Available for new projects · --:-- UK

I build

I'm Steve French. I design and build websites and apps, and I help businesses make their products better, whether they live on a screen or in someone's hands.

  • 01 Design → Code → Deploy
  • 02 Product testing & improvement
  • 03 UK based, working worldwide
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// services

Everything your site needs,
engineered properly.

Custom websites

Bespoke, hand-coded marketing sites and corporate websites — pixel-precise, responsive on every screen and built to convert.

The Lighthouse targets every build is tuned towards.

Web applications

Dashboards, portals and SaaS products with clean APIs, solid data models and interfaces people enjoy using.

Speed & SEO

Core Web Vitals audits, rebuilds and technical SEO that move you up the rankings and keep visitors on the page.

Brand & identity

Logos, visual systems and digital brand guidelines that look sharp from favicon to billboard.

Hosting & care

Deployment pipelines, secure hosting, monitoring and ongoing support so your site stays fast and online.

// product consulting

Make your product better,
not just bigger.

Digital or physical: show me a product and I'll help you make it better. I'll test it properly, show you exactly what's holding it back, and help you fix it, from the first impression right down to the technical details.

  1. 01

    Product audits & UX reviews

    A clear-eyed walkthrough of your product as a customer sees it: onboarding, key journeys, copy, accessibility and the moments people give up.

  2. 02

    Product & QA testing

    Test plans, exploratory and regression testing across real devices and browsers, with clear bug reports your developers can act on straight away.

  3. 03

    Physical product testing

    Hands-on testing of real-world products: unboxing, set-up, ergonomics, instructions, durability and packaging, with clear fixes before you go to manufacture or market.

  4. 04

    Product improvement

    Prioritised recommendations and roadmaps that focus effort where it moves the needle: conversion, retention, support load and customer satisfaction.

  5. 05

    Technical consulting

    Honest advice on platforms, performance, architecture, integrations and suppliers, translated into plain English for the people making decisions.

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    Starting review…

    // sector experience

    Competitive socialising

    Venues where the game is the product. I know how the tech, the booking journey and the in-venue guest experience have to work together on a busy night.

    Live events

    Shows and events where there's no second take. Products have to be reliable under pressure, from ticketing and the run of show to the audience experience.

    One-off

    Product health check

    A focused review of your site, app or physical product with a written report: what's broken, what's confusing and what to fix first.

    Project

    Testing sprint

    Hands-on testing before a launch, release or production run, covering devices, real-world use and customer journeys, with every issue logged and retested.

    Ongoing

    Product partner

    Regular check-ins, testing and improvement planning, like having an experienced product person on your team without the full-time hire.

    // featured application · new

    Introducing Cuemark.

    CUEMARK SHOW MODE Act One · running 42:18
      ● Live · macOS & Windows

      Cuemark

      Cuemark is a desktop app for theatre stage managers. Open the script as a PDF, drop cues exactly where they fire, and the cue sheet builds itself. Then call the show from the same book, on a laptop in the booth, with no internet connection needed.

      • Cue placement with automatic numbering per department
      • Show mode with next cue on deck and counting standbys
      • Product website with licence sales and support

      // web design & build · selected clients

      Websites I've designed & built.

      // process

      From brief to production.

      1. 01

        Discover

        We map your goals, your audience and the outcomes the project has to deliver.

      2. 02

        Design

        Wireframes and high-fidelity designs you can click through before any code is written.

      3. 03

        Develop

        Clean, tested, version-controlled code with preview links at every milestone.

      4. 04

        Deploy

        Launch on fast, secure infrastructure — then measure, iterate and improve.

      // about

      Builder and tester.
      Zero hand-offs.

      I've spent years testing and working on all kinds of products, digital and physical, so I look at yours the way your customers do: where it confuses, where it breaks, where it leaks sales. Then I can fix it myself. Working directly with me means the person who reviews your product is the person who builds the improvements. No account managers, no lost context.

      Let's talk
      Steve French, web developer and product consultant
      Steve French · Developer & Product Consultant
      steve.config.ts
      export const steve = {
        role: ['Developer', 'Product Consultant'],
        testing: ['QA', 'UX', 'Devices'],
        studio: 'Steve French Media',
        frontend: ['React', 'Next.js', 'TypeScript'],
        backend: ['Node.js', 'REST', 'SQL'],
        cms: ['WordPress', 'Headless'],
        priorities: ['speed', 'a11y', 'results'],
        available: true,
      };▍

      // contact

      Have a project in mind?
      Let's ship it.

      Tell me what you're building, or which product you want to improve, and I'll come back to you within one working day.