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Laravel web applications
Booking systems, customer portals, dashboards and internal tools. Built on Laravel with tests, queues and a deploy process you can trust.
Most of my work
Freelance Laravel developer ยท Doncaster
Hi, I'm Jason.
I build Laravel apps that
hold up under real load.
Twenty years of shipping websites and web applications for small businesses, startups and agencies. Built properly, delivered on time, explained in plain English.
Jason Smart
Web developer, Doncaster
AVAILABLE
- Laravel
- PHP 8
- React
- NativePHP
- Livewire
- Filament
- Inertia
- Vue
- Tailwind CSS
- MySQL
- Redis
- REST APIs
- Stripe
- AWS
20+
Years building for the web
10+
Years working in Laravel every day
100%
Work done by me, not outsourced
24h
Typical reply time to an enquiry
What I do
Four ways I get brought in
No packages, no upselling. We work out what you actually need, then I build it.
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Websites for small businesses
Fast, accessible sites that read well on a phone and get found on Google. A sensible CMS so you can edit your own words.
Design and build
03
MVPs for startups
Get the idea in front of real users without burning the runway. Scope down hard, ship, then iterate on what you learn.
Weeks, not quarters
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Rescue and improvement work
Inherited an app nobody will touch? Slow queries, failing builds, legacy PHP. I audit it, stabilise it, then modernise it.
Audit first
The specialism
Laravel, properly
Most of my work is Laravel: booking systems, customer portals, admin dashboards, APIs and the awkward internal tools nobody else wants to touch. Tested, documented, and handed over so another developer could pick it up tomorrow.
Laravel development in detailVersion upgrades and legacy rescue
Old Laravel or raw PHP brought up to a supported version, with a test suite so the next upgrade is boring.
Filament and Livewire admin panels
Internal tooling your team will actually use, built fast on top of your existing models.
React front ends and NativePHP apps
React where an interface needs to feel like an app. NativePHP when the same Laravel codebase needs to run on desktop or mobile.
APIs and integrations
Payments, accounting, CRMs and third-party feeds, with retries and logging so failures surface early.
Performance and queues
Query profiling, caching, background jobs and Horizon monitoring. Pages that stay fast as data grows.
Agency white-label contracting
I slot into your team as the Laravel specialist, work to your standards, and stay off the client call if you prefer.
How I work
Four steps, no surprises
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A proper conversation
Twenty minutes on the phone. What the problem is, who it affects, what success looks like. No pitch deck.
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A written plan and a price
Scope, milestones and a fixed price or a clear day rate. You know what you are getting before anything starts.
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Build in the open
Weekly demos on a staging URL. You see progress and can change your mind while it is still cheap to do so.
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Launch and stay supported
Deployment, monitoring, handover docs. Then ongoing support if you want it, and no lock-in if you do not.
Who I work with
If one of these is you, we'll get on
Local small businesses
You need a site that brings in enquiries and a person who answers the phone.
Startups needing an MVP
You have a clear idea and a deadline. I help you cut it to what matters and ship it.
Agencies needing Laravel
Overflow work or a specialist for a build. Reliable estimates, clean handover.
Broken or legacy apps
Something critical is held together with tape. I stabilise it before it takes the business down.
Non-technical founders
You want the trade-offs explained in English so you can make the call yourself.
Jason just gets it. No technical waffle, no over-promising. He listened to what we needed, suggested a simpler approach that saved us money, and delivered exactly what he said he would. Refreshing to work with someone so straightforward.
Got something
that needs building?
Send over a couple of lines about the project. You'll get a straight answer on whether I'm the right fit, usually the same day.