Websites · Custom admin tools · Workflow automation

Your website, and the work behind it, running without you babysitting it.

I design and build sites for small businesses, then wire up the boring parts — intake forms, documents, listings, notifications — so they happen on their own.

Work order · typical scope

Marketing site2–4 wks
Admin panel / back office2–6 wks
One workflow automated1–2 wks
Hosting + monthly upkeepongoing

Fixed-price where the scope is clear. Hourly for the fuzzy stuff. Either way you get a number before I start.

What I do

Pick one, or all three

Website design & build

Fast, clean sites that load on a phone and are easy for you to update. No page-builder bloat.

  • Marketing & brochure sites
  • Portfolio, catalog, and booking pages
  • Rebuilds of slow or dated sites
  • Domains, hosting, SSL, email setup

Custom admin & back office

The private side of your business: dashboards, forms, records, and the tools your staff actually use.

  • Client & order management panels
  • Inventory and status tracking
  • Role-based logins
  • Reports and exports

Workflow automation

Take a task you do by hand every week and make it happen on its own — reliably, with a paper trail.

  • Document & label generation from spreadsheets
  • Email / SMS / Slack / Telegram alerts
  • Cross-platform listing & syncing
  • Browser automation for sites without an API

How a project runs

Same four steps every time

1 — Talk

A 30-minute call

You describe the problem. I ask a lot of questions and tell you honestly whether it's worth building.

2 — Scope

Written plan & price

One page: what's included, what isn't, timeline, and the number. Nothing starts until you sign off.

3 — Build

Working previews weekly

You see real progress on a live link, not mockups. Feedback goes straight into the next pass.

4 — Run

Launch, then keep it running

Hosting, monitoring, and a monthly window for changes — or a clean handoff if you'd rather own it.

Have something in mind?

Tell me about it

Draft copy. Bracketed bits are placeholders — swap in your real history, years, and any past employers or credentials you want to name.

I'm Jake. I build websites and the systems behind them, and I've spent [X] years doing it for [previous roles / employers / industries]. These days I run my own multi-channel resale operation — which means I'm not just a developer, I'm also the small business owner who has to live with the tools. That changes how I build.

Most of the automation I sell started as something I built for myself: listing pipelines that push inventory to five marketplaces at once, sale detection that pulls a listing everywhere else within seconds, alerting that pings my phone when something breaks at 2 a.m., document generators that turn a spreadsheet into a stack of finished PDFs. I've since built the same kinds of tools for clients, including a law firm that was fighting its own Word add-ins.

What I'm good at

  • Websites that are done right. Clean design, fast load, mobile first, hosted somewhere sensible, with the domain and email sorted.
  • Back-office tools. Admin panels, dashboards, and forms built in Python and React on Postgres — plain, durable stack that any future developer can pick up.
  • Automation with a paper trail. Scheduled jobs, notifications, PDF and label generation, integrations with the platforms you already use, and browser automation for the ones that don't have an API.
  • Operations, not just launches. Monitoring, backups, self-hosted or cloud infrastructure, and the honest answer to "should this be a person or a script?"
  • Hardware when it matters. Electronics, embedded systems, and fabrication — useful when your workflow touches a printer, scanner, scale, or a physical device on the floor.

How I work

Small scopes, fixed prices where I can, and working software you can click on every week. I'd rather tell you a project isn't worth doing than sell you a big one. When we're done you own everything — code, accounts, and documentation — and you can keep me on for upkeep or walk away clean.

Background

[Short paragraph: education, prior employers or notable roles, certifications, anything that establishes credibility with your target clients. Two or three sentences is plenty.]

Contact

Tell me what's eating your week.

A rough description is fine. I'll reply within one business day with questions or a time to talk.

  • Emailjakewv@gmail.com
  • Phone[optional]
  • HoursMon–Fri, 9–5 Pacific
  • LocationChatsworth, CA · remote anywhere
What do you need?