Selected work

Products and operated surfaces you can inspect.

A transparent portfolio is more useful than anonymous praise. These links show breadth across apps, websites, publishing, automation and interactive work.

Evidence boundaryA live surface proves delivery. It does not prove customer results, revenue, adoption or rankings unless those are separately evidenced.

Public evidence

Selected live surfaces.

Each card states the relationship, current status, proof type and the boundary on what the public link can establish.

Verified self-owned case study

Halo website rebuild

A full commercial and engineering rebuild that replaced a bloated, misleading and failure-prone site with a focused, measurable release system.

Halo rebuilt and operates this website

Proof type: Measured first-party delivery evidence
Status: Before/after technical evidence is published; commercial outcomes are not claimed
Evidence checked: 1 August 2026

Boundary: No traffic, ranking, lead or revenue uplift is claimed.

Capability shown: Positioning, UX, content, accessibility, lead capture, edge engineering, deployment and verification

In-house Apple product

TimeCost

A money-decision product that turns spending into tax-aware work time, recurring-cost context and long-run value.

Built and operated by David Shelley

Proof type: Public product and App Store listing
Status: Live product website and current App Store listing
Evidence checked: 29 July 2026

Boundary: Public availability does not prove adoption, revenue or conversion.

Capability shown: Product strategy, app delivery and conversion website

Studio-operated publication

Moghrey Mie

An Isle of Man morning briefing combining local news, public information, events, tides and weather.

Independent editorial operation run by David Shelley

Proof type: Studio-operated public surface
Status: Live morning briefing, archive and publishing surface
Evidence checked: 29 July 2026

Boundary: The public surface does not prove audience size, delivery reach or search performance.

Capability shown: Editorial automation, archive, feeds and delivery operations

In-house Apple product

TradeCraft

Jobs, quotes and invoice support for UK tradespeople, with a dedicated product and support surface.

Built and operated by David Shelley

Proof type: Public product and App Store listing
Status: Live product website and current App Store listing
Evidence checked: 29 July 2026

Boundary: Public availability does not prove adoption or customer outcomes.

Capability shown: App engineering, documents and customer support routes

Author-platform website

Isle of the Bound

A dark fantasy publishing world with an editorial brand, story architecture and direct audience surface.

Public author-platform delivery surface

Proof type: Public website surface
Status: Live publishing surface; client permission and audience outcomes are not claimed
Evidence checked: 29 July 2026

Boundary: The relationship is not presented as a permissioned client case study.

Capability shown: Brand, web design and content experience

In-house prototype

MANOR

A live interactive project demonstrating the studio’s game and browser-experience capability.

Pre-release prototype built by David Shelley

Proof type: Public in-house prototype
Status: Live browser scaffold; production readiness is not claimed
Evidence checked: 29 July 2026

Boundary: Prototype availability does not prove production readiness or user adoption.

Capability shown: Interactive design and browser engineering

These are in-house products, operated surfaces, an author-platform surface and a prototype—not a wall of invented client results. Each card states the relationship and what was actually checked.

What this portfolio proves

Range, product thinking and live delivery.

  • Native Apple products with current public listings
  • Editorial and newsletter publishing systems
  • AI-enabled product and workflow surfaces
  • Brand, content and conversion websites
  • Interactive browser work

What it does not prove

No borrowed outcomes.

  • No invented revenue or lead numbers
  • No anonymous customer quotes
  • No implied customer relationship where none is evidenced
  • No search or citation guarantees
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