20 QUESTIONS
Web development, answered.
What a full-stack build involves, why the stack is chosen rather than defaulted to, and what you own at the end of it. Including the honest version of how long a real site takes.
All 20 questions
A page builder assembles pre-made templates and looks fine until it needs to do something specific, like a real booking flow or a CRM sync. A custom build is written the whole way down, so it can do exactly what your business needs, not just what the template supports.
Both. Full-stack means the part you see and the database, logic, and integrations running underneath are all built and owned together, not split across different vendors.
Yes, that is treated as a requirement, not an afterthought, since most visitors browse on a phone, often on mobile data. Performance is built in during development, not patched in afterward.
Technical SEO, metadata, structured data, sitemap, and clean page structure, is built in from the start, since that is the only cheap time to do it. Deeper, ongoing SEO strategy can be a separate, continued engagement.
Yes, that is part of the build for most projects: content you can update without calling a developer every time something needs to change.
You own it outright. No page-builder subscription lock-in, no platform holding your site hostage if you want to move it later.
Sometimes. If the current site is on a platform worth keeping, I will improve it. If it is actively fighting you, I will say that and explain what rebuilding would cost instead of quietly billing hours against a losing position.
Next.js, TypeScript, React, and PostgreSQL for anything needing a real database. These are current, actively maintained, and chosen for reliability and speed, not novelty.
A properly built site is designed to hold up under real traffic, not just look fine in a quiet demo. That is one of the practical differences between a custom build and a fragile page-builder site.
Yes, booking flows, accounts, and dashboards are exactly the kind of functionality full-stack development covers, wired to a real backend and database rather than a bolted-on plugin.
Hosting is set up under your own account wherever practical, so you are never locked out of your own infrastructure. Domain registration is your call, and I can guide you through it.
Accessibility basics, like semantic structure and keyboard-usable interactive elements, are part of a properly built site, not an afterthought bolted on for compliance.
Yes. Accounts, dashboards, internal tools, and other application-style builds are within scope, using the same full-stack approach as a marketing site, just with more backend logic.
Copy and, where needed, design work are part of what the team can provide. If you already have brand assets or written copy, we work with what you have instead of redoing it.
The technical foundation, structure, speed, metadata, and structured data, is fully in my control and built properly. Ranking also depends on domain age, backlinks, and competition, which no developer can promise. Anyone guaranteeing a number one ranking is selling something.
Depends on the arrangement. A handover includes documentation so any developer can fix issues. If you want ongoing support directly from me, that is available as a separate retainer.
Yes, forms and other data points can be wired to send information straight to your CRM, email platform, or wherever it actually needs to land, instead of sitting unread in a website inbox.
It depends entirely on the business. A focused service page site might be five to ten pages; a content-heavy site or a platform with dashboards is a different scale. This gets scoped, not assumed.
Yes, responsive layout across phone, tablet, and desktop sizes is a standard part of the build, not an optional extra.
Yes, depending on the project you typically get a staging link or working preview before final launch, so you are not seeing the finished site for the first time on go-live day.
