available for freelance & full-time · 2026

I turn half-formed ideas into web apps and native software that actually ship.

// Alexander Wood · 21 · Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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built with:Next.jsSwiftPostgreSQLTypeScriptAI tooling
01 / about me

The person who designs it is the person who builds it.

No agency layers. No hand-off problems. One developer, end to end.

I'm 21, working out of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and I build the whole thing — the database, the backend, the interface, and the app you actually hold in your hand.

Most days I'm in Next.js for the web or Swift for iOS, with PostgreSQLunderneath. I like the part where a vague idea becomes something a person can open and use. That's the job I'd do for free — getting paid to do it is the goal.

I've shipped note-taking apps, study tools for trainee solicitors, contributed to a music platform, and built an AI-driven CRM from an empty repo. Different problems, same instinct: make it real, make it fast, make it good.

02 / what i do

Bring me a problem. I'll bring back a product.

Whatever the project is, I'd rather build it than talk about building it.

01

Web platforms

Full-stack Next.js apps — auth, payments, dashboards, and the boring admin panels that make a product actually run. Built to handle real users, not just a demo.

Next.js · TypeScript · Postgres
02

Native iOS apps

Swift apps that feel native because they are — proper gestures, haptics, and speed. Noodle was built exactly this way, from first screen to App Store.

Swift · SwiftUI · iOS
03

Data & backend

PostgreSQL schemas that don't fall over under load. APIs, third-party integrations, and the plumbing nobody sees but everybody depends on.

PostgreSQL · APIs · Auth
04

AI tooling

Practical AI features that earn their place — not a chatbot bolted onto a homepage. I built my own AI-driven CRM end to end to prove the point.

LLMs · Automation · CRM
05

Concept → product

Got a sketch, a voice note, a "wouldn't it be cool if…"? That's my favourite starting point. I'll turn it into something you can put in front of people.

Prototyping · MVP · Launch
06

Freelance & contract

Short sprints, full builds, or a steady hand on an existing codebase. Clear updates, honest timelines, and work I'd put my own name on — because I do.

Day rate · Project · Retainer
03 / selected work

Things I've built and shipped.

A slice of it. There's a long tail of internal tools and one-off builds behind these.

04 / ventures

The name on the invoices.

Not just freelance hours — a company building its own products too.

// registered company · UK

Pellar Technologies Limited

The studio behind the work. Through Pellar I ship products under my own roof and take on builds for other people — the same hands on both. Noodle and SQEz live here, the music app tooti got my engineering, and the AI-driven CRM was built in-house.

NoodleSQEztootiAI CRM+ client work
05 / what drives me

I've given myself a deadline.

Honest about the why. It's the thing that gets me to the desk early.

I'll be straight with you: I'm driven by what the work can buy. I want a Tesla in the drive and a city-centre apartment to come home to — and I've given myself until 25 to get there.

That deadline isn't pressure, it's the engine. It's why I'll outwork the brief, answer the late message, and treat your project like the next one depends on it — because it does. I'd rather earn trust by shipping than promise it in a pitch.

Ambition gets a bad name. I think wanting more, and being willing to work tirelessly for it, is exactly the energy you want pointed at your problem.

// objectives.json — by age 25
Tesla Model Yon the drive — the visible proof the work paid off
City-centre apartmenta place that's mine, in the middle of it all
Financial stabilitythe real prize — options, security, room to breathe
age 21 — nowtarget 25
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06 / testimonials

Don't take my word for it.

Real words from real clients — slotting in as the work speaks for itself.

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"Drop a client quote here — what it was like to work with me, and what shipped."

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"A second voice — ideally about delivery, communication, or the result."

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"And a third — short and specific beats long and vague every time."

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07 / now

What I'm working on right now.

A living page — what's got my attention this week.

last updated · May 2026

Inspired by the /now movement. If we talk and this looks stale, call me out on it.

nowGrowing SQEzAdding content and polishing the revision flow for the next exam cohort.active
nowRefining NoodleShipping updates and chasing the little details that make an iOS app feel right.active
nowScaling the AI CRMTurning the internal tool into something sturdier and more useful day to day.building
openTaking on freelanceRoom for one or two new projects. Web or iOS — bring the interesting ones.available
08 / let's build it

Got something that
needs building?

Freelance, full-time, or a half-baked idea you can't stop thinking about — start the conversation. I reply fast.

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