Next.js · React · Design-Engineered
Hand-coded Next.js front ends, built to last.
When a project needs more than a website builder can offer, I build it in Next.js and React: custom web apps, marketing sites with real logic, and headless front ends. Six years of front-end work and a designer's eye, in one person.
When you need Next.js
For when a builder isn't enough.
Custom logic, app-like interactivity, deep integrations, or full control over performance and markup. If you only need a marketing site, Webflow or Framer is faster and cheaper, and I'll tell you so. Next.js is for when the project earns it.
The design-engineer edge
Most Next.js devs can't design. Most designers can't ship Next.js. I do both.
You get a build that's technically solid and visually sharp, with no handoff gap between a designer's intent and an engineer's output, because they're the same person. This very site is an example.
What's included
Fast, accessible, maintainable.
Everything that ships with a Next.js build.
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React & Next.js builds
Modern App Router front ends with server components, TypeScript, and clean, maintainable code.
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Headless CMS integration
Wired to Prismic, Sanity, Contentful, or Shopify so your content team stays fully independent.
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Core Web Vitals
Built for fast LCP, low CLS and INP, and 90+ Lighthouse out of the box, not as an afterthought.
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Accessibility
Semantic markup, keyboard support, and ARIA where it's needed, built in and never bolted on.
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Motion with GSAP
Smooth, performant animation when the design calls for it, without sacrificing speed.
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Deploy & DX
Shipped to Vercel or Netlify with CI, previews, and documentation so your team can build on it.
How it's built
The architecture.
Server-rendered, headless-CMS-backed, and streamed to the browser, fast by design.
- RequestUser / crawler
- Next.jsServer components
- Headless CMSPrismic · Sanity
- Fast pageStreamed HTML
Performance
Built green.
Core Web Vitals and accessibility, in from the start, not retrofitted.
Decision aid
Next.js, or a builder?
Honest guidance: I'll point you to Webflow or Framer when that's the right call.
Process
How it works.
A predictable path from scoping to deploy.
Scoping call
Understand the product, data, and design, then agree on architecture and a clear quote or rate.
Foundations
Project setup, design tokens, and component structure established first so the rest inherits them.
Build
Pages and features built as reusable, typed components against your CMS or API.
Performance & QA
Optimised for Core Web Vitals and tested across browsers, devices, and assistive tech.
Deploy & handoff
Shipped to Vercel or Netlify with CI and documentation so your team can build on it.
Ready when you are
Building something real?
FAQ
Common questions.
- It varies widely with scope: a marketing site with a headless CMS is very different from a custom web app. I quote a fixed price or a clear rate after a scoping call. Get in touch for a tailored quote.
- Pick Next.js when you need custom logic, app-like interactivity, deep integrations, or full control over performance and markup. For standard marketing sites, Webflow or Framer are faster and cheaper, and I'll say so rather than over-engineering your project.
- I work with Prismic, Sanity, Contentful, and others. I recommend one based on your team's editing needs and budget, then integrate it so content updates never require a developer.
- Yes. Both are built in, not bolted on. I ship semantic, keyboard-accessible markup targeting WCAG AA, and tune for Core Web Vitals (fast LCP, low CLS/INP) from the start.
- A marketing site with a CMS usually takes 3–6 weeks. Web apps depend on feature scope. I share a milestone timeline before starting.
- Yes. I write typed, documented, componentised code and follow your conventions, so I can plug into an existing team or hand off cleanly to one.
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