Sometimes the best project management tool is a pen
Lame post about my office whiteboard incoming. So this is a photo of my whiteboard with a to-do list on. Groundbreaking, I know. I’m sharing it because I think...
14 May 25
Is naming ‘blocks’ the hardest part of building a CMS?
If you’ve ever built a custom block system (whether with ACF, Gutenberg, Umbraco, or any other CMS) you’ve probably faced the weirdly difficult challenge of naming your blocks. It...
12 May 25
How to use H1, H2, H3 (and friends) the right way
When it comes to creating websites, whether you’re writing content, designing layouts, or developing templates, heading tags (<h1> to <h6>) play a critical role. Yet I see them used...
27 Mar 25
Why BEM and clear naming conventions make your CSS more maintainable
One of the biggest challenges in front-end development is maintaining scalable and conflict-free CSS. A lack of structure often leads to unintended styling conflicts, making debugging frustrating and time-consuming....
03 Mar 25