My name is Toby Privett. I have worked for a variety of clients from large financial corporations to design studios to art collaborations. Most recently I have been working on a workflow application for an international broadcasting company, utilising the power and flexibility of Ruby on Rails. I also built and look after this social networking site


I'm a savvy programmer with ten years professional experience
  • I build web based applications, efficiently and effectively
  • My tools of choice evolve around Ruby on Rails and MySQL
  • I have also worked professionally with: SQL Server, Oracle, LDAP, .Net,
    Java, VB, Identity Management and much more

What I can do for you
  • Help you figure out the best way to get the job done
  • Give an honest appraisal of what we can expect to achieve
  • Debug and enhance your existing application
  • Design and model databases, migrate data
  • Write clean and crisp code with a full suite of tests
  • Deploy your Ruby on Rails site on time and within budget
  • Talk plain English and Spanish, buzzwords available on request

Questions I'll ask
  • What do you want to achieve with your application?
  • Do you have an idea how the functionality should work?
  • What about the "look and feel" of the program?
  • Will we be working with existing systems, legacy code, data migrations?
  • How much can we expect to achieve within the budget?

Over the course of my career, I've worked with