Delivery work and open-source projects.

A mix of client delivery and open-source work from my public contribution history.

Client and Product Work

Work across startup, agency, and contract engagements.

  • Mabyduck

    Product and platform delivery focused on reliability, delivery quality, and steady shipping pace.

    mabyduck.com

  • Google - DeepMind

    Worked on Django/Wagtail delivery for deepmind.google, including CMS structure, frontend components, search, and releases.

    deepmind.google

  • ValeurSport

    Built a Django and Next.js platform supporting fair-pay advocacy in women's sport, with practical editorial workflows.

    app.valeursport.com

  • The Doc Society

    Delivered Django/Wagtail CMS work to make publishing workflows smoother for content teams.

    docsociety.org

  • Resource for the Future

    Led Django/Wagtail delivery for a policy and research platform with complex publishing requirements.

    rff.org

  • The National Archives

    Contributed to ds-wagtail delivery for nationalarchives.gov.uk across frontend behaviour, CMS features, and content modelling.

    nationalarchives.gov.uk

  • Torchbox - Samaritans UK

    Delivered long-running Django/Wagtail improvements across content operations, donation journeys, and platform maintenance.

    www.samaritans.org

Open-Source Contributions

Repositories from my public GitHub history, including projects I own and projects I contribute to.

  • lazydjango

    Keyboard-first TUI for Django projects focused on day-to-day workflows, data operations, and local tooling.

    github.com/William-Blackie/lazydjango

  • chromeappcap

    CLI for clean app-window screenshots, using native macOS capture with Playwright fallback for cross-platform use.

    github.com/William-Blackie/chromeappcap

  • django-storybook

    Package for bringing Storybook-style component workflows into Django and template-led teams.

    github.com/William-Blackie/django_storybook

  • wagtail/wagtail.org

    Contributed feature and frontend work to Wagtail's main website repository.

    github.com/wagtail/wagtail.org

  • torchbox/wagtail-torchbox

    Contributed to Wagtail delivery and frontend behaviour on the Torchbox website codebase.

    github.com/torchbox/wagtail-torchbox

  • wagtail/wagtail

    Contributed upstream to Wagtail CMS, including search query handling and platform behaviour improvements.

    github.com/wagtail/wagtail

  • torchbox/django-pattern-library

    Contributed to Django template tooling and pattern-library workflows used by content teams.

    github.com/torchbox/django-pattern-library