GBGregory Buffard

Le Cannet · French Riviera

I build websites for brands that can't afford to be average.

Full-stack developer in Cannes. Next.js, PayloadCMS, PostgreSQL. References: Monacair, Héli Sécurité, JetHouse, FliteWatch, KG Aircraft Consulting.

  • Based in Le Cannet
  • 10 min from Cannes
  • 30 min from Nice
  • 50 min from Monaco

References

Aviation · yachting · luxury · consulting

  • Monacair
  • Héli Sécurité
  • JetHouse
  • FliteWatch
  • KG Aircraft Consulting
  • G-Yachts
  • Absolument Parfumeur

01 — Proof

Projects in production, not mockups.

Six client projects, described through context, architecture and constraints. No logo, no screenshot, no invented number: verifiable technical facts, and a page for each.

02 — Method

Four stages, one written scope.

A good project isn't a series of meetings. It is a clear scope, decisions taken at the right time, and a deliverable someone else can pick up.

  1. 01

    Framing

    One week. Objectives, journeys, existing content, constraints. You get a written scope, a schedule and a fixed price.

  2. 02

    Design & architecture

    Bespoke design and content model. Sitemap, wireframes, argued technical choices. You sign off before the first line of code.

  3. 03

    Build

    Weekly iterations on a staging environment. Accessibility, performance and technical SEO handled as we go, not at the end.

  4. 04

    Launch & handover

    Go-live, redirects, cookie-less analytics, one-hour training and documentation. The repository is in your name.

One person, who writes the code. No project manager in between, no invisible subcontracting.

03 — Services

Three formats, published prices.

Published prices, listed deliverables, explicit exclusions. The final quote follows a one-hour framing call.

Signature

4 to 6 weeks

Premium headless marketing site, bilingual.

€5,900 – 9,900 excl. VAT

Core price: €7,500 excl. VAT

Included

  • 5 to 12 pages, bespoke design
  • FR / EN with hreflang and x-default
  • PayloadCMS — editable content
  • Technical SEO: sitemap, robots, JSON-LD
  • Qualified form and redirects
  • 1-hour training and documentation
  • 30-day warranty

Commerce

8 to 12 weeks

Catalogue and payments, without friction.

€14,000 – 26,000 excl. VAT

Core price: €18,000 excl. VAT

Included

  • Product catalogue, variants, collections
  • Cart and Stripe checkout
  • Transactional email
  • VAT and EU rules
  • Migration and 301 redirects
  • Product SEO and structured data
  • Training and 60-day warranty

Custom

8 to 14 weeks

Business application, portal, AI agent.

From €24,000 excl. VAT

Day rate: €700 – 900

Included

  • One-week framing and proof of concept
  • Development in two-week batches
  • CRM, telephony and email integrations
  • AI agent: RAG, guardrails, evaluation
  • Observability and documentation
  • Knowledge transfer

The 30-minute diagnostic is free.

I review your site before the call and give you three priorities. If you want the full audit, it is €890 excl. VAT and credited against the project.

Indicative prices excl. VAT, excluding copywriting and photography. Fixed quote after framing.

04 — Questions

The objections I actually hear.

Nine questions that come up in meetings. Direct answers, no pitch.

Another question?

Send an email
Why not WordPress or Wix?

Because your competitors already have one. WordPress is excellent for a blog or a simple site; it becomes a liability as soon as you need clean multilingual content, stable performance, a complex catalogue or a business application. My sites run on Next.js + PayloadCMS: your team still edits the content, but the output is static — fast and safe. You keep autonomy without the plugin debt.

An agency quotes €3,500; you quote €7,500. Why?

At €3,500, you buy an adapted theme, an install and two meetings. At €7,500, you buy a design that exists nowhere else, a headless CMS, two languages, complete technical SEO and training. The real question is not the price: it is what happens in eighteen months, when you want to add a language, a page or a module. If you need five pages and no evolution, take the agency — I will tell you so.

How long does it take?

Four to six weeks for a marketing site, eight to twelve for e-commerce, eight to fourteen for an application. The schedule mostly depends on you: copy, photography, approvals. I provide a milestone calendar with the quote and invoice a 30% deposit.

Who owns the site, the code and the content?

You do. The code is delivered in a repository you own, with access. The domain is in your name. The content lives in your CMS. There is no lock-in: if you want to change provider, everything is documented and transferable.

What happens after delivery?

Thirty to sixty days of warranty depending on the package. Then two options: a maintenance plan at €190 excl. VAT per month (updates, backups, small changes) or an ad-hoc contract. You can also take it in-house: I train your team and document everything.

Can you work with my agency or in-house team?

Yes, often. I join an agency as technical reinforcement (design provided, development on me), audit an existing product, or pair with your developer. I work in French and English, remotely, with weekly check-ins.

How do you guarantee confidentiality?

An NDA is signed before any sensitive detail is exchanged. The most sensitive projects are not detailed publicly: I present them anonymously or on a shared screen. No client code, client data or unverified figure appears on this site.

AI, concretely: does it hallucinate? Does it replace my team?

A well-built agent answers only from approved content, with guardrails and tests. It does not replace your team: it absorbs repetitive requests and hands the rest to a human. I deliver evaluation scenarios and a conversation log so you can verify what it says.

Why a freelancer rather than an agency? What if you get sick?

Because you speak directly to the person writing the code, with no project manager in between, and no agency overhead. On risk: the code sits in a repository you own, documented, with an install README. If I became unavailable, another developer could take over. That is exactly why I refuse exotic architectures.

43°34′ N — 7°01′ E
Gregory BuffardFull-stack developerLe Cannet — French Riviera

05 — About

A developer, not an agency.

I'm a full-stack developer based in Le Cannet. Between 2024 and 2026 I worked at Agence Malo on headless platforms for aviation, yachting and luxury, and as Technical Architect & AI Developer at Rendez-vous.ai from November 2024 to February 2026.

I work alone, with a designer or photographer when the project needs one. I code what I sell, I scope in writing, and I document what I deliver.

06 — Contact

Let's talk about your site — or the one that needs replacing.

Describe your context in three lines. I reply within one business day, with an honest first read — sometimes a new site is not what you need.