# StackedByDan

> StackedByDan is the freelance web development business of Daniel Golding, a UK-based full stack developer and Cloudflare specialist. Dan builds fast, hand-coded websites for UK small businesses and sole traders (fixed prices from £249) and builds, fixes and migrates applications on Cloudflare Workers, Pages, D1, KV, R2 and Durable Objects for businesses and development teams.

Key facts:

- Person: Daniel Golding ("Dan"), full stack developer, Head of IT Services as a day job, 10+ years' experience.
- Location: United Kingdom (GMT/BST). Works remotely with clients across the UK and Europe.
- Contact: hello@stackedbydan.dev or the form at https://stackedbydan.dev/#contact. Replies within 24 hours.
- No WordPress, Wix, Squarespace or page builders. Every site is hand-coded in HTML, CSS and JavaScript and hosted on Cloudflare. Clients own the code outright.

## Website packages (one-off, GBP)

- Starter, £249: 1 to 3 pages, mobile-ready, SEO-ready, Cloudflare hosting setup, domain and DNS help, Google index submission. Typically 5 to 7 days.
- Growth, £499: 4 to 7 pages, contact form with email delivery, analytics setup, more complex layouts. Around 2 weeks.
- Business, £999: 8 to 15 pages, advanced SEO and structured data, sitemap and robots.txt, content management and handover documentation.
- Optional extras after launch, only for completed projects and never required: managed hosting £25/month, or managed hosting plus content updates and security patches £49/month. Most clients take the code and host it themselves.
- Privacy policy, cookie policy, terms and a cookie banner are included free on every build.

## Other services

- Web apps and APIs: customer portals, booking and internal tools, dashboards and real-time features (React, Angular, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, C#).
- Redesigns: rebuilding slow WordPress, Wix or Squarespace sites as fast hand-coded sites, keeping content and Google rankings with 301 redirects.
- Website audits and speed fixes: a ranked report on speed (Core Web Vitals), SEO, accessibility and code quality, with optional fixes.
- Database design: schema design, query optimisation and migrations for D1, PostgreSQL, ScyllaDB and Cassandra.
- UI/UX design: layouts, design systems and accessible interfaces.

## Cloudflare development

- Workers APIs, webhooks, form handlers, authentication (JWT, TOTP), rate limiting, Cron Triggers and email sending from Workers.
- Data: D1 (SQL), KV, R2 object storage and Durable Objects for real-time collaboration.
- Cloudflare Pages and Pages Functions, Workers static assets, custom domains and Git-based CI/CD.
- Migrations to Cloudflare from WordPress, shared hosting, Netlify or Vercel, including DNS, 301 redirects, SSL and email records.
- Security: Turnstile, Content Security Policy and security headers, WAF and rate-limit rules.
- Pricing: fixed-price quote per job, usually within 24 hours.

## Hosting and infrastructure

- Not every project runs on Cloudflare. Dan also builds and hosts applications on Linux servers (Nginx, Docker), Microsoft Azure and DigitalOcean, and puts Cloudflare in front of existing servers for DNS, caching, SSL and WAF protection.

## Pages

- [Home: services, prices, work and FAQ](https://stackedbydan.dev/): Overview of website packages, Cloudflare services, portfolio and contact form.
- [Cloudflare developer](https://stackedbydan.dev/cloudflare-developer): Cloudflare Workers, Pages, D1, KV, R2 and Durable Objects services, example projects and a case study of how stackedbydan.dev runs on Cloudflare.

## Demo websites

- [Meridian](https://demo1.stackedbydan.dev): Starter-package demo for an advisory firm (fictional business).
- [NOVA Studio](https://demo2.stackedbydan.dev): Growth-package demo for a creative studio (fictional business).
- [AXIOM](https://demo3.stackedbydan.dev): Business-package demo for an electric vehicle brand (fictional business).

## Optional

- [LinkedIn: Daniel Golding](https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-golding-a83b89208/)
- [Privacy policy](https://stackedbydan.dev/privacy-policy)
- [Terms and conditions](https://stackedbydan.dev/terms)