INDIE · FLAGSHIP
FitGlue.
An automation platform for fitness enthusiasts — connecting Strava, Garmin, Apple Health and more, with AI-generated enrichment thrown in for good measure.
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EST. 2026 · NOTTINGHAM
FITGLUE SHIPPED
4 THINGS LIVE
A small label for software that's properly finished.
Ripixel is the studio name James King builds under — a friendly, one-human outfit crafting digital clarity through fitness apps, running clubs and dev tools. Properly finished, every time.
● LIVE STATUS26.05.26
LatestFitGlue 2.4
Workshop1 in dev
Run by1 human
YEARS BUILDING
11
since the first deploy
FTSE 100 COs
3
fintech · food · betting
LIVE PRODUCTS
4
indie · collab · oss
INVESTORS
0
forever and ever
● 01 · CATALOGUE
Built and
Built and
shipped.
COLLAB · LIVE
DMMich.
Dark-themed branding, CMS-ready content and an integrated community for DMMich the Coach — a personal trainer website built to convert.
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COLLAB · OSS
Bingham SRC.
A full race-tracking ecosystem for a small-town running club — live results, personal bests, weather enrichment and probably more engineering than any Sunday jog needed.
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OPEN SOURCE
Skier.
A task-based static site generator that turns JSON and Markdown into full HTML sites — with pagination, RSS and sitemaps. Powers ripixel.co.uk, FitGlue and BSRC.
Docs ↗How things get made here.
Four principles that apply to everything published under the ripixel name.
RULE 01
Clarity over
cleverness.
cleverness.
Strategic direction, architecture reviews and technical leadership — plain talk, honest trade-offs, no jargon.
RULE 02
Built to
ship.
ship.
Full-stack products from concept to launch. Modern web and mobile that users genuinely enjoy, not just demos that look good.
RULE 03
Boring tech,
sharp output.
sharp output.
Bespoke tooling, CI/CD pipelines and developer experience that makes engineering teams faster. Surprise is a liability in production.
RULE 04
One name,
full accountability.
full accountability.
No agency handoffs, no rotating teams. One engineer on the work — which means it ships when it's properly done.
One human.
One label.
James King. Software engineer from Nottinghamshire — a decade-plus spanning fintech (Monzo), food (Deliveroo) and betting (Sky Betting & Gaming).
Ripixel Ltd was founded in 2024 as the umbrella for everything shipped under the ripixel name — fitness apps, running clubs, dev tools and the occasional project that was absolutely overkill and brought him joy anyway.
The label is for finished things. The personal site is for everything else.
Personal sitejames.ripixel.co.uk
