Work, and what actually changed
Each of these is a real engagement with a named problem, what I did about it and what the client had at the end. Filter by industry if you want to see the closest thing to your own situation.
EdTech & Learning Platforms
From kickoff to working proof of concept in one week with Claude Code
A UK education provider needed a greenfield learner dashboard built against three unfamiliar third-party platforms, with a predominantly junior team. By the
AI-Augmented Development · Architecture Advisory
EdTech & Learning Platforms
Restoring F5 development to a multi-service learning platform with .NET Aspire
A greenfield learner platform was about to inherit the usual microservice tax: a docker-compose file, mocked dependencies, and developers running half the
Architecture Advisory · AI-Augmented Development
EdTech & Learning Platforms
Unifying three source systems into a single learner view
Tutors were flipping between three systems to answer basic questions about learner progress. I designed a backend-for-frontend, a progress engine, and a clean
Architecture Advisory
EdTech & Learning Platforms
Pivoting an integration to source SFTP two weeks before contract end
Two weeks before contract end, the planned ingest path for the e-portfolio integration turned out to be a labelled proof of concept that nobody had taken
Project Delivery & Rescue · Architecture Advisory
EdTech & Learning Platforms
Coaching a predominantly junior team through a greenfield Aspire build
About two-thirds of the team were junior, including bootcamp graduates and developers new to the languages they were working in. The mentoring side of the
Fractional Chief Technology Officer Services UK · AI-Augmented Development
EdTech & Learning Platforms
Translating a Power BI proof of concept into a production progress engine
A partner organisation's domain expert had encoded apprenticeship progress logic, period-based benchmarks, RAG status, off-the-job hours, in a Power BI proof
Architecture Advisory
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