Building fast, clean, modern websites and web applications. Focused on high performance, elegant UI, and code that lasts.
Founder of ZSM Digital. I design and build websites that load fast, look premium, and actually convert visitors into customers.
I also built Made Basic, a line of simple desktop software.
Every project is hand-coded with clean architecture, responsive layouts, and SEO foundations baked in from day one.
Technologies and disciplines I work with every day to deliver professional results.
HTML, CSS, JavaScript — responsive layouts, smooth animations, and pixel-perfect UI built from scratch.
Python, Flask, REST APIs, MySQL — server-side logic, authentication, database architecture, and deployment.
Docker, Linux, Nginx, SSL, CI/CD — production deployments, automated backups, and infrastructure management.
Core Web Vitals, structured data, meta optimisation, schema markup — sites built for Google from day one.
Clean, dark-mode-first design systems. Typography, spacing, colour — every detail considered for user experience.
MySQL schema design, migrations, indexing, query optimisation — structured data for scalable applications.
Tools and technologies I use in production.
Every millisecond counts. I optimise for fast load times, minimal bundle sizes, and efficient server responses.
Readable, maintainable, well-structured. Code should be easy to understand and extend long after handoff.
Every layout decision serves the user. Clean visuals that guide visitors toward taking action.
Get it live, gather feedback, improve. Pragmatic development over endless perfectionism.
Articles from my personal blog on web development, SEO, and building for UK businesses.
I built ZSM Vault because my files were spread across cloud drives, backups, client folders, and random storage subscriptions. It started as a simple homelab project, but turned into a self-hosted NAS with separate NVMe drives for business and personal files, folder-level permissions, SMB access, secure remote access, monitoring, and a custom web UI that actually fits how I work.
Read on zakmorris.com →A practical breakdown of how an MC-888 5G router can be used as a DIY SMS gateway by directly calling its internal HTTP endpoints instead of relying on paid SMS APIs like Twilio or Vonage. Covers reverse engineering the router UI, request flow, and key implementation details including authentication and message encoding.
Read on zakmorris.com →After waiting seven years to get hold of ZakMorris.com, the previous owner spent four months emailing me almost daily trying to sell it. The price kept dropping, I kept ignoring it, and then he somehow let the domain expire. So I grabbed it for the standard registration fee.
Read on zakmorris.com →Want to see the person behind all that code? Here's a short video where I introduce myself, my background, and how I approach building for the web.
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