# Nick Ricamora, full-stack web developer

> Dominique "Nick" Ricamora is a full-stack web developer based in Cebu City, Philippines, with 20+ years of experience. He builds booking platforms, SaaS products, e-commerce stores and marketing sites with Laravel, React and PHP for US and Philippine clients, and works in US business hours. Contact: nick.weconnect@gmail.com, +63 975 824 2517.

## About

Dominique "Nick" Ricamora is a full-stack web developer based in Cebu City, Philippines, with more than 20 years of experience. He builds Laravel and React web applications, booking platforms, SaaS products and e-commerce stores for US and Philippine businesses, and currently works freelance and as the main full-stack developer at Recursive Frog, a Cebu studio building websites, software and automation for local businesses.

## Services

- **Laravel web app development**: Custom web applications on Laravel and PHP 8.3 with MySQL: booking engines, SaaS dashboards, payroll and membership systems. Multi-tenant data, role-based access, payment gateways and scheduled jobs, shipped with tests and documentation so the next developer can pick it up.
- **React front-end development**: Fast, accessible interfaces in React and Tailwind CSS, connected to Laravel through Inertia.js or an API. Server-rendered where search matters, so Google and AI assistants read real HTML, and tuned to pass Core Web Vitals on phones.
- **E-commerce development**: Shopify stores with custom Liquid sections, WooCommerce on WordPress, and custom PHP checkouts. Local and global payments through PayMongo, Xendit, PayPal, GCash and Maya, with prices calculated on the server so nobody can change them in the browser.
- **Website rescue and maintenance**: Taking over a site or app another developer left behind. An audit first, then the urgent fixes, then speed, security and updates, reported in plain English and documented so the site stops depending on one person.
- **Marketing automation and analytics**: HubSpot workflows, lead capture and nurture emails, plus GA4 and Google Tag Manager events that show which pages bring in leads. For sites that get traffic while the team cannot see what it earns.
- **AI features with the Claude API**: AI that drafts, summarises or suggests inside your own app, with a person approving every change before it is applied. Built to fall back to a plain template when AI is switched off, so nothing breaks.

