Short & Stout

Services

Design, build, launch,
and keep it running.

Four kinds of work, one person accountable for all of it. Each one links to a project where I’ve already done it.

01

Websites

A site that loads fast, ranks for what your customers search, and turns visits into quote requests. Built by hand, not dragged out of a template.

  • Design and copy direction
  • Quote and booking forms
  • Local search pages
  • An admin panel you can edit
02

Web & mobile apps

Accounts, dashboards, payments, real-time updates and the backend behind them. One person who understands the whole thing, from database to button.

  • React, Django and Node
  • iOS and Android
  • Third-party APIs
  • Admin and reporting
03

Games & real-time

Multiplayer backends, matchmaking, desktop apps and Steam releases. The hard, stateful work most web shops avoid.

  • Godot and Electron
  • Multiplayer servers
  • Steamworks
  • Launch and store pages
04

Automation

The weekly spreadsheet chore that eats a day, turned into a flow that runs itself. AI only where it earns its cost.

  • Power Automate and SharePoint
  • Excel and VBA
  • Python pipelines
  • Email and report ingestion

Security

Safe by default,
not as an extra.

I spent eleven years in infrastructure and IT security operations, patching fleets and chasing vulnerabilities. Every site and app I build ships with the protections below, at no extra cost.

  1. 01

    HTTPS everywhere

    SSL certificates that renew themselves, forced secure connections, and HSTS so browsers never fall back to plain HTTP.

  2. 02

    Locked-down headers

    A strict content security policy plus clickjacking and sniffing protection, so injected scripts have nowhere to run.

  3. 03

    Forms that fight back

    Spam traps, rate limits, origin checks and server-side validation on every form. Bots get a polite nothing.

  4. 04

    Secrets stay secret

    Passwords and API keys live outside the web root on the server, never in the code or the browser.

  5. 05

    Least-privilege access

    Every site runs under its own server account with its own SSH key. No shared logins, no passwords in email.

  6. 06

    Backups before every change

    Each deploy snapshots the live site first, so a bad change rolls back in minutes, not days.

  7. 07

    Accounts done right

    Hashed passwords, encrypted third-party tokens, and roles so people only see what they should.

  8. 08

    Updates and monitoring

    Dependencies and server patches kept current on care plans, with uptime checks that tell me first.

Already have a site? I can review it for these same gaps and fix what I find. Ask for a security check

Search & SEO

Found on Google,
Bing and beyond.

Every site launches search-ready and stays that way. Here is exactly what gets set up, where it gets sent, and what happens each time your site changes.

  1. 01

    Built in

    Every page is written and coded for what your customers actually search.

    • Titles and descriptions for real searches, like “roof repair Houston”
    • Structured data for your business, services and FAQs, so Google can show rich results
    • Fast, mobile-first pages with real alt text on every image
    • A dedicated page per service or city where it earns its keep
  2. 02

    Mapped

    Search engines get a clear map of the site and clear rules for reading it.

    • An XML sitemap rebuilt automatically on every update
    • robots.txt that welcomes search and AI answer engines and blocks training scrapers
    • llms.txt so ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude describe your business accurately
    • One canonical address per page, so rankings never split between duplicates
  3. 03

    Submitted

    At launch the site is registered and sent to the engines directly, not left to be discovered.

    • Verified in Google Search Console with the sitemap submitted
    • Verified in Bing Webmaster Tools, whose index also feeds Yahoo and DuckDuckGo results
    • IndexNow pings Bing, Yandex, Naver, Seznam and Yep the moment a page goes live
    • Linked to your Google Business Profile for the map pack, where you have one
  4. 04

    Kept current

    Search isn’t one-and-done. Every change is re-announced, and problems get caught early.

    • Each update refreshes the sitemap and re-pings the engines automatically
    • Monthly Search Console review on Growth plans: crawl errors, coverage, top searches
    • Broken links and slow pages fixed before they cost you rankings
    • Titles and copy tuned as your services and customers change

Sent to and read by

  • Google
  • Bing
  • Yahoo
  • DuckDuckGo
  • Yandex
  • Naver
  • Seznam
  • ChatGPT search
  • Perplexity
  • Claude

Process

How a project runs.

  1. 01

    Scope

    A 30-minute call, then a one-page brief and a fixed price you approve. No surprises later.

  2. 02

    Build in the open

    A private staging link in week one. You watch it fill in and comment as it goes.

  3. 03

    Launch

    Deployed on your domain with SSL, backups and monitoring. You get the keys and the docs.

  4. 04

    Keep it running

    Optional monthly