A one-person web studio
Real Roots Media is the studio of Afif Bin Alam. I design, build and look after websites, web apps and the systems behind them — and you deal with me directly, from the first call to long after launch.
Selected work
These aren't mock-ups. They're live products, and I built every part of them myself: the design, the code, the servers and the search rankings. Running my own products is how I learned what a site needs to hold up once real people arrive.
01 — Exam revision
LiveEvery past paper, munched.
A free revision site for IGCSE and A Level students. Every Cambridge and Edexcel past paper opens on a desk in the browser that students can write on with a stylus — and Otto, the resident octopus, turns past papers into two-day crash plans and topic forecasts.
02 — Live data site
LiveA fan guide, built like a data product.
An independent guide to the first Eurovision Song Contest Asia — live odds and predictions, a page for every country and national final, and a ranking-card maker for fans. Underneath sits an archive of every Eurovision since 1956. Built SEO-first from a $0 budget to compete with long-established fan sites.
03 — Chrome extension
Launching Nov 2026Your AI chats, sorted.
A Chrome extension that adds folders, search, pinned chats and saved prompts to ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Everything stays in the user’s own browser — no servers, no account — and Pro is a one-time purchase, sold through Paddle.
Off the clock — radio from space
05 — Amateur radio
Received · Expedition 75Pictures from space, pulled out of a radio signal.
When the International Space Station passes overhead, it sometimes broadcasts pictures as sound — slow-scan television, or SSTV. During Expedition 75 I recorded a pass and pulled out the three pictures it carried, from ARISS Series 33, “Student Education 2026”.
Press play to hear the real signal, and watch each picture paint itself line by line, in step with the sound.
What I do
Five things, done end to end. Most projects need a few of them — and because one person holds the whole picture, nothing gets lost between them.
Fast, hand-built websites and web apps. No page-builder bloat — and you own the code.
Interfaces people understand within seconds — designed to be built, not just admired in a mock-up.
Technical foundations so the right people find you. No guaranteed-rankings nonsense.
Databases, APIs and integrations for when the spreadsheets stop working.
Small, practical automations that hand repetitive admin back to a machine.
How it works
A straight conversation about what you need. If I’m not the right fit, I’ll tell you — and point you somewhere better.
A written plan and quote: what gets built, how long it takes and what it costs — before any work starts.
Design and code, shared as they take shape. You watch real progress on a real link — no big reveal at the end.
Live on your domain — fast, checked on real phones, and set up so search engines understand it from day one.
Websites need looking after. I stay on hand for fixes, updates and whatever you want to grow next.
Who you’ll work with
Hello — I’m Afif Bin Alam, and Real Roots Media is my studio. I didn’t come up through an agency — I learned by building real things, putting them in front of real people, and fixing them when they broke.
Keeping the studio to one person means nothing gets lost between a salesperson, a project manager and a developer, because they’re all me. I take on a small number of projects at a time, so each one gets done properly — and I’m still around when it needs looking after.
Next step
A few sentences is enough. I read every message myself — and if I’m not the right fit for it, I’ll say so.