FROM IDEA TO APP.
SHIPPED IN DAYS.
Lloyd Collingham // Base44 Architect & Platform Partner
Freelance · Embedded · Full-time · On-site — remote worldwide
For founders who can't wait a quarter for an agency: my Base44 architecture puts an AI superagent to work scaffolding and coding at machine speed, while I direct every decision and review every line. You get a production app, site or AI agent shipped in days — fixed price, no agency overhead, one accountable operator.
14 businesses built and monetised — from SaaS to storefronts.
11-app enterprise suite delivered for an industrial group — MRO portal, e-commerce, signage configurator, CRM, AI dashboards.
Architect-tier across two accounts — 25+ production apps spanning entrepreneurship and enterprise client work.
// Powered by every leading AI model — auto-matched per task
// Trusted by founders & teams who ship
Four books — out now on Amazon
The business owner's playbook series — four published titles on building your own apps, sites and AI agents without a dev team. Real, in-production case studies, not theory.
Authored by Lloyd Collingham · Official Amazon Author Profile
View all books on AmazonA whole video game,
built over lunch.
Gears of War: E-Day Arcade — a free, browser-based wave-survival shooter and a love letter to 20 years of Gears. Engine, HUD, animations, leaderboard and SEO, all on Base44 in a single lunchtime session, for the cost of a lunch.
- The Lancer, active reloads, the chainsaw melee and a working cover system
- E-Day Hall of Fame leaderboard, daily challenges and lifetime combat stats
- Full mobile touch controls + desktop mouse & keyboard — no download, no sign-up
Discovery to
deploy.
A five-stage path where an AI superagent does the heavy lifting and a specialist directs every decision. You see progress at each milestone and approve before we move on — no black boxes, two weeks start to finish.
Discovery & Brief
You send a brief or jump on a discovery call. I translate it into a build plan, data models and a fixed price.
AI Scaffolding
My AI superagent scaffolds schema, auth, pages and first-pass logic at machine speed — weeks of boilerplate compressed into hours.
Build & Refine
The agent generates UI, backend functions and integrations. I direct every decision and write the custom logic it can't.
Integrate & Automate
Connectors, workflows and AI agents are wired in and tested against real data — automations that run themselves.
Deploy & Handover
One codebase ships to web, iOS and Android on your custom domain, with docs and 30 days of post-launch support.
The tools in my rack.
Every build runs on the Base44 platform — I direct the architecture, AI handles the scaffolding. Here's the toolkit that makes days-not-months delivery possible.
Base44
React
Tailwind CSS
TypeScript
Vite
Framer Motion
Stripe
Slack
GitHub
Google Workspace
Calendly
OpenAI / Claude
// 12 tools · one operator · days-not-months delivery
Agents I orchestrate.
The AI layer behind every build — model-matched per task, with scoped tool permissions and channel deployment out of the box.
In-App Agents
Autonomous copilots with scoped entity + function tool permissions.
Code Agents
Task-working agents that drive an SDK loop, not chat with users.
Workflow Agents
Triggered by schedules, entity changes or connector webhooks.
Channel Agents
Deployed to WhatsApp / Telegram for conversational reach.
MCP Server Agents
Exposing app data + functions to ChatGPT, Claude and beyond.
InvokeLLM Orchestration
Model-matched per task with structured JSON output.
GenerateImage
Photoreal renders and assets from prompt or reference.
GenerateVideo
Short cinematic clips for hero and product loops.
TranscribeAudio
Whisper-powered speech-to-text for voice notes and media.
ExtractData
Structured extraction from PDF, CSV, images and HTML.
Creao AI
Autonomous full-stack agent apps, built and shipped from a plain-language brief — the agentic end of the build spectrum.
Configure a build. Watch the agent react.
Toggle the parameters your project needs. The AI agent instantly recalculates the scaffold, timeline and cost — this is exactly how a real build is scoped.
Global app development. One freelance Base44 architect.
Three build categories, one operator — an AI-powered workflow that compresses weeks of agency build time into days, at a fraction of the cost, shipped to clients worldwide.
Indicative only. Final quote confirmed after a discovery call. 50% deposit secures your slot.
Hire me the way
that fits.
Freelance, embedded, full-time or on-site — remote worldwide or in the room. Same architect, same fixed-price discipline, same accountable operator on every line.
Freelance project
Fixed-scope build, fixed price, shipped in days. You own the deliverable end-to-end — no retainers, no surprises.
Most popularEmbedded / contract
Drop me into your team for a sprint or a quarter. I architect, build and ship alongside your people, then hand over.
Full-time role
Available for a full-time Base44 role — remote or on-site. One operator owning architecture through to delivery.
Open to offersOn-site engagement
On-site in the UK, or anywhere globally for a defined engagement. Same fixed-price discipline, in the room with your team.
How I build apps & agents.
Four phases, two weeks max. You see progress at every step and approve before we move on — no black boxes, no surprise invoices.
Discovery & Scoping
We jump on a discovery call (or you send a brief). I map the scope, define data models, and lock in a fixed price — no ambiguity, no surprises.
