Brighton, UK
Websites / Web apps / Mobile / AI
Brighton's bespoke
web & app studio.
Making the web work better. A one-person Brighton studio building websites, web apps and AI automations — agencies subcontract their dev work to us, businesses hire us directly, and everyone talks to the person who actually writes the code.
Trusted by BBC · Bupa · Airbnb · 15+ years building for the web
Who we work with
Sound like you?
I run an agency
You've sold the work — now you need someone to build it. We slot into your team, work under your brand if you'd prefer, and won't talk to your clients unless you want us to. Deadlines hit, no drama, no junior devs learning on your project.
This is me →I run a business
You need a website or app that does its actual job: bringing in customers. No jargon, no surprise invoices, and one phone number to ring when something needs changing — answered by the person who built it.
This is me →I'm curious about AI
Everyone's telling you to “do AI”. We'll tell you honestly which bits are worth doing and which are hype — then build the useful bit. We use this stuff daily to run our own studio, so we know where the bodies are buried.
This is me →Work
Work that worked.
Bupa Picture of Health
A global Paralympics campaign covered by every major UK broadcaster at launch — with AI checking every image before it went anywhere near Bupa's name.
Read the case study →
Just About
We built the platform and led the tech team; twelve months later it raised a Series A and Just About hired their own engineers.
Read the case study →
Purpl Discounts
Verified discounts from hundreds of retailers for disabled people — built from scratch, from Figma designs to secure verification API.
Read the case study →What we do
Things we build.
Marketing Websites
Your website is probably the first thing a potential customer sees. We make sure it loads fast, looks sharp, and actually works on the phone in their pocket.
Bespoke Web Development
When off-the-shelf won't cut it, we build the thing from scratch. Custom web apps that do exactly what you need — no more, no less.
Mobile Applications
One codebase, two app stores. We build cross-platform apps in React Native that feel properly native on both iOS and Android.
AI Consultancy
There's a lot of noise around AI. We help you figure out what's actually useful, then build it — agents, automations, and integrations your team will use on Monday morning.
Email Templating
Email development is genuinely unpleasant work — you're writing HTML like it's 2004. We've got good at it so you don't have to.
The team — all of it
Hello, I'm Phil.
amillionmonkeys is mostly me — Phil Smith. I've been building for the web for nearly twenty years, including stints on projects for the BBC, Bupa and Airbnb. We've tried being bigger; it didn't suit us.
What that means for you: when you email, I reply. When something breaks at an awkward hour, the person fixing it is the person who built it. And there's no B-team, because there's only the one team.
The robot-assisted bit
We use AI properly.
Since 2025 we've rebuilt how the studio works around AI tooling. The honest numbers: projects that took twelve weeks now take eight, and average costs are down about 30%. That's not a sales line — it's why a one-person studio can ship what we ship.
We also build AI things for clients: agents, automations, the unglamorous plumbing that saves someone two hours every morning. And if you want proof we're not just talking — ask The Council.
12→8
Weeks per project
Same scope, same one person, a third less waiting.
~30%
Lower average costs
Honest numbers from our own books, not a benchmark.
Free tool
Ask the Council.
Six AI advisors argue about your question, then agree a verdict. Built by us, free to use.
Clients
Our clients.
Some names you'll recognise, plenty you won't. They all get the same one person paying attention.
Contact
Got something in mind?
Tell us what you're trying to build — two sentences is plenty. You'll hear back from Phil within one working day, and the worst that happens is an honest “that's not for us” with a pointer to someone better suited.