William Blackie

Hi, I'm William. I'm a Full-stack Engineer based in Bristol and London, UK.

I've worked across agency delivery at Torchbox, contract and freelance work through Developerfy (including a stint at Google DeepMind), and now full-time product engineering at Mabyduck. Each context taught me the same thing at a different speed: pace matters, but so does building systems that don't need heroics to keep running.

I build with Python (Django, FastAPI, Wagtail) and TypeScript (React, Next.js). I care about clear architecture, and releases that don't require a prayer circle on Friday afternoon.

I write about delivery, tooling, and lessons from real projects on the blog.