On-demand emergency Laravel support for urgent issues — evenings, weekends, nights and public holidays included — for businesses and agencies in Belfast, Dublin, and across the Island of Ireland. You pay for the work when it happens, not for standby.
Emergency Technical Support is on-demand help for urgent Laravel issues, billed at overtime when you actually need it — not a subscription, not a reserved-availability fee. Get in touch when something's broken; you're billed for the work at the rate that applies (business hours, evenings & weekends, or nights & public holidays).
Perfect for businesses and agencies without ongoing cover who need a senior Laravel developer for a genuine emergency — a site down, a broken payment flow, a critical bug — right now, not next week.
No booking in advance, no availability tiers, no minimum notice period. Get in touch when something's wrong, and pay only for the time it takes to fix it — at £90/hr business hours, £135/hr evenings & weekends, or £180/hr nights & public holidays (1-hour minimum call-out). If you'd rather schedule cover around a known event like a launch or migration, that's the same rates too — just booked ahead so I can clear the time.
No standby fee, no availability tier, no subscription — you're billed for the hours actually worked, nothing more.
Every rate is published upfront: £90/hr business hours, £135/hr evenings & weekends, £180/hr nights & public holidays.
No booking process to work through first — get in touch and I start on the actual problem.
The same experienced developer handles the diagnosis and the fix, not a triage queue.
This is a one-off call-out by design — there's no ongoing commitment unless you want a Care Plan.
Challenge
An e-commerce site goes down on a Saturday evening, and every hour offline is lost sales. There's no in-house developer available and no existing support arrangement in place.
Solution
I respond to the call-out, diagnose the issue, and fix it — billed at the evenings & weekends overtime rate for the hours actually worked, with a 1-hour minimum.
Result
The site is back up the same evening, the client is billed only for the time it took, and there's no ongoing commitment unless they want one.
Challenge
A business is mid-launch on a bank holiday weekend when their Stripe integration starts failing silently, and orders stop coming through.
Solution
Emergency call-out at the nights & public holidays rate — I trace the failure, patch it, and confirm orders are flowing again before handing back.
Result
Minimal disruption to the launch, a clear bill for the hours worked, and no surprise "coverage tier" fees on top.
Challenge
An agency has a major client migration happening over a weekend and wants a senior Laravel developer on standby in case something goes wrong — without paying a separate fee just to reserve the time.
Solution
We agree the window in advance so I keep it clear, but billing is exactly the same as any other out-of-hours call-out — the applicable overtime rate, only for hours actually worked, nothing paid if nothing goes wrong.
Result
Peace of mind for the migration window, with no "pay to reserve" cost — the client only pays if and when they actually need me.
Call or message when something's wrong — no advance booking or minimum notice required.
I confirm which overtime rate applies (business hours, evenings & weekends, or nights & public holidays) before starting work.
I get to work on the actual problem — production issues, broken integrations, server problems, whatever's on fire.
You get updates as I work, not just a bill at the end.
You're billed only for the hours actually worked, at the confirmed rate, with a 1-hour minimum.
If this keeps happening, we can talk about a Laravel Care Plan so business-hours issues are covered proactively before they become emergencies.
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Get in touch and I'll confirm the applicable rate before starting — no booking process, no subscription, just a senior Laravel developer fixing the actual problem.
