Code Less Traveled
Your competetor bought the same website template you did. Most small business websites are rented, generic, and slower than they should be. I'm the one who will build you something that's none of those.
STOP 01
Where you are now
You don't need to know what's wrong to know that something is. This is the ground most people are standing on when they email me.
- Looks wrong on a phoneMore than half your customers are on one.
- You can't reach whoever built itVery common. Not your fault.
- Paying monthly, unclear whyOften for something you already own.
- Slow to loadPeople leave at three seconds load time.
- Can't change your own hoursYou should be able to. That's fixable.
- Doesn't come up in searchUsually a handful of boring problems.
STOP 02
The route ahead
Four stops, and you know where you are at every one. No stretch where you're waiting and wondering whether anything is happening.
- You email meTell me what you do and what's bothering you. No form to fill in.Same day
- We talk onceHalf an hour. I tell you what I actually think it needs.30 min
- You get a numberFixed price in writing, with what's included spelled out.2–3 days
- I build itYou see it as it goes, not only at the end.4–6 weeks
STOP 03
Choose your own adventure
Three paths to choose from. The number I quote is the one you pay.
| The SurveyStart here if you're not sure | I go over what you've got and write you a plain-English report: what's slow, what's broken, what's worth keeping, and what fixing each part costs. Yours to keep, and no obligation to hire me afterwards. Take it to another developer if you'd rather. | $1,200 |
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| The BuildA site that doesn't exist yet | Up to five pages, loads fast on a phone on a bad connection, and set up properly in search. No platform underneath it, so there's no monthly fee other than hosting. You own it, and I can show you how to edit it yourself if you want. | from $5,000 |
| The ChangesFix or modify an existing site | The sites I build have no plugins to patch and no frameworks to keep current, so there's nothing to pay a monthly fee for. When you want something changed or added, I bill the hours it takes. | $150 / hr |
The alternative is a template someone else also bought, at about $23 a month forever, with a help desk instead of a person. That's $1,380 over five years, and none of it is yours at the end.
STOP 04
Ground covered
A sampling of client work: sites built, systems untangled, and a few problems that turned out not to be the actual problem. Not a comprehensive list, just the ones worth showing.
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Crow and Moon Enchantments
Full Build · 2026 · Eleventy
A storefront for a maker who sells in person and needed
somewhere to point people afterwards. No CMS to maintain; she
can edit much of the content herself.
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Joel Baker Counseling
Full Build · 2025 · Eleventy
A brochure website for a counseling practice. Built to
spec.
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Clean Air
Survey + Custom coding · 2025 · WordPress
A company providing air quality testing and consulting
services. Pre-existing WordPress website that needed patching,
built custom 3rd party integrations, codebase cleanup and
multiple bug fixes.
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NDHub.io
Full Build · 2026 · Discourse Forum
An online community for people who are neuro-divergent.
STOP 05
Set out
Send me your web address, or just describe the business. You'll get a straight answer, and roughly a third of the time that answer is “this is fine, don't spend the money.”
I answer everything, eventually and in order.