About
// the short version
Almost to Code is a one-person operation. I build custom websites for local businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area. Plumbers, contractors, restaurants, salons — the businesses that keep the region running.
No agency overhead. No account managers. No templates. Just one person who does the design, writes the code, and picks up the phone when you call.
I work with local businesses because I like the work and I'm good at it. You don't need to explain what a good website should do — I already know. And I'd rather build something real for a plumber than another landing page for a startup that might not exist in six months.
Templates look like templates. Your customers can tell. That "professional" theme from Wix or Squarespace looks exactly like thousands of other sites. It says nothing about who you are or why someone should trust you.
A custom site is built around your business. Your photos, your words, your story. It loads fast because it's not carrying a hundred features you'll never use. It works on phones because that's how it was built from the start.
More importantly: it's yours. Not rented from a platform. Not dependent on a monthly subscription to keep working. You own it.
We talk
A conversation about your business, your customers, what you like and don't like about your current site. Takes about 30 minutes.
I build a mockup
Not wireframes. Not a mood board. A real design you can look at and react to. Usually within a week.
We refine
Feedback, adjustments, another round. We keep going until you're happy with what you're looking at.
It goes live
I handle the technical stuff — hosting, domain, email forwarding, all of it. You get a site that works.
I live here. I use these businesses. When I build a site for a plumber in Oakland or a restaurant in the Mission, I'm building something for my neighbors. That matters to me.