Pete Stewart

Pete Stewart is the founder and CTO of Tinkr Creative, a digital studio in Machynlleth, Wales. He has worked as a digital developer since 2007 and began building websites as a hobby in 1996. He has worked under the Tinkr name since 2015, and formed Tinkr Creative in 2026. He specialises in website performance, web development and mobile apps, mainly for charities, NGOs and community organisations, and works with clients worldwide.

Recognition

• IT Leaders 100, Computing magazine (2026)

Background

Pete has worked as a digital developer professionally since 2007 and started building websites as a hobby back in 1996. He began freelancing under the Tinkr name in 2015, and in 2026 formed Tinkr Creative so the studio can take on bigger projects and grow the team over time.

Before going freelance, Pete was Web Development Manager and Co-Director at the New Internationalist, where he spent just over three years and still works with them on a freelance basis today.

Before that, he was Senior Developer at a startup called Gumpo, and occasionally still works with them now. Prior to Gumpo, he spent five years at Matmi, starting as a Designer/Developer in January 2007 and later becoming Head of Experimental Technologies.

Before all of that, Pete studied Architecture, Graphic Design, Animation, Photography and Art History, building websites in his spare time throughout.

Articles by Pete Stewart

• Building a Fairer Online Course Platform: Why We Built Achene on Cloudflare
• Tinkr Creative Wins Two Digital Technology Leaders Awards
• Native vs Cross-Platform App Development: An Honest Take
• Why Your Content Security Policy Might Be Useless - And How to Fix It
• Website Performance
• The Importance of Documentation

Elsewhere

• LinkedIn
• GitHub
• X (Twitter)
• About Tinkr Creative