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      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "About Julian Kocmut"
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      "level": 1,
      "text": "Senior web developer for demanding WordPress systems"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Since 2017 I have been developing and maintaining production websites, online shops and custom client systems. My focus is WordPress and PHP – from custom themes and plugins through WooCommerce and integrations to migration, security and complex troubleshooting."
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Discuss working together Learn more",
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          "text": "Discuss working together",
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          "text": "Learn more",
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      "alt": "Portrait of Julian Kocmut, web developer and founder of JK Concepts",
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Julian Kocmut Senior web developer & founder"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "At a glance"
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "Experience"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Commercial web development since 2017"
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      "type": "heading",
      "level": 3,
      "text": "Location"
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      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Graz, Styria, Austria"
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "Core stack"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "WordPress · PHP · WooCommerce"
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    {
      "type": "heading",
      "level": 2,
      "text": "Development, operation and problem-solving from one source"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "I don’t just accompany web projects up to launch. A large part of my work happens where systems have to run reliably day to day, be extended, migrated or technically modernised after years."
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    {
      "type": "heading",
      "level": 3,
      "text": "Custom WordPress development"
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      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Custom themes and plugins, Gutenberg and ACF, Elementor extensions and project-specific features instead of unnecessary off-the-shelf solutions."
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "WooCommerce & integrations"
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      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Online shops, booking systems, external APIs and multilingual content for production client projects."
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    {
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "Improving existing systems"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Relaunches, migrations, legacy modernisation, performance work and complex troubleshooting in live operation."
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    {
      "type": "heading",
      "level": 3,
      "text": "Security & recovery"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Security hardening, malware clean-up and the controlled stabilisation of compromised or older installations."
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Julian Kocmut"
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    {
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      "text": "Senior web developer & founder of JK Concepts"
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      "type": "heading",
      "level": 3,
      "text": "Core stack"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "WordPress, PHP, WooCommerce, JavaScript, HTML5/CSS3, ACF and Gutenberg"
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    {
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "Further experience"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "React, TypeScript, Astro, Payload CMS, Python, Linux, Docker, Git and accessibility tools"
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    {
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "Industry experience"
    },
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      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Hospitality and tourism, online shops and service businesses"
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      "text": "Languages"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "German and Slovenian (native), English, Italian, Spanish and Croatian (fluent), French (basic)"
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    {
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      "text": "LinkedIn profile Email Phone: +43 676 487 91 38",
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      "text": "Technical approach and complementary skills"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Dependable development combines clean code with traceable processes, careful testing and a realistic view of operation."
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    {
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "Git & collaboration"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Branch-based development, traceable commits, merges, conflict resolution and safe work in existing codebases."
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    {
      "type": "heading",
      "level": 3,
      "text": "AI-assisted development"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Advanced work with cloud-based and local LLMs for development, debugging, research, architecture and documentation – with critical verification of the results."
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    {
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "Internal developer tools"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Reusable tools for project set-ups, quality checks, security workflows, migrations and standardised development processes."
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    {
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "International background"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Multilingual project experience and many years in hospitality and tourism help to understand user and operational requirements early."
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      "text": "Career & education"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Technical knowledge, entrepreneurial practice and a professional background that goes far beyond the screen."
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Since 2017"
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      "type": "heading",
      "level": 3,
      "text": "Freelance web developer & designer"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "JK Concepts, Graz – planning, development and support of websites and online shops with a focus on WordPress, WooCommerce and custom technical implementation."
    },
    {
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      "text": "2009–2011"
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    {
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "Diploma in tourism management"
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      "text": "Tourismusschulen Klessheim, Salzburg"
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      "text": "Earlier experience"
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      "type": "heading",
      "level": 3,
      "text": "Hospitality, tourism & technical customer service"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Experience at reception and as head of reception, as webmaster, in marketing and technical customer service, and in guest services and events in Austria, Spain, Slovenia and Northern Ireland."
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    {
      "type": "heading",
      "level": 2,
      "text": "Sensible next steps"
    },
    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Related services work together, but each one can be commissioned on its own."
    },
    {
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "Projects"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Direct client projects and selected work from agency partnerships."
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    {
      "type": "heading",
      "level": 3,
      "text": "Agency collaboration"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "White-label or integrated into existing teams."
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "Contact"
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    {
      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "Discuss your starting point and the sensible next step."
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      "level": 2,
      "text": "Talk directly to the developer"
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      "type": "paragraph",
      "text": "You will receive a personal reply with an initial assessment and the sensible next step – usually within one working day."
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