## Projects

- [Cover & Keys](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): Hospitality marketplace, 2026. A booking platform for stays and restaurants across the Philippines. Guests book and pay direct; home owners, condo owners, hotels and restaurants each get their own dashboard. Stack: Laravel 13, React, Inertia.js, Tailwind CSS, MySQL, PayMongo, PayPal, Leaflet.
- [Cebu Animal Doctors' Hospital](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): Clinic platform, 2026. Public site and staff system for a 24-hour animal hospital group in Cebu: one record per pet across branches, visits stamped from booking to release, POS and BIR-ready invoices, inventory, DTR, payroll with RCBC bank files, and the books. Stack: Laravel 12, Livewire 4, Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS, MySQL, PWA.
- [Dental Clinic Platform](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): Clinic platform, 2026. Sales demo of a dental clinic system for Recursive Frog: an FDI tooth chart with five surfaces per tooth, treatment plans that bill when done, HMO cards and LOAs, lab cases, braces payment plans and six-month recalls, behind a booking site with a 3D tooth rendered in a Web Worker. Stack: Laravel 12, Livewire 4, Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS, Three.js, MySQL.
- [Akina Glow Skin](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): E-commerce, 2026. Online store for a Cebu skincare brand that sells today through Messenger. The storefront preview is live, built around a four-step routine and a sakura-inspired design; cart, checkout, accounts and the admin come next on the same app. Stack: Laravel 13, React, Inertia.js, Tailwind CSS. Status: In development.
- [Aesthetic Clinic SaaS](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): SaaS product, 2026. Multi-tenant operating system for aesthetic clinics: marketing site, guest booking, CRM with lead tracking, chat, POS with GCash and Maya, inventory, accounting, HR and payroll, and KPI analytics. The platform also runs the Gluta RepubliQ, Patrice and Irish clinic sites. Stack: Laravel 13, React, TypeScript, Inertia.js, Tailwind CSS, MySQL.
- [Gluta RepubliQ Aesthetics](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): Clinic platform, 2026. Site and admin for a dermatology and glutathione clinic with branches in Cebu and Luzon. Patients book by treatment, branch, doctor and time, and every booking lands in the admin as a lead and an appointment. Stack: Laravel 13, React, TypeScript, Inertia.js, Tailwind CSS, MySQL.
- [Pickleball Club OS](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): SaaS product, 2026. Operations software for Philippine pickleball clubs: court booking, memberships and credits, coaching and events, tournaments, POS with day close, purchasing and stock counts, staff scheduling with a kiosk, and payroll on versioned PH rules. One codebase, rebranded per club. Stack: Laravel 13, React, TypeScript, Inertia.js, Tailwind CSS, MySQL.
- [Recursive Frog](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): Studio site, 2026. Site for the Cebu studio where I lead development: websites, custom software and automation for local businesses. Service tiers, projects, FAQs, team and leads are all managed from an admin panel with roles and an audit log. Stack: Laravel 13, Blade, Tailwind CSS, Alpine.js, MySQL.
- [DeskPulse](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): SaaS product, 2026. Multi-tenant time tracking and remote-work monitoring. A Python desktop agent syncs activity, apps and screenshots to a Laravel server over signed webhooks. Stack: Laravel 13, PHP 8.3, MySQL, Tailwind CSS, Python, PySide6.
- [VirtuaCore](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): Marketing site, 2026. Remote staffing and author services brand, rebuilt on Laravel with a hand-written WebGL2 hero, light and dark themes and content kept in config. Stack: Laravel 13, Blade, Tailwind CSS, Alpine.js, WebGL.
- [Dominate Apparels](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): E-commerce, 2026. Print-on-demand streetwear store for the Philippine market. Designs are composited onto garment photos automatically, and orders are priced server-side and paid by GCash, Maya, card or COD. Stack: PHP 8.1, MySQL, Xendit, Image pipeline. Status: Launching soon.
- [Onward Philippines](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): Membership platform, 2026. Ground-up rewrite of a mutual-aid memorial plan system: member plans paid in installments, field coordinators, collections and commissions, all on the original database with no data migration at cutover. Stack: Laravel 12, Blade, Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS, MySQL. Status: In development.
- [Paid Media Manager](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): Internal tool, 2026. Plans and tracks Facebook, Google and TikTok ad campaigns for several clients at once. Claude drafts suggestions; nothing it writes is applied without a person approving it. Stack: PHP, MySQL, Claude API, Meta Ads, Google Ads, TikTok Ads. Status: Private tool.
- [Virtual Teammate](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): Growth site, 2025. US staffing company placing HIPAA-compliant assistants with medical and dental practices. Sole developer on the site and the HubSpot, GA4 and Tag Manager stack behind it. Stack: PHP, HubSpot API, GA4, Tag Manager.
- [RGE Hotel](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): Booking platform, 2025. Beachfront hotel near Kalanggaman Island. Booking engine with Xendit payments, folio billing and a role-based management back end. Stack: PHP, MySQL, Xendit.
- [VT Payroll Automation](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): Internal tool, 2025. Imports the workday tracker, calculates pay per period, emails payslip PDFs and pushes Wise payouts for a distributed team. Stack: PHP, MySQL, HubSpot API, Wise. Status: Sign-in required.
- [Elakai Outdoor](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): Shopify store, 2024. Premium outdoor games brand. Custom theme sections and product templates written in Liquid. Stack: Shopify, Liquid, JavaScript.
- [American Cornhole Association](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): Shopify store, 2024. Storefront for the sport's governing body: theme sections, product templates and campaign merchandising. Stack: Shopify, Liquid.
- [The Store Miami](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): WooCommerce store, 2023. Luxury watch and jewellery dealer, held to a strict black and white editorial look. Stack: WordPress, WooCommerce, Elementor.
- [Adi Moran](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/#work): Personal brand, 2023. Coach and writer. WordPress with WooCommerce handling sessions and intro call bookings. Stack: WordPress, Elementor, WooCommerce.

