Custom websites and web apps

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When WordPress or Shopify gets in the way, we write the site or app from scratch. Hand-coded websites and custom web apps for businesses across the United States, built for speed and shaped around how you work.

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What we build on Custom code

Custom websites

Sites with no platform underneath, built for speed and control. The site you are reading is one of them.

  • Fast static sites
  • Landing pages and marketing sites
  • Sites built from your own design

Custom web apps

Software shaped around how your business works, when off-the-shelf tools get in the way.

  • Web apps and customer portals
  • Internal dashboards and tools
  • Links between your systems

Is Custom code right for you?

Speed matters most

A hand-coded site ships only what each page needs. Pages load fast, which visitors notice and search engines reward. The site you are on is built this way.

You have your own design

Bring a design from your designer or agency and we build it exactly, without bending it to fit a theme.

Your business runs on a process

Customer portals, quote tools, internal dashboards, or links between systems that do not talk to each other. We build the software around the way you already work.

How a project runs

  1. A call

    You tell us what the site or app has to do. We ask about your customers, your content and your deadline.

  2. A written plan

    You get the pages, features and price in writing before any work starts.

  3. Built on a test copy

    We build where you can see progress, and nothing touches your live site until you approve it.

  4. Launch and handover

    We put it live, check it on phones and desktops, and show you how to run it.

Projects we have built

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What clients say

  • Our patients come to us with a lot of questions, and fair enough, it's a big decision. Shaurya got that on the first call. Prices, finance, who it's right for, it's all just there on the site now.

    21DFull mouth dental implant clinics, UK See the 21D project
  • Explaining what we do in a sentence is hard enough. Shaurya managed to give gamers, merchants and studios their own part of the site without it getting messy. Quick to work with and he didn't need much hand-holding.

    TesoroGaming rewards platform See the Tesoro project
  • Our patients like it, and that's what counts. It feels calm, the treatments are explained properly, and people can book without hunting for our number. We change things ourselves now instead of waiting on someone.

    Innovative DentalDental practice, Springfield, Missouri See the Innovative Dental project
  • We didn't want another agency site that looks like every other one. Ours has a bit of attitude, and promoters can still find who they're looking for in a couple of clicks.

    Avantgarde Artists AgencyMusic booking agency, London See the Avantgarde Artists Agency project
  • Getting the Arabic side right was the part I worried about most. It came out really well, everything lines up the way it should. And it works properly on phones, which mattered a lot to us.

    MohammadBezika See the Bezika project
  • I didn't want my site to feel like a clinic. Shaurya listened, asked about how I actually work with families, and built something that sounds like me. Booking a first call is one click now, which is all I wanted.

    Maya StephanRelationship coach, Coaching with Maya See the Coaching with Maya project
  • We work in Arabic, English and Hebrew, and every time someone built us a site, the right-to-left pages were the weak spot. This time they weren't. He also built us an accessibility tool when we asked, which we didn't expect.

    QudraPhilanthropy network See the Qudra project
  • We're selling a service, not a product, so we weren't sure Shopify would work for us. Shaurya set it up so people just pick what they're sending in, like they would in any shop. Simple for customers, simple for us.

    Black FridyeBy Citizen Wolf See the Black Fridye project
  • We wanted it clean and that's what we got. He sweated the small stuff on mobile, the product photos look great, and he was easy to deal with from start to finish.

    KarpusAccessories brand See the Karpus project
  • It looks and feels like our brand, soft and simple. I sent a lot of small changes along the way and he never made me feel like I was asking too much.

    Maison de MarieNail care brand See the Maison de Marie project
  • Our photos matter a lot to us and the store finally shows them off properly. Still easy to shop though, on a phone or a laptop.

    Cord StudioClothing and leather goods, India See the Cord Studio project
  • I had a great experience working with Shaurya on our Shopify project. He's highly skilled, detail-oriented, and genuinely cares about delivering quality work.

    Mariane MahfouzLync Studios
  • He delivered everything on time (even ahead of schedule in some cases) without compromising on quality. I'd definitely recommend Shaurya, I already hired him for another project.

    Henry WilliamOpenAI
  • Shaurya managed the entire website project end-to-end and made the process feel effortless. From understanding requirements to launching the site, everything was handled smoothly.

    Emily EvansBain & Co

Helpful guides

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Questions

When is a custom site better than WordPress?

When speed, security or an exact design matter more than editing pages every week. A static custom site has no database or plugins to attack and very little to maintain.

Can I still edit a custom website?

Yes. Content that changes often can be kept in simple files or connected to an editor, so you can update text and images without touching code.

What kind of web apps do you build?

Customer portals, booking and quote tools, internal dashboards, and connections between the systems your business already uses.

Do you work with businesses across the US?

Yes. We work remotely with businesses in every state and fit calls around your time zone.

Other things we build

WordPress websites See WordPress websites Shopify stores See Shopify stores