About
Hi there! Nice to meet you. My name’s Nick. I’m a sustainable web developer based in Bristol, UK. I love to spend my time building reliable, modern, and low-carbon websites.
My journey so far
I started developing websites around 2012. This followed on from a few years of designing for print and web as a graphic designer. Over the years I’ve had many titles. Graphic designer, Creative technologist, Writer, Sustainable web developer. You could call me a Generalist. But for some time now my focus has very firmly been on digital sustainability.
I enjoy learning new tools, tech and methods to make my web development the best it can be. Lowering the carbon footprint of the internet, one website at a time.
My defining characteristics
I’m passionate about the little things in life. I love slow mornings, listening to the birds sing. I love to hear people’s stories while sipping delicious sustainably sourced coffee (and scoffing the odd pastry or two). When I’m not staring at a screen I can be found enjoying the outdoors, hiking, playing sports with friends, or relaxing; enjoying an ice-cold Cider. I am from the West Country after all!
Let's build something great together
Interested in starting your own website project with me? I'd love to chat with you about your idea.
Get in touchMy tech stack
Some of the tools I use on a daily basis
Figma
My design tool of choice. Figma makes it easy to design from anywhere. It allows for fast iterations and modern layouts for interfaces.
Sublime Text
My go-to text editor for writing code. Sublime Text is a solid cross-platform programme that allows me to focus on writing code with little distraction.
Sass
I code out my CSS with the Sass preprocessor. Sass is the most mature, stable, and powerful professional-grade CSS extension language in the world.
PHP
A popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development. Fast, flexible and pragmatic, PHP powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.
WordPress
The world’s most popular open-source CMS. I’ve been working with WordPress for many years and I still prefer it to other solutions.
GSAP
A wildly robust JavaScript animation library built for professionals. High performance, compatibility, and support across browsers for animating SVG, WebGL and Canvas elements.
Prepros
Prepros compiles, transpiles, and minifies files. It’s a great development tool that helps me to focus on making websites perfect, at the smallest file size possible.
BitBucket
Version control with Git. I’ve been using BitBucket for years. It helps me to control updates to my site builds, make branches and backups that can be rolled into staging and live environments.
Krystal
UK Web Hosting that’s fair to you & the planet. 100% renewable powered eco web hosting. I use Krystal to host all my websites, and suggest them to all UK-based clients.
DeployHQ
DeployHQ makes it super easy to deploy websites from Git/BitBucket to your own servers. A great way to speed up as as well as secure website deployment and updates.
Slack
In their own words. Slack is where work happens. I use it for all kinds of communications, both for business and personal interests.
Notion
Notion is one of those tools that makes work easier. Note-taking, scheduling, Task lists – Notion handles all of it seamlessly.