{"language":"en","path":"/en/about/","switchPath":"/o-mne/","kind":"about","tags":["web","app","system","maintenance"],"title":"About Me | Simon Cihra","metaDescription":"Simon Cihra, web developer in Poprad, Slovakia. Building websites since 2007, through agencies in Košice and Bratislava to working directly with businesses.","kicker":"About me","h1":"I'm Šimon, a web developer in Poprad. I have been building websites since 2007.","lead":"I work with businesses, founders and agencies that want to talk directly to an experienced developer: clear estimates, regular updates and code that still makes sense a year later.","intro":["Nineteen years in, the useful part isn't knowing every framework. It's asking the awkward question early, choosing the simplest solution that lasts and saying when an idea will cost more than it is worth.","This is not just work. I enjoy building things so much that it never feels like working, and that is also why clients come back. I am based in Poprad and work remotely across Slovakia and abroad, and I am happy to meet in person for local projects."],"sections":[{"title":"2007: First websites","paragraphs":["I started with varied web jobs from Webtrh and learned by shipping real work. Every job had a real client, a deadline and a budget, which taught me more than any course."]},{"title":"Košice: frontend, then further back","paragraphs":["At Promiseo I worked mainly on frontend development and gradually took on backend work too. That is where I learned to see a website as a whole, from the interface to the server."]},{"title":"Bratislava: an international agency","paragraphs":["At Mayer McCann Erickson I delivered campaign websites in a larger agency environment, where fixed deadlines and quality seen by many people at once are what count."]},{"title":"Today: part of long-term teams","paragraphs":["I develop and support plugins, shops and applications through collaborations that have lasted six to seven years and more. I have worked with Webikon on WordPress, WooCommerce and PHP since 2019, and for AltTag I handle conference registrations, payments, tickets and streaming."],"points":["Webikon, AltTag, Mayer McCann Erickson","Adsulting, Promiseo, ICKK, OwiCreative","Triad Advertising, NextVision, Diorama, Webgate, Hype, Dolphin'n'Pixels"]},{"title":"What you can expect","paragraphs":["Projects rarely fail on syntax. They fail on a vague scope, a guessed estimate and code nobody can maintain six months later. So we agree on the scope first, you deal with me directly the whole time, and you get code that is easy to maintain and that another developer can pick up."],"points":["Scope first, then the price","One contact from start to finish","Readable code and notes for whoever comes next"]}],"faqTitle":"","faq":[],"relatedTitle":"How I can help","related":[{"label":"All services","href":"/en/services/","description":"Web development services and ways to work together."},{"label":"An application for your process","href":"/en/services/web-applications/","description":"Portals and client areas for what no template can hold."},{"label":"AI that saves real work","href":"/en/services/ai-integrations/","description":"An assistant and automation for recurring questions and tasks."},{"label":"Bookings without phone calls","href":"/en/services/booking-system/","description":"Customers pick a slot, pay a deposit and get a reminder."},{"label":"Orders from wholesale customers","href":"/en/services/b2b-portal/","description":"Customers see their own prices and order on their own, without calls."}],"ctaTitle":"Got a project or a website that needs help?","ctaText":"Tell me what you are building, or what stopped working. The first call costs nothing.","ctaLabel":"Let's talk"}