JONATHAN BUCKLAND // SOFTWARE + AI ENGINEERING

Turn complex business problems into software that works.

I build dependable products and workflow automation with modern AI—then connect them safely to the software, data and operational reality your organisation already has.

Thirty years across .NET, Rails, data and cloud, combined with hands-on experience shipping agentic workflows, LLM integrations and AI-assisted products.

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30+ YEARS ENGINEERING AI-NATIVE DELIVERY UK-BASED REMOTE-FRIENDLY

BUILDING IN PUBLIC // AICODER // YOUTUBE LIVE

SERIES IN PREPARATION

Watch an AI-native developer tool take shape

I’m opening up the real work behind AICoder: coordinating Claude Code and Codex, isolating parallel changes, designing human approval points and turning agent output into software you can trust.

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WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER

Senior technical help, shaped around the outcome

Bring me a stalled system, a repetitive process or a product idea. I’ll help clarify the real problem, choose a pragmatic route and build what creates value.

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AI product development

Design and delivery of AI-assisted products, agentic workflows and reliable LLM integrations with evaluation, guardrails and human oversight.

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Legacy modernisation

Reduce risk and maintenance drag with staged migrations, integration layers and targeted rewrites that protect business continuity.

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Workflow automation

Replace spreadsheets, duplicate entry and manual hand-offs with reliable systems that give teams time and visibility back.

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Product development

Turn an early concept into a focused, testable product with sensible scope, architecture and a path beyond the MVP.

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Technical advisory

Independent senior judgment for architecture, delivery recovery, vendor decisions, technical due diligence and engineering direction.

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Software development

Robust web applications, APIs and internal tools—from first useful release through production hardening and maintainable handover.

SELECTED WORK

Products built around a concrete job

The common thread is not a framework. It is finding the operational friction, making the right trade-offs and shipping a usable system.

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AICoder product interface

AI DEVELOPER TOOLING

AICoder

Parallel coding agents without the terminal chaos

A desktop control room for running Claude Code and Codex in isolated worktrees, surfacing decisions, reviewing changes and shipping approved work through one focused workflow.

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WHY WORK WITH ME

Jonathan Buckland

ENGINEER // BUILDER // ADVISER

Thirty years of judgment. Still building hands-on.

I work directly with founders and teams, from understanding the commercial problem through architecture, implementation and handover. AI expands what I can deliver; experience keeps it useful, safe and maintainable.

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Commercially grounded

Technology choices follow the business constraint, user need and operating reality—not fashion.

Broad technical range

.NET, C#, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, cloud platforms and modern AI tooling.

Clear, direct collaboration

You work with the person making the technical decisions and writing the software.

Built for handover

Readable systems, documented decisions and a maintainable path for the team that owns what comes next.

TECHNICAL NOTES

How I think and build

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Have a system to fix or a product to build?

Tell me what is getting in the way, what success would look like and where you are now. I’ll reply personally with a practical next step.

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