Software & product engineering
Web apps, mobile apps, internal tools, APIs and bespoke systems—from product thinking through to production delivery.
Swift · React · React Native · .NET · TypeScript/// INDEPENDENT TECHNICAL OPERATOR
Software developer, AI automation contractor and technical consultant.
I build software, automation and digital systems that help businesses move faster—then stay involved long enough to make sure the work is actually useful.
I’m James Colby, founder of Polyphasic Developers. I work where product, engineering, operations and growth overlap.
My background spans native and web software, AI-assisted automation, SEO, marketing systems and technical consulting. That range is useful when a problem refuses to stay inside one department.
I’m most effective in the messy middle: understanding the commercial goal, finding the technical constraint, simplifying the system and shipping the outcome without unnecessary layers.
Broad enough to see the whole system. Technical enough to build it.
Web apps, mobile apps, internal tools, APIs and bespoke systems—from product thinking through to production delivery.
Swift · React · React Native · .NET · TypeScriptPractical AI integrations, private model deployments and automated workflows that remove repetitive operational work.
LLMs · n8n · Custom datasets · Systems integrationSEO, CRM, content and marketing systems designed around commercial outcomes rather than disconnected activity.
SEO · CRM · PPC · Content systems · AnalyticsArchitecture, diagnosis and hands-on execution for projects that sit between engineering, operations and commercial reality.
Cloud · APIs · Linux · Delivery · ConsultingPOLYPHASIC DEVELOPERS
Leading bespoke software, mobile, web, AI and automation delivery for businesses in the UK, North America and beyond. Responsible for product direction, architecture, hands-on engineering, client delivery and long-term technical support.
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTING
Cross-functional work spanning software development, AI workflow automation, systems integration, SEO, CRM and digital growth infrastructure. Best suited to commercially important problems that need both diagnosis and execution.
INDEPENDENT PRODUCTS
Designing, building and launching focused native products including Lextura, Img2Wallet and SessionMark across iOS, watchOS and macOS.
A mix of owned products and substantial client delivery. Each one solved a real problem and shipped.
Speed-reading and focused-reading product with native eye tracking and attention-aware playback.
Turns screenshots, barcodes and images into Apple Wallet passes for iPhone and Apple Watch.
Automatic, local-first activity tracking for macOS without manual timers or a subscription.
Website modernization and SEO-led growth for a specialist optical design software company.
A modernized web presence and connected sales journey for a Canadian telematics business.
An immersive augmented-reality experience for presenting a landmark Oxford Properties development.
Tools change. The ability to join them into a useful system matters more.