- Build plan & architecture outline
- Fixed-price quote
- Timeline estimate
- 50% deposit secures your slot
From the workshop.
Live notes on current builds, new agent capabilities, and what's shipping next.
RimIQ configurator v2 shipping this week
Added live rim offset calculations and a printable spec sheet export. The AI agent auto-generated the entity relationships from a 3-line brief — reviewed and shipped in under a day.
New agent capability: multi-step workflow automation
Agents can now chain backend functions with switch branching and durable waits. Configured a client's lead-routing workflow that branches on budget tier and notifies the right channel automatically.
RepairIQ job-tracking dashboard deployed
Role-based access for technicians and managers is live. Workflow automation handles job status transitions and the reporting export. Turned around in 9 days.
Currently taking Q4 build slots
Two slots remaining for October. Marketing sites can still ship same-week; full app builds are booking 1–2 weeks out. Get in touch to reserve a slot.
Fresh from the
build trench.
New articles on Base44 architecture, agent design and shipping production AI — published often to keep the crawlers fed.
2nd Place — Base44 Launchpad Competition 2026
Gears of War: E-Day Arcade, placed second among the official launch builds — a full browser game shipped in a single lunchtime session.
Play the buildThe blueprint
gallery.
A selection of safe tooling and configurator builds — utility-first applications where precision matters more than polish.
stockool
FIG.04A direct-to-consumer air conditioning store for the UK — split, portable and window systems held in stock and dispatched fast, with a BTU calculator, an AI AC Advisor, brand filtering and free mainland delivery.
Shipped in 9 days. Buyers self-serve the right AC unit from 23 brands using the AI advisor and BTU calculator, with free UK mainland delivery and a 5-year warranty.
Stratton Oakmont
FIG.05An institutional-grade market intelligence platform for serious retail investors — live feeds, AI-powered sentiment analytics, a smart stock screener, an AI trading assistant and a portfolio manager, from free to $49.99/mo.
Deployed in 12 days. Members run AI-powered market scans, sentiment gauges and portfolio analytics across global markets, from a free tier to a $49.99/mo Founder seat.
VIN Check USA
FIG.06A VIN number lookup tool — decode a 17-character VIN into full vehicle spec, flag history alerts and generate a shareable vehicle report in seconds.
Deployed in 6 days. Buyers decode a VIN and pull a full vehicle report in under 8 seconds, straight from the dealership lot on their phone.
RimIQ
FIG.01A wheel & rim visualiser — real-time fitment configurator overlaying wheel specs onto vehicle silhouettes, with live spec calculations across multiple platforms.
Shipped in 7 days. Buyers now visualise a full wheel fitment in under 60 seconds, with live spec validation preventing incompatible configurations entirely.
RepairIQ
FIG.02A salvage vehicle bid calculator for trade buyers — repair-cost modelling, auction fee handling, profit estimation and risk scoring before you bid.
Deployed in 10 days. Trade buyers now evaluate a salvage listing in under 2 minutes with a clear profit estimate and risk score, cutting bad-bid losses significantly.
Rebody
FIG.03An AI car customiser — configure body kit, colour and wheels, then generate photorealistic renders of the build, with print-on-demand merch tied to your spec.
Shipped in 8 days. Users generate a photorealistic render of their custom build in under 30 seconds and can order merch featuring their spec directly from the app.
FieldIQ
FIG.07A field-service operations app for trades businesses — live job dispatch, engineer routing, time tracking and invoicing, with an AI agent that triages incoming jobs and assigns the right engineer automatically.
Shipped in 11 days. Trades businesses now auto-triage and assign incoming jobs in seconds, with live routing and one-tap invoicing that cuts admin to near zero.
TablePulse
FIG.08A QR table-ordering and kitchen-display platform for restaurants — contactless menus, live order tickets, table status and an AI stock-forecast agent that predicts what to prep and reorder.
Deployed in 9 days. Restaurants take table orders contactlessly, the kitchen runs off a live ticket board, and the forecast agent cuts stockouts and food waste in the first week.
ClaimAssist
FIG.09An AI claims-processing agent for insurers — reads claim documents and photos, extracts structured data, scores severity and routes each claim to the right handler with a confidence gauge.
Shipped in 12 days. Handlers now open a claim with structured data, a severity score and a suggested route already attached — average first-touch time dropped from hours to minutes.
Gears of War: E-Day Arcade
FIG.10A free, browser-based wave-survival shooter and a love letter to 20 years of Gears. No download, no sign-up — open the link and hold the line against the Locust assault.
Built in a single lunchtime session. Players open gearsofwar.world and are in a wave-survival firefight with the Lancer, cover and a live leaderboard in seconds — no download, no sign-up.
A build, end to end.
One project, in detail — the challenge, the solution I shipped, and the outcome it delivered.
Buyers couldn't picture how a wheel would actually sit on their vehicle before buying. Static spec sheets and generic photos left them guessing on fitment — and guessing meant returns, chargebacks and lost trust in the trade.
A real-time wheel & rim visualiser that overlays wheel specs onto vehicle silhouettes, recomputing fitment (offset, PCD, centre bore, load rating) on every toggle and pushing changes live to every connected viewer — all compiled to web, iOS and Android from a single React codebase.
Shipped in 7 days. Buyers now visualise a full wheel fitment in under 60 seconds, with live spec validation preventing incompatible configurations entirely — returns on fitment mismatches dropped to near zero.
What clients say.
Real builds, real results — from founders and ops leads who shipped production software with Lloyd, not stock-photo reviews.
"Lloyd turned a vague brief into a working configurator in under a week. The AI-assisted approach isn't a gimmick — it genuinely compressed what would've been a months-long build into days."
Fixed prices. No surprises.
50% deposit secures your build slot, balance on delivery. Scope changes are quoted up front — you'll never see a surprise invoice.
Marketing Site
A one-page SEO machine that ranks and captures leads.
- One-page responsive site
- SEO + FAQ schema
- Lead-capture form
- Custom domain setup
- Ships in days
Full App
A production app with auth, database and integrations.
- Auth + user roles
- Database + data models
- Integrations & automations
- iOS / Android from one codebase
- 1–2 week turnaround
// Why choose Full App
- Covers everything a Marketing Site can't — logins, live data, automations
- One codebase ships to web, iOS and Android at once
- Scales from MVP to real users without a rebuild
AI Agent
An autonomous copilot over your data and workflows.
- Tool & entity permissions
- Channel deployment
- Workflow automation
- Ongoing tuning
- Usually within a week
Not sure which tier? Grab a free slot and we'll scope it together.
Exactly what you get, tier by tier.
Every plan is a fixed scope with named deliverables, a set number of build hours, and post-launch support. Need more? Extras are quoted up front — never a surprise invoice.
Marketing Site
Deliverables
- Single-page responsive site (desktop + mobile)
- On-page SEO: meta, Open Graph, canonical tags
- FAQ + ProfessionalService JSON-LD schema
- Lead-capture form wired to your inbox
- Custom domain + SSL setup
- sitemap.xml, robots.txt & llms.txt
- Basic analytics + Search Console wiring
Timeline
- Ships in 2–4 days
Revisions
- 2 rounds of copy & layout tweaks
Post-launch
- 7 days bug-fix support
Full App
Deliverables
- Auth + user roles (admin / user)
- Database + up to 5 data models
- Up to 3 third-party integrations
- Backend functions for business logic
- Automated workflows (triggers & schedules)
- Responsive admin + customer UI
- iOS / Android build from one codebase
- Deployed to your custom domain
Timeline
- 1–2 week turnaround
Revisions
- 3 rounds across UI & logic
Post-launch
- 14 days bug-fix support
AI Agent
Deliverables
- Agent config with tool & entity permissions
- Up to 5 tool permissions (entities + functions)
- Channel deployment (WhatsApp / Telegram / in-app)
- Workflow automation triggers
- Conversation UI in your app
- Prompt tuning + test runs
Timeline
- Usually within a week
Revisions
- 2 rounds of prompt & behaviour tuning
Post-launch
- 14 days tuning support
Extras (extra models, pages, integrations or channels) quoted at £75/hr · 50% deposit secures your slot
Why the Full App tier wins.
It's the only tier that combines auth, a database, real integrations, automations and a native mobile build from one codebase — a production app, not a page or a bot.
| Feature | TIER.01 Marketing Site from £299 | TIER.02 Best Full App from £699 | TIER.03 AI Agent from £499 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation | |||
| Responsive UI (desktop + mobile) | |||
| Custom domain + SSL | |||
| SEO + JSON-LD schema | Full | Full | Basic |
| Lead-capture forms | |||
| Data & logic | |||
| User auth + roles | Optional | ||
| Database + data models | Up to 5 | Read-only | |
| Backend functions | |||
| Automated workflows (triggers & schedules) | |||
| Integrations & intelligence | |||
| Third-party integrations | Up to 3 | ||
| In-app AI agent / copilot | Optional | ||
| Channel deployment (WhatsApp / Telegram) | |||
| Reach & delivery | |||
| Admin dashboard UI | |||
| iOS / Android build from one codebase | |||
| Turnaround | 2–4 days | 1–2 weeks | ~1 week |
| Support & price | |||
| Build & handover hours | 5 hrs | 15 hrs | 10 hrs |
| Revision rounds | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Post-launch support | 7 days | 14 days | 14 days |
| Starting price | £299 | £699 | £499 |
◆ Full App adds auth, database, integrations, automations & mobile — the others don't.
Start a Full AppCommon
queries.
My AI superagent does the heavy lifting — scaffolding, boilerplate, data models and first-pass logic — while I direct, review and ship the final product. You pay for a specialist's direction, not weeks of manual labour.
Skip the
back-and-forth.
Pick a slot that works for you. You'll get a confirmation instantly — no email tennis required.
The
terminal.
Send a brief — a sentence or a spec doc. You'll get a fixed price and a build plan back within 24 hours.