2 spots open this month

Your website.
Live in 7 days.

Agencies want 3 months and $15K. Upwork freelancers ghost you. I'm one person who ships — email Monday, live Sunday, code in your GitHub.

6 years running this exact siteMercedes engineer on the reference list

Hiring a dev, normally

Here's the 12 weeks you were about to sign up for.

An agency
~12 weeks
  1. Week 1Discovery call. Scope doc. SOW negotiation.
  2. Week 3Figma draft. Two rounds of feedback you mostly dread.
  3. Week 6Dev kickoff. Notion board. Slack invite.
  4. Week 10Staging URL. Bugs. “Out-of-scope” emails.
  5. Week 12Launch. $15K invoice. Login details on Google Drive.
Me
7 days
  1. Day 1You email a brief. I reply with a price, same day.
  2. Day 2I start building. No kickoff call unless you want one.
  3. Day 4Staging URL. You click around, I fix things.
  4. Day 7Live site. Repo transferred. You own everything.
  5. AfterFire me any time. The code works without me.

Seven days, door to door

No discovery phase. No 14-day kickoff call. Brief goes in Monday, site ships by Sunday — or your money back.

One price, upfront

No hourly meter. No change-order invoices. You see the number before anyone touches a keyboard.

The code is yours

Repo transferred to your GitHub on day seven. Host anywhere. Fire me whenever. No lock-in of any kind.

I have never worked with someone who understands and executes exactly what I want. I'm impressed.
Alex
Engineer at Mercedes-Benz · MBRetrofit Tools

Built on the same stack I'd pick for myself

Boring technology. Proven. The exact tools powering the site you're on right now.

Next.js

React framework. What this site runs on.

TypeScript

Types catch bugs before you ship them.

Tailwind CSS

Design system, no stylesheet sprawl.

Docker

Host on Vercel, Fly, a VPS — same image.

Prisma

Typed database queries. No SQL string glue.

Plausible Analytics

Analytics that don't need a cookie banner.

A week with me, day by day

Click a day. Or don't — it'll advance on its own.

Day 1 · Monday

Your email hits my inbox

Two sentences about what you want, links to anything you like. I reply with a price and a start date, same day. No SOW, no discovery call unless you want one.

D
Hey, I'm David
Builder of the thing you're looking at

I've been shipping websites since I was 12. I run this site solo, built it from nothing six years ago, and I still rewrite pieces of it when I get bored. It's part portfolio, part testing ground, part stubborn refusal to use someone else's template.

When you hire me, you get me. Not a junior I offloaded the work to. Not a Slack channel with four account managers. The same person replying to your email is the one pushing commits at 2am.

If that sounds like your kind of thing, send me an email. If it doesn't, no hard feelings — an agency will absolutely love you.

6 years running this siteEurope-basedReplies same day
Less than an agency's invoice for Week 3

Pick a number

One price, paid once. No subscription. No surprise invoice in month four.

Landing page

$499
one-time

For showing up on Google, looking legit, and converting clicks.

  • Up to 5 pages
  • Responsive, fast, SEO-ready
  • Contact form wired up
  • Analytics + basic tracking
  • Delivered in 7 days
  • 2 weeks of fixes after launch
Start here
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Web app

$1,499
one-time

A real product: auth, database, an admin, the whole thing.

  • Everything in landing page
  • User accounts + auth
  • Database + hosting configured
  • Admin dashboard
  • Payments (Stripe) if you need it
  • 30 days of post-launch support
  • Full source code, your GitHub
Build the app

Something weirder

Let's talk

Scraping, integrations, AI features, migrations, anything off-menu.

  • Custom feature work
  • Third-party integrations
  • AI / LLM features
  • Migrations + rescue projects
  • Priced after a 15-min call
Describe it

Live in 7 days or you don't pay

If I miss the deadline, full refund. No lawyers, no clauses.

Repo in your GitHub on day seven

100% of the code, all commits, all assets. You can fire me and host it elsewhere the next day.

Proof I'm actually shipping

Pulled live from GitHub. If the squares go dark, feel free to call me lazy.

live from github
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Most recent build

I built ZeroCut in exactly 1 week.

End to end. Landing page, Stripe, auth, dashboard, donation flow, deploy. Seven days from empty repo to live URL. The commit history is right above this card if you don't believe me.

Next.jsStripeShipped in 7d
ZeroCut — built in 7 days

The questions everyone asks

Seven days, really? What's the catch?+

No catch. I take on one project at a time. My stack is Next.js and Tailwind — I've shipped dozens of sites on it, so most of the week is your project, not me learning. If your scope is genuinely a two-month build, I'll tell you on day one.

What if I want changes after launch?+

You own the repo, so any developer can pick it up. Most clients send me small change requests for months — I'll quote them per batch. No retainer, no monthly fee.

Can you work with my designer / my existing Figma?+

Yes. Bring a Figma, a mood board, a Dribbble link, or just three sites you like. If you have nothing, I'll design it too — I've done it both ways.

Do you do Shopify / Webflow / Wordpress?+

No. I build custom sites with real code. If your project is Shopify-shaped, an agency is cheaper and better for you — I'll say so.

What if I miss the feedback window and you ship something I hate?+

We'll have had at least one round on staging before that happens. And I usually overshoot one revision round past what I quoted. Nobody wants a bad launch less than I do.

How do payments work?+

50% when we agree on scope, 50% when I transfer the repo. Stripe, bank transfer, or wire. No subscriptions, no auto-renewals.

Alright, let's chat.

Shoot me an email with two sentences about what you want. I'll reply with a price, a start date, and a question or two. If we're a fit, we're a fit.

Send me an email[email protected] · usually reply same day

I'd love to work with you!

Check out the portfolios below to see what I can do for you

Or send me an email so we can chat about your project

Or you can contact me at:

[email protected]