Web·Paolo
Available for new projects

Websites built like software, not like templates.

I design and build full-stack web projects — from marketing sites to content-managed platforms — with the same rigour I'd bring to a research codebase: typed, version-controlled, and built to be maintained.

paolo.ts
const developer = {
  name: "Paolo Minhas",
 stack: ["Next.js", "TypeScript",
          "Docker"],
 basedIn: "Edinburgh, UK",
 also: ["physicist", "musician"],
};

01 — Watch it build

Four builds, one continuous scroll.

An editor drives everything on the right — theming, i18n, a 3D-tilted layout, and a live payment-gateway swap. Keep scrolling; nothing here snaps, it all just tracks your scrollbar.

live edits — web/showcase01 · theme

autonomous theme loop

paolominhas@portfolio ~/web $ code theme.config.ts

theme.config.ts
1export const theme = {
2 typography: { family: "Inter", weight: 700 },
3 radius: "12px",
4 palette: {
5 background: "",
6 accent: "",
7 },
8};

scroll-linked translation

paolominhas@portfolio ~/web $ code i18n/localize.ts

i18n/localize.ts
1import { translateNode } from "@/lib/i18n";
2
3export async function localizeRecipe(doc: RecipeDoc) {
4 const source = "en-GB";
5
6 return translateNode(doc, { target: "" });
7}
8// re-render triggers a full-tree locale swap

✓ 14 nodes retranslated → it-IT

direct DOM manipulation

paolominhas@portfolio ~/web $ code Mockup.tsx

Mockup.tsx
1const mockupRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
2
3useEffect(() => {
4 const el = mockupRef.current;
5 if (!el) return;
6
7 el.style.transform = `rotateX(8.0deg) rotateY(-22.0deg)`;
8
9 return () => { el.style.transform = ""; };
10}, [x, y]);

swapping payment gateway

paolominhas@portfolio ~/web $ code package.json

package.json
1{
2 "name": "euco-checkout",
3 "dependencies": {
4 "next": "16.1.6",
5 "react": "19.2.3",
6
7 "typescript": "^5"
8 }
9}

✓ added 1 package · stripe-react-js@3.x

✓ added 1 package · worldpay-react-sdk@2.x

Live theme engine

Design tokens,
applied in real time.

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shortbread-recipes.app
The Bake Book
Recipe · Baking · 45 minClassic Buttery ShortbreadThree ingredients, one perfect crumb.Ingredients
  • •250g unsalted butter, softened
  • •125g caster sugar
  • •375g plain flour
  • •A pinch of salt
MethodCream the butter and sugar until pale, work in the flour and salt, press into a tin, prick all over, and bake low and slow until barely golden.
Save recipe
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02 — Past highlights

Two builds worth a closer look.

eu-co.co.uk

Est. 1968

Edinburgh University
Chamber Orchestra

Autumn season now on sale

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Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra

Full website rebuild from Create React App to Next.js 15, with ISR data fetching, Docker deployment, and a custom concert page.

Rebuilt information architecture, live ticket-sales integration, editorial concert pages.

Next.jsDockernginx
dioramaconsulting.co.uk

AI Advisory

Strategy that survives contact with your stack.

Diorama Consulting

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Diorama Consulting

A streamlined, dockerised rebuild for an AI advisory firm — migrated from WordPress to Astro with a headless CMS.

Custom design system, CMS-managed case studies, containerised deploy.

AstroDockerKeystatic CMS
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03 — How it runs

Four stages, start to finish.

01

Discover

A short call to understand what the site actually needs to do — and, just as importantly, what it doesn't.

02

Design

A distinct visual direction grounded in the subject, not a generic template with a new logo dropped in.

03

Build

Typed, componentised, and version-controlled from the first commit — built to be handed off or extended later.

04

Launch & support

Deployed with CI/CD behind me, and available afterwards for the inevitable content tweak or feature request.

Have a project in mind?

Tell me a bit about what you need and I'll reply within a couple of days with next steps.