← Maxime Ronceray

Websites and Applications

A website built the same way I approach every project: understand what the visitor is actually trying to do, then build the shortest path to it.

Most websites are not slow or confusing because the technology is bad. They are slow and confusing because nobody stopped to ask what the person on the other end actually came to do. I start there. Before I open a design tool or write a line of code, I work out what the visitor needs to find, decide, or complete, and I design the site around that, not around a template's default sections.

The result is a site that is fast, modern, and built specifically for you, not a generic theme stretched to fit your logo and colours. I design it and I build it myself, so there is no handoff between the person who understood the goal and the person who wrote the code.

This applies whether the end result is a simple marketing site, a booking flow, or a full web application with logins and a database behind it. The principle does not change with the size of the project, only the amount of engineering underneath it.

What's included

Custom design and development, not a generic template

I do not start from a theme and swap out colours and stock photos. Every layout, every section, and every interaction is designed around your content and your visitors, not around whatever a page builder happened to ship with. This means the site looks and feels like your business, not like a template thousands of other businesses are also using.

Modern, fast, mobile first technology stack

I build with current, lightweight technology rather than a heavy content management system loaded with plugins you will never use. Pages load fast on a phone on patchy connection, not just on a designer's laptop on office wifi. Mobile is the starting point of the design, not an afterthought squeezed in at the end.

Search engine optimisation and AI readability built in from the start

The site is structured from day one so that both search engines and AI tools can understand it properly: clean semantic markup, proper metadata, fast load times, and content written to actually answer the questions people are asking. This matters more every year, since a growing share of people find businesses through ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews rather than a traditional search results page, and both need to be able to read and cite your site accurately to send you that traffic.

Full source files delivered, no platform lock in

At the end of the project, you receive the complete source code, not just access to an account on a platform you have to keep paying to use. There is no subscription to me and no dependency on a proprietary builder. Any developer in the world can pick up the files and keep working on them if you ever need someone other than me.

Proven work

I built a tablet friendly restaurant order manager, an interactive floor plan for seating, live order tracking as dishes move through the kitchen, receipt generation, in a single two hour session, in a framework I had never touched before. That speed did not come from the framework. It came from already knowing exactly what the interface needed to do for a waiter standing at a table, and from being able to turn that clarity straight into working code with the help of AI assisted development.

That is the actual point of this service: with the right technical grounding and a genuine focus on making the user experience fast and effortless for the person actually using it, a custom software prototype can go from idea to something real in a matter of hours, not weeks, and be handed straight to the people on the floor to test in real conditions instead of sitting in a slide deck. Your project gets whatever technology genuinely serves it best, chosen on merit, built at that same speed.

From $700 USD

Common questions

Do you use WordPress or a website builder?

No. I build with modern, custom code rather than a page builder or a CMS platform, so there are no plugin conflicts, no forced updates, and no bloated codebase you did not ask for. The one exception is when a platform is genuinely the better fit for a specific case, such as a large content heavy site that a non technical team needs to update constantly themselves. If that applies to you, I will say so honestly and explain why before we start, rather than defaulting to custom code out of habit.

How fast can a site go live?

A focused, single page site can go live within days. Anything with more pages, a booking flow, or custom functionality takes longer, but you will typically see a working, clickable version within the first week regardless of scope, so decisions get made by looking at something real rather than debating a document.

Do I own the code afterward?

Yes. You receive the full source files with no subscription and no dependency on a platform or on me. Nothing is locked behind an account you have to keep paying to access. Any developer can take over the code if you ever need one other than me.

Can you redesign an existing site or only build new?

My focus is on new builds, from a fresh brief through to a finished site. This lets me guarantee the quality of both the design and the code underneath it, since I am not working around decisions someone else made on a system I cannot fully see. If you have an existing site you are considering a redesign for, get in touch and I will be honest about whether it is a good fit to discuss.

Start a project

Send me a short message describing the site or application you need, and what you want visitors to be able to do on it. I reply with a clear scope, price, and timeline in writing.

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