Semi-retired lead dev building live products — open to interesting collaborations

Hi, I'm Ross Hancher — ex–Lead Developer with 25+ years in enterprise software, now semi-retired and building full-stack products solo using AI-augmented workflows (mainly Cursor + Python/JS).

I spent most of my career leading end-to-end delivery at a global market research firm — legacy VB/C#/Oracle/SQL Server systems, migrations, AWS, DevOps, and CI/CD. These days I focus on turning ideas into deployed apps in days or weeks, not months.

I'm not here just to generate code with AI — I bring architectural guardrails: scalable design, solid data models, secure deployments, and maintainable code.

What I'm building right now

• Nosey Neighbour (noseyneighbour.co.uk) — UK property map with sold prices and area insights

• Pocket Lawyer (pocketlawyer.life) — UK legal information and paperwork help (also on iOS)

• Tricky Chats (trickychats.life) — conversation practice for difficult situations

• TheNetworkerHub — full-stack platform (near completion)

• MyWebStuff.co.uk — sandbox for utility apps and proofs of concept

What I bring to a team

• Rapid MVP prototyping and production deployment

• Full-stack execution: DB design → backend → frontend → VPS/cloud deploy

• Senior architecture and code review (especially for AI-generated codebases)

• DevOps, GitHub workflows, and iterative shipping

Skills / tags

Python · JavaScript · Flask · React · SQL Server · Oracle · AWS · Linux · DevOps · CI/CD · Mobile (iOS) · AI-assisted development · MVP delivery · System architecture

Why I'm on Project Hunt

I'm mostly building solo, but I'm open to collaborating on projects where someone needs a senior builder who can actually ship — especially early-stage MVPs, technical co-founder support, or rescue/refactor work on messy prototypes.

Happy to help with architecture, backend, deployment, or end-to-end delivery. If you're building something useful and need someone who moves fast and builds it properly, say hi.

Links

• GitHub: github.com/Rosssaab

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ross-hancher-8b9b7b415

• Live work: pocketlawyer.life · noseyneighbour.co.uk · mywebstuff.co.uk