Websites & Apps

The everyday technology your business and customers actually touch. Marketing sites that convert, mobile and desktop apps that don't feel like a template, an affordable monthly retainer that keeps the lights on, and hands-on care for the machines your team works on every day. Designed, built, and maintained by the same senior engineers — not handed off to a maintenance pool.

Scope is written collaboratively during discovery and signed off before any build work starts. Changes are handled as written amendments, not surprise invoices.

• Designed for the brand, not the gallery.

  Every site we ship is designed for the business in front of us — its voice, its audience, its conversion model — not pulled from a marketplace of identical themes. The result is a surface that feels deliberate the moment a visitor lands and continues to feel deliberate three years later.

• Performance and accessibility as defaults.

  Fast on the network the visitor actually has, legible on the device they actually carry, keyboard-operable for the people who need it that way. Lighthouse scores in the high nineties are the floor; WCAG AA contrast is non-negotiable; Core Web Vitals are budgeted, not hoped for.

• Mobile and desktop, native where it matters.

  Cross-platform when cross-platform is the right answer; native when the operation demands it. Either way, the app reads like it was written by someone who shipped to the store, not by a generator that assumed it would only ever run in a phone simulator.

• Care, not maintenance.

  Sites and apps we build stay with the practice. Content updates, security patches, framework upgrades, broken-link sweeps, uptime monitoring — handled in real time, the moment they're needed, by the same engineer who wrote the code in the first place. A senior on the line at two in the morning when something has to move now.

• Website design & deployment

  Custom-quoted

  Conversion-focused, accessible, fast websites built with modern tooling and shipped on infrastructure that scales without surprises. From a single landing page to a full marketing site with CMS, e-commerce, and bookings.

  From $3,499 · typical builds $3.5K–$25K

  Website totals scope with the design surface, integrations, and content load. Tell us about the project and we'll send a custom-priced invoice with line-item scope. No payment is charged until you approve.

  Request a quoteFrom $3,499

• Mobile & desktop applications

  Custom-quoted

  Customer-facing apps and internal tools for iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows. Cross-platform by default; native when the experience earns it.

  From $5,999 · typical builds $6K–$80K

  App build totals scope with the platform mix, native vs cross-platform, and integration depth. We'll review the brief and send a custom-priced invoice with line-item scope. No payment is charged until you approve.

  Request a quoteFrom $5,999

• Managed website hosting & care

  SpotlightSelf-serve

  An affordable monthly retainer that keeps every site we build running at full strength. Bugs are fixed and content is updated in real time the moment they're needed, security is patched before it matters, and a senior engineer is on the line when something needs to move at two in the morning. You write us; the site keeps up.

  From $349 / month · cancel anytime

  Starting monthly tier — high-traffic sites, multi-domain estates, or compliance overlays scope to higher tiers. Covers hosting, security patches, real-time content updates, and a senior engineer on call. Cancel any time.

  Start monthly care planFrom $349 / month

• Computer optimization & maintenance

  Self-serve

  Hands-on care for the machines you and your team work on every day — clean-up, hardening, and tuning so your computers perform exactly the way they should.

  From $249 tune-up · $79 / month ongoing

  Starting price for a single-machine tune-up — complex restorations, multi-machine estates, or data-recovery scope above this minimum. Hands-on cleanup, hardening, and tuning. Ongoing $79 / month plans are available after the first tune-up.

  Book a tune-upStarts at $249

1. Discovery

   Week 0

   Working session, written scope, clear success criteria.

2. Design & architecture

   Week 1

   System design, milestones, fixed or weekly pricing.

3. Build

   Weeks 2+

   Weekly releases, live portal, direct access to engineers.

4. Launch & handoff

   Final week

   Production hardening, observability, written handoff.

• May 21, 2026

  What “senior engineer on every email” actually means.

  We say it on the home page. Here is what it looks like inside an engagement — the response times, the code reviews, the decisions — in concrete terms a prospect can hold us to.

• May 21, 2026

  How to scope a build without getting fleeced.

  A buyer's guide for the prospect who has been burned by a software shop before — and wants the words to use the next time they sit across from one.

• May 21, 2026

  Build from scratch, or use a template? An honest framework.

  The practice says we build from a blank repository on every engagement. That is not the right answer for every project. Here is when it is, and when it isn't.

How do you price engagements?

Fixed-price for well-scoped work, weekly retainer for open-ended or exploratory engagements. Pricing is always in the proposal brief before any contract.

Do you work with existing teams?

Yes. We regularly embed with in-house engineers, or augment a small team with specific capabilities — AI integration, infrastructure, design — for a defined period.

What happens after launch?

Either a written handoff so your team owns everything, or an ongoing retainer for maintenance, features, and on-call support. Your choice, stated up-front.