About us

Building inclusive technology.

Rainbow Coders was founded by developers who were tired of watching good projects fail for the wrong reasons.

Why we exist

Most software projects do not fail because the code was bad. They fail because nobody wrote down what was being built, nobody agreed what was out of scope, and nobody was accountable when the two sides disagreed six weeks in.

What we do differently

A systems analyst sits between the client and the developers. The requirement becomes a written brief with a scope, a figure and a timeline before anybody writes a line of code. Every change goes through the same route and gets an honest answer: in scope, or here is what it costs.

Fair to both sides

Members are engaged on the strength of their skills against a written brief, for an agreed number of hours, at their own rate. Clients get clarity before they commit. Neither side is asked to absorb somebody else's vagueness.

Meet the founders

The founders

Rated: 5/5

Senior System Analyst

Stuart Stead

Spent years as a senior analyst delivering systems built to scale, and brings that to client work, scoping requirements into deliverable technical briefs backed by hands-on depth from resilient infrastructure and data modelling through to accessible front-end delivery.

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Project demos

Community Events Hub Listings and sign-ups for local events, with an organiser admin area.

Accessible Form Kit Reusable form components built to WCAG standards for client projects.

Teekr-One Takeaway Ordering System End-to-end takeaway ordering, from menu management through to order tracking.

Rated: 5/5

System Analyst and UI/UX Specialist

Ben Jones

Works the whole chain from bare metal upwards: modem and ONT, routing, and self-hosted servers, through the application, and back out to what the client sees in the browser. Turns business requirements into clear specifications, then builds and hosts the result.

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Project demos

Dearthwood.uk Website Content-managed WordPress build with a custom theme and technical SEO throughout.

Techfaulta Booking System Online booking with availability rules, confirmations, and an admin dashboard.

Dearthwood Maps API Mapping and location endpoints serving site data to the front end and third parties.

Teekr-One Website Marketing site for the Teekr-One platform, built for speed and search visibility.

Lets in the Sun Booking System Property booking and enquiry handling with availability, pricing, and confirmations.

Lets in the Sun Property Catalogue Plugin Custom WordPress plugin for managing property listings and displaying them across the site.

BRJ Fabrications Website WooCommerce store for a fabrication business, covering products, checkout, and order handling.

Technical SEO Audit One tool covering crawl and indexing, keyphrases and density, Core Web Vitals, WCAG accessibility, AI-readiness, social media, and CRO, all reported with a prioritised list of fixes.

Rated: 5/5

UI/UX and Full Stack Developer

Alasdair Bailey

Designs and builds across the modern JavaScript stack, pairing considered interfaces with dependable Node.js and Laravel back ends.

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Project demos

Business Ticket System Support ticketing with queues, assignment, and status tracking for internal teams.

Stargate Atlantis Novelty App A fan-built novelty app exploring interface ideas, animation, and playful UI.

Lets in the Sun UI/UX Interface design and user journey work for the Lets in the Sun property platform.

BRJ Fabrications Website QA testing across browsers and devices ahead of launch.

Lets in the Sun Property Catalogue Plugin QA testing, debugging, and end-to-end flow testing of the listing management plugin.

Lets in the Sun Control Centre A single dashboard with a clear UI and step-by-step wizards to manage everything on the website from one place.

Meet the wider network

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Tell us what you need and we will come back with a brief and a scope.

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