About

One builder.Every project.

I’ve been building for the web for almost thirty years: products used by millions, and products of my own. mangofish is the part I do for the love of it. It’s my creative outlet, and my way of putting everything I’ve learned to work for local businesses I’d love to see win.

Damian Hodgkiss, sitting in a timber armchair in a bright room — Damian HodgkissFounder · Gawler SA

28Years building for the web

8Builds a year. On purpose.

1Person accountable

0Account managers

The long way here

Every era
of the web.

The dial-up yearsFirst software
Building and selling software online, when every kilobyte counted.
The early webTools for a global audience
Software downloaded by people all over the world, back when the internet still felt like the Wild West.
The agency yearsSites for local business
Running a web agency: online shops and websites for owners who needed the phone to ring.
Mobile and SaaSProducts used by millions
Phones overtook desktops. More than a decade on software at a scale where every second of load time costs real money.
NowBuilding what I want
I spend my days building what I want to build: my own products, and a handful of client sites a year, chosen with care.

Why only a few.

Because it’s the work I enjoy most, I keep it small: about eight builds a year, each with my full attention from the first call to launch day.

For youYou deal with me, start to finish. Never an account manager.

Built like a product.

I run my own software businesses, so your site gets the same care: fast, measured, and easy to change long after launch.

For youA site that keeps getting better, not a brochure that ages.

Small town. Big experience.

I’ve lived in South Australia my whole life, working from Adelaide while building for global companies. You get someone who knows Adelaide, but builds to a global standard.

For youA site that holds its own against the best anywhere, made by someone in your time zone.

Every site I build gets the standard I hold my own products to.

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A 30-minute call with the person who'll build your project. No pitch deck, no sales team. We'll look at what you have, what it needs to do, and whether we're the right fit.