Founder at Estuary

Gabana

Product Engineer · Senior Fullstack Developer

I build complete web products — from architecture to deployment, from the data model to the pixel. Estuary is my design system studio. When I'm not shipping themes, I'm building SaaS for real businesses.

Availability
Open to remote contracts
$40–80 per hour · depending on scope and engagement length
Primary Stack
React Next.js TypeScript Tailwind WordPress PHP Laravel Astro Node.js tRPC Drizzle ORM PostgreSQL MySQL

Live Products

Things I've built.

Four products currently in production. Each one built solo from zero — architecture, design, engineering, deployment.

Gaming Lounge SaaS

PsTally

Session and revenue management for gaming lounges. Real-time PS5 detection, console billing, shift management, and owner reporting. Live and operational in Kenya.

Next.js 15 tRPC Drizzle NextAuth v5 Tailwind v4
Boutique Retail SaaS

Stoka

Multi-tenant inventory and retail management for boutique shops. Tenant isolation, product management, sales tracking, and a white-label storefront per shop.

Laravel 12 stancl/tenancy MySQL Blade
Philosophy Platform

Quiet Awareness

A content platform built around analytical idealism, consciousness research, and ego development. Long-form writing and community.

Astro 5 Better Auth Drizzle Tailwind v4 React islands
Premium Product Studio

Estuary

A design system studio selling premium WordPress themes, Shopify themes, plugins, and developer starters. Keel is the first product — live on ThemeForest.

WordPress Custom blocks Vite JSON-LD Lighthouse 97

How I Work

I build products, not just features.

System thinking first

I care about the data model before the UI, the architecture before the feature. Products that scale need to be designed that way from the start.

Language as design

Copy is not content that gets added after. Every word on screen is a product decision. I write interfaces the way I write code — deliberately.

Minimal, not sparse

Minimalism is a discipline, not a style. Every element earns its place. Nothing on screen that isn't doing real work. This applies to design and to code.

Performance is a feature

A 3s LCP on a $79 theme is a broken product. A slow API response is a bug. I hold these things to the same standard regardless of what the brief says.

Solo by choice (for now)

Every product in my portfolio was built alone. That means I understand the full stack — not as a generalist, but as someone who has had to own every layer.

Remote and async-native

Built products used by people across the world. Comfortable in async-first teams, documentation-driven processes, and high-trust remote environments.


Work With Me

What I'm open to.

  • Senior frontend engineering — React, Next.js, TypeScript
  • Full-stack product work — not just feature tickets
  • WordPress theme and plugin development
  • Laravel API and application work
  • SaaS architecture and product consulting
  • Remote, contract, $40–80/hr depending on scope

Send me a message

Tell me what you're building and what kind of help you need. I'll reply within 24 hours.

hello@estuarythemes.com →

React/Next.js/TypeScript contracts preferred. I'm available for part-time ongoing engagements or fixed-scope projects. I don't take on long fixed-price projects with unclear scope.