Full stack
Front end to server
Weekly
Working software you can click
Yours
Code, data and hosting
1
Person: design, build, deploy, support
✓React · Next.js · TypeScript✓Node · Python · FastAPI✓PostgreSQL · MySQL✓WordPress · WooCommerce✓Docker · CI/CD · Cloudflare✓Vendor portals & quote flows
The toolbox
A modern stack, chosen for your problem
I’m not married to one framework. I pick the right tools for what you’re building and keep it maintainable long after launch.
FrontendReact · Next.js · TypeScript · Tailwind · Vue · WordPress / Elementor
BackendNode.js · Python / FastAPI · PHP / Laravel · REST & GraphQL
DataPostgreSQL · MySQL · NocoDB · vector stores (FAISS / Chroma)
InfrastructureUbuntu VPS on CloudPanel · Docker · Cloudflare · CI/CD · GitHub Actions
CommerceWooCommerce · payments · shipping · quote-request & vendor flows
AI & automationOpenAI · Ollama · LangChain · n8n · Twilio
What FORGE builds
From a landing page to a marketplace
Every build ships with documentation, a deployment you own and a real person to call when you want changes.
01
Line-of-business apps
Internal tools built around how your team actually works — dashboards, scheduling, intake, approvals — with centralized control across every part of the operation.
02
Customer & vendor portals
Logins, role-based access, product submissions, document exchange and gated content — the kind of platform a marketplace or association runs on.
03
Ecommerce that fits
WooCommerce stores with quote-request ordering, logistics hand-offs, bundles, shipping rules and automated pricing from cost plus margin.
04
Booking & lead sites
Fast, conversion-focused sites for service businesses: appointments straight to your calendar, forms that reach your inbox, tracking wired correctly.
05
APIs & integrations
Clean APIs and integrations so your app talks to your CRM, your accounting, your phones and your AI.
06
Rescue & takeover
Half-built projects, abandoned agency work, sites nobody dares to touch — audited, stabilized and finished.
Impact
AG1 Growers: a vendor marketplace, built and hosted end to end
An agriculture network needed more than a brochure site. Crossover built ag1growers.com as a WooCommerce platform with a quote-request and logistics order flow, vendor logins with product submission, a gated “Join AG1” onboarding page, transactional email that lands, and automated product pricing from cost plus margin — then migrated the whole thing onto a VPS the client owns and added an AI layer on top.
- WooCommerce marketplace with roles for growers, vendors and staff
- Quote-request ordering integrated with a freight-brokerage partner
- Automated pricing sheets for ten vendor product lines
- Self-hosted on CloudPanel with Docker services for automation and AI
TypeB2B marketplace & vendor portal
PlatformWordPress · Elementor Pro · WooCommerce
FlowsQuote request → logistics → fulfillment
AccountsVendor login & product submission
HostingClient-owned VPS · CloudPanel · Cloudflare
ExtrasAI assistant · outreach automation · merch
Why it’s different
Built by the person who answers the phone
No project manager translating between you and a developer you never meet.
| Crossover FORGE | Typical agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Who builds it | The engineer you talked to on the first call | A rotating team behind an account manager |
| Ownership | Your repo, your server, your data, documented | Their hosting, their retainer, their leverage |
| Progress | Working software every week you can click through | Mock-ups, then a reveal months later |
| After launch | Same person, same day; maintainable code | New ticket, new developer, new learning curve |
| Scope | Software plus the network, hosting, AI and marketing around it | Just the build |
How we work together
From idea to shipped software
A clear, collaborative path — you’re involved at every step, working directly with me.
01
Discovery
A real conversation about your goals, your users and the problem — then a written map of exactly what needs to be built.
02
Architecture
The right stack and a clean, scalable foundation, front to back, so it holds up long after launch.
03
Build & iterate
Working software shipped in tight loops. You see progress often and steer it — not a black box you wait months on.
04
Launch & support
We ship it, harden it, and I stay in it: maintainable code and a real person on the other end when you need changes.
Free · no strings
Have an app, a store or a half-built project?
Bring me the idea, the half-built project, or just the problem. I’ll tell you how I’d build it, what it takes and what I’d do differently — free, whether or not we work together.
Questions
Frequently asked
Q.WordPress or custom code?
Whichever fits. WordPress with Elementor Pro and WooCommerce is unbeatable for content, stores and speed to launch; React/Next.js with a Python or Node backend wins for real applications. Many builds combine both behind one login.
Q.Do I own the code?
Yes — the repository, the server and the accounts are in your name from day one, with documentation you can hand to any engineer.
Q.How do you handle timelines?
Milestones with working software at each one. A booking or lead site ships in days; a portal or marketplace in weeks; larger platforms in phases you approve as they land.
Q.Can you take over an existing project?
Yes. I audit the code and hosting, stabilize what is there, and either finish it or give you an honest recommendation to rebuild — with reasons.
Q.What happens after launch?
Hosting, monitoring, updates and changes under a flat monthly plan if you want it — handled by the same person who built the system.
Have an app or platform in mind?
Bring me the idea, the half-built project, or just the problem. I’ll help you turn it into real, working software — front to back.
