Full-cycle product & development

Great digital products,
built properly.

From the first whiteboard session to launch day and beyond — I work across every stage of the development lifecycle. AI-powered and always outcome-focused.

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FULL CYCLE SDLC 🔍 Discovery ✏️ Design ⚙️ Build 🧪 Test 🚀 Deploy 🔧 Maintain
What I do

Every stage. Every time.

I work across the full software development lifecycle — from the first discovery session to ongoing post-launch support. Code-agnostic means I pick the right tool, not the familiar one.

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Discovery

Understanding what you actually need before a line of code is written. Requirements gathering, technical feasibility, scope definition, and strategy. The phase most teams skip — and most projects that fail skipped it.

Requirements Feasibility Scoping Strategy
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Design

System architecture, UX flows, data models, and technical documentation. I produce GDDs, TADs, and design specs detailed enough that any developer can execute from them — including me.

Architecture UX Design Data Modelling Documentation
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Build

Full-stack development in whatever the project calls for. Rails is home base — but I deliver in any stack. AI-assisted development means faster delivery without cutting corners on quality.

Ruby on Rails Full Stack AI-Assisted Any Language
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Test

QA, automated testing, performance profiling, and security review. Shipping without testing is just postponing the bug reports. I build it in from the start, not bolted on at the end.

QA Automated Tests Performance Security
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Deploy

Infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, cloud deployment, and go-live support. I get your product in front of real users and make sure it stays up when they arrive.

Terraform CI/CD Cloud Infrastructure
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Maintain

Ongoing development, feature delivery, technical leadership, and support. The best products never stop improving. I can stay embedded as your long-term technical partner.

Ongoing Dev Feature Delivery Tech Leadership Support
About

Hi, I'm Jonathan.

Jonathan and Biscuit

Full-stack developer and product designer based in Australia. I help businesses design, build, and ship digital products — working across every stage of the SDLC with a code-agnostic approach and AI-assisted delivery.

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Rails is home, everywhere else is fine. Deep experience in Ruby on Rails with the flexibility to deliver in any stack the project demands.

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AI-native development. I use AI as a genuine force multiplier — not a shortcut, but a way to deliver more thoughtful work faster.

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Shipping my own products. Bisky Auth (centralised auth platform), a household budgeting app, and a theme park management game — building the things I'd want to use myself.

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Australia-based, remote-ready. Available for projects worldwide, with asynchronous collaboration across time zones.

Biscuit the corgi

Meet Biscuit

Chief Supervision Officer & inspiration behind the name. She takes quality control very seriously.

12+
Years Industry Experience
6
SDLC Stages Covered
∞
Stacks Supported
1
Very Good Dog
Experience

Where I've delivered.

Real engagements across employment and contract work — from decade-long product ownership to targeted freelance builds.

🐾 Current Role

Pet Resorts Australia

Replacing fragmented per-location PHP installations across one of Australia's leading pet accommodation groups with a single unified booking system — one platform, consistent guest experience at every resort.

Ruby on Rails PostgreSQL AWS Terraform PHP MySQL Platform Migration Booking System Payment Integration SEO Multi-location
🔧 11.5 Years

Workshop Software formerly Autosoft

Over a decade of full-lifecycle product ownership — from a desktop CRM (Autosoft) through to leading the full rebuild and rebrand as Workshop Software, a cloud SaaS serving automotive workshops nationwide.

Ruby on Rails Angular PostgreSQL AWS DataFlex MS SQL Server SaaS CRM Desktop → Cloud
💧 Aug–Oct 2025

Spoutmaster via Datamoby

A 2-month contract via Datamoby — version upgrade of an Alpha Anywhere CRM backed by MS SQL Server, modernising the application while preserving all business logic and data integrity.

Alpha Anywhere MS SQL Server CRM Version Upgrade Contract
The AI Shift

Design and testing are the new bottleneck.

AI can generate production-quality code in seconds. That changes where the real work lives — and which skills actually matter.

Before AI

Design & Planning
40%
Writing Code
40%
Testing & QA
20%

With AI

Design & Planning
55%
Writing Code
5%
Testing & QA
40%
⚡ Faster delivery

Weeks, not months. AI compresses development cycles without cutting corners — more iterations, shorter time-to-market.

🎯 Uncompromised quality

With coding automated, time goes where it belongs: refining requirements, sweating the UX, and shipping something genuinely great.

🔒 Security built in

Less time on boilerplate means more time on what gets you breached. Security protocols go in from day one — not patched on after launch.

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Let's build something great.

Tell me about your project. I'll get back to you within one business day.