Case studies
Three small systems built to remove real operational friction: private therapy delivery, self-owned photography publishing, and paid local camera walks. Each one was designed, shipped, used, and revised as a working system.
Django was chosen initially as a robust, easy-to-code Python framework for server-rendered applications, with useful support for models, forms, authentication, admin workflows and migrations. As the projects developed, Django/PostgreSQL/Docker Compose became a trusted base platform: familiar enough to move quickly, structured enough to keep AI-assisted development inside clear conventions, and simple enough to operate on self-managed Linux infrastructure.
The projects also show a progression from direct chat-assisted feature work to more formal agentic coding guided by repository specifications, backlog files and manual browser testing.
Live production platform
A Django platform that brings therapy onboarding, agreements, booking, payments, Jitsi sessions, reminders, client workflows, and privacy-conscious operations into one working system.
Development: Built through direct chat assistance before agentic coding felt predictable enough to trust. Each feature was used manually before it was relied on.
Photography publishing platform
A Django/PostgreSQL photography publishing system for turning edited photographs into stable published sets with captions, keywords, archives, selected work, feeds, sitemaps, and share-ready pages.
Development: Built agentically using formal AGENTS.md, FUNCTIONAL_SPEC.md, and BACKLOG.md guidance. May later be opened as a reusable AI-assisted photography portfolio and publishing system.
Pilot-ready event platform
A Django/PostgreSQL platform for running small paid local photography walks: place pages, booking, Stripe payment, participant uploads, host moderation, ranked voting, results, prizes, and host payout records.
Development: Built agentically using formal AGENTS.md, FUNCTIONAL_SPEC.md, and BACKLOG.md guidance. Core functionality is implemented and tested; final visual polish is still being finished.
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