Ongoing Website & Software Development
A development partner for the work after launch
Ongoing website development services give established businesses a way to keep improving after launch. I work with owners and internal teams on a prioritized backlog of features, integrations and refactors, with a clear scope and review process for each release.
Working remotely with established businesses across the U.S.
Selected contracts
The work behind the service
AdventureSmith
A five-year Duffion engagement extending an inherited WordPress site with Widgety integrations, frontend loaders, refactors and custom ACF blocks. Long-running development shaped by an established travel business.
Roundabout Catering
Work on an inherited site included frontend and calendar updates, plus collaboration with the client’s internal diet-delivery algorithm. The scope connected public-facing changes to existing business operations.
Equipki
Delivered routine updates to an inherited site. An example of keeping an existing implementation useful through ordinary development work, without recasting maintenance as a full rebuild.
Ongoing website development services for your existing system
This fits an established website or application with recurring development needs and someone who can make priority decisions. You may have an internal team that needs additional implementation help, or a live system whose original developer is no longer involved.
We agree the work, the review process and the release responsibilities. We define capacity, response expectations and engagement terms before work begins, so both sides understand the schedule and any decisions still needed.
A backlog tied to the work your business does
Useful enhancements. Improve workflows, editor controls and existing features around the people using them. Small, well-defined changes often remove friction without requiring a platform replacement.
Integration and compatibility changes. Adapt to supported API changes, dependencies and runtime requirements. Review the affected paths and test them before release instead of treating an update as complete because it installed.
Measured refactors. Address slow pages, fragile code or recurring defects with a specific reason for the change and a way to assess the result. Larger WordPress rebuilds or custom integrations can be scoped as separate projects when that makes ownership clearer.
Start by understanding the live system
Onboarding covers source code, deployment access, hosting, dependencies, current issues and the people responsible for the system. We identify how to reproduce the relevant workflows, where to test changes and what recovery options exist.
Then we agree an initial backlog. Each item needs a useful outcome and an acceptance check. A release should explain what changed, which checks we ran and what remains outside its scope. That gives your team a record it can use for future decisions.
Work with your team, not around it
I can collaborate with the people who own product, content and operations, or implement a defined piece of work alongside another developer. We explicitly agree who handles review and deployment.
The working arrangement follows the system and the backlog. It can evolve as priorities change, but new scope, urgent interruptions and support expectations still need an explicit agreement.
Before we start
Can you take over an inherited codebase?
An initial review establishes its condition, access requirements and release process. From there we can identify a useful first scope. Taking over development does not mean assuming every undocumented behavior is safe to change.
How do we decide what gets done first?
We compare business impact, dependencies, risk and effort with the person responsible for priorities. The agreed backlog makes tradeoffs visible and gives each iteration a concrete outcome.
Does this include urgent or round-the-clock support?
We agree availability and response expectations for the engagement. Do not assume an ongoing development arrangement includes continuous emergency coverage; any such requirement needs to be discussed before work starts.
What happens to code and documentation?
We agree repository access, ownership, documentation and handover requirements in the engagement terms. The release process should leave the responsible team able to understand and operate the changes.
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