# Pixeldev — software, designed and maintained.

> Pixeldev is a one-person Australian software studio. We design, build, and quietly maintain durable web platforms for ambitious teams — from the first sketch to the late-Friday hotfix three years in.

Liam Hillier founded Pixeldev in 2017. The studio is deliberately one-person: the engineer you email is the engineer who writes the code. Most clients stay past year one, and most projects are still ours to run.

Based in Melbourne, Australia (AEST). Working with teams across Australia, New Zealand, and a few stubborn outliers in Europe.

Contact: liam@pixeldev.com.au · Mon–Fri 9–6 AEST · replies within one working day.

## Core Content
- Long-term maintenance retainers — dependency hygiene, on-call cover, quarterly health reviews.
- SEO and AI search optimisation — technical SEO, schema.org structured data, llms.txt for AI assistants, content architecture, ranking reviews.
- Custom software development for web platforms (Next.js, Astro, Remix, WordPress).
- Postgres-first architecture; boring, durable infrastructure on AWS / Cloudflare.
- API and systems integration: Stripe, Xero, HubSpot, Salesforce, Square.
- Headless commerce (Shopify Hydrogen, Storefront API) with custom checkout flows.
- Performance and SEO audits delivered as a two-week paid discovery sprint.

## Services and Offerings
- **Long-term maintenance** — from AUD $250/month. Dependency upgrades, security patching, quarterly health reviews. Hours roll forward 30 days; cancel any time.
- **SEO & AI search** — Project or monthly. Technical SEO, schema.org structured data, llms.txt, AI crawler permissions, content architecture. Get found in Google, Bing, and AI assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity).
- **Custom web platforms** — 8–14 weeks. Bespoke front-ends and CMS-driven builds.
- **API & systems integration** — 3–6 weeks. Make the systems you already pay for talk to each other.
- **Headless commerce** — 6–10 weeks. Shopify Hydrogen / Stripe / bespoke checkouts.
- **Performance & SEO audits** — 2 weeks. Findings doc and a prioritised roadmap.
- **DevOps & hosting** — Ongoing. AWS, Cloudflare, Render. IaC, observability, on-call.

## About Pixeldev
- Founded 2017 in Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
- One human on staff: Liam Hillier (Founder, Engineering & Design).
- 60+ projects shipped. 6 active retainers. 94% of clients stay past year one.
- Australian Business Number: 37 173 967 093.

## Case Studies
- [OnCloudWine](https://pixeldev.com.au/work/oncloudwine/) — A complete wine-club management platform — built end-to-end, in market, ours to run. (Wine-club SaaS · platform, 2025)
- [SquareSync for WooCommerce](https://pixeldev.com.au/work/squaresync/) — A WooCommerce plugin that keeps Square POS and WooCommerce inventory, products and orders in lock-step. (WooCommerce plugin · integration, 2024)
- [Zeal Capital](https://pixeldev.com.au/work/zealcapital/) — A proprietary investor portal — capital management, reporting, and document distribution for a private fund. (Investor portal · fintech, 2025)
- [Dental1](https://pixeldev.com.au/work/dental1/) — A modern marketing site and ongoing support package for a multi-location dental practice. (Healthcare · web build + support, 2024)
- [Avesa Health](https://pixeldev.com.au/work/avesahealth/) — A considered web build and ongoing support arrangement for an allied-health practice. (Healthcare · web build + support, 2024)

## Journal
- [How to define custom software requirements at enterprise scale](https://pixeldev.com.au/journal/define-custom-software-requirements-enterprise/) — 2026-05-15 · Enterprise · 11 min
- [The enterprise role of software documentation](https://pixeldev.com.au/journal/the-enterprise-role-of-software-documentation/) — 2026-05-15 · Enterprise · 10 min
- [Welcome to the Pixeldev journal](https://pixeldev.com.au/journal/welcome-to-the-pixeldev-journal/) — 2026-05-15 · Studio · 1 min
- [RSS feed](https://pixeldev.com.au/feed/journal/)

## Important Pages
- [Home](https://pixeldev.com.au/)
- [Services](https://pixeldev.com.au/services/)
- [Work](https://pixeldev.com.au/work/)
- [Journal](https://pixeldev.com.au/journal/)
- [Process](https://pixeldev.com.au/process/)
- [About](https://pixeldev.com.au/about/)
- [Contact](https://pixeldev.com.au/contact/)
- [Sitemap](https://pixeldev.com.au/sitemap.xml)

## Optional
- [Full content for AI agents](https://pixeldev.com.au/llms-full.txt)