## Stack

- Back end: Laravel, PHP, MySQL, Python, REST and webhooks
- Front end: React, Inertia.js, Tailwind CSS, Alpine.js, Vite, Three.js
- Commerce and CMS: Shopify, WooCommerce, WordPress, Xendit, PayMongo, PayPal
- Growth and data: HubSpot, Google Analytics 4, Tag Manager, Claude API
- Shipping: Git and GitHub, cPanel and SSH, Apache and LiteSpeed
- Blockchain and Web3: Solidity, Ethereum and EVM chains, Polygon, BNB Chain, Solana, ERC-20 and ERC-721 tokens, OpenZeppelin, Hardhat and Foundry, ethers.js, web3.js, IPFS, WalletConnect and MetaMask, Chainlink

## Experience

- Sep 2026 to now: Main Full-Stack Developer, Recursive Frog, Cebu City. Lead development for a studio building websites, custom software and automation for Cebu businesses, from the studio site and its admin panel to client platforms.
- Sep 2026 to now: Freelance Full-Stack Developer, Independent, Philippine and international clients. Laravel and React builds end to end, including the platform for Cebu Animal Doctors' Hospital: clinical records, POS, inventory, payroll and accounting.
- Feb 2026 to Sep 2026: Web Developer and Marketing Automation, Virtual Teammate, remote US company. Owned the website and the marketing automation stack end to end: HubSpot workflows, lead capture, GA4 and Tag Manager tracking, page speed and security.
- Jun 2024 to Jan 2025: Web Developer, 88th Floor, remote. Shipped updates across a portfolio of Shopify storefronts in Liquid, working daily with US design and management teams.
- 2011 to 2024: Freelance Web Designer and Developer, Independent, international clients. Scoped, designed, built and deployed sites and web apps as a one-person team, including support after launch.
- Sep 2021 to May 2022: Front-End Developer, Blueprint Business Solutions, Cebu City. Designed and built the marketing site for the company launch in Photoshop and WordPress.
- Aug 2018 to Mar 2019: IT Consultant and Web Developer, Inspuro, Cebu City. Took the company from no online presence to a working WooCommerce store, logo and labels included.
- Jun 2014 to Nov 2014: PHP Developer, HiFi Sound Connection, US retailer. PHP development and child sites for distinct product lines of a US audio retailer.

## FAQ

### What does Nick Ricamora build?

Nick Ricamora is a full-stack web developer in Cebu City, Philippines. He builds booking platforms, SaaS products, e-commerce stores and marketing sites, mostly with Laravel, React and PHP, plus Shopify and WordPress when the business already runs on them.

### Which tech stack does he use?

For new web apps: Laravel on PHP 8.3 with MySQL, React through Inertia.js, and Tailwind CSS, built with Vite. For stores: Shopify with Liquid or WordPress with WooCommerce. Python for desktop agents, Three.js and WebGL for 3D, and the Claude API for AI features.

### Does he work with US and international teams?

Yes. Most of his clients are in the US. He works remotely from Cebu City with overlap into US business hours, and reports in plain English on a shared staging link.

### Can he take over an existing site or app?

Yes. Taking over code another developer wrote is a large part of the work: he audits it, fixes what is urgent first, and documents it so it stops depending on one person.

### Why hire a full-stack developer from the Philippines?

You work directly with a senior developer who writes fluent English and overlaps US business hours from Cebu, often at a lower rate than a US agency. Nick has more than 20 years of experience and there is no agency layer between you and the person writing the code.

### Does he build Shopify and WordPress sites too?

Yes. Alongside custom Laravel apps, Nick builds Shopify stores with custom Liquid sections and WordPress sites with WooCommerce and Elementor, for example Elakai Outdoor, the American Cornhole Association store and The Store Miami.

### Can he add AI features to an existing app?

Yes. Nick adds Claude API features such as drafting, summarising and suggestions to existing PHP and Laravel apps. Every AI output waits for a person to approve it, and each feature falls back to a plain template when AI is turned off.

### How does a project start?

Send a short message through the contact form with what you are building and where it is stuck. You get a reply within one business day, then a call and a written scope with a fixed quote.

## Links

- [Portfolio](https://onwardphilippines.com/portfolio/)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominiquericamora)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/domricamora)

Last updated: 2026-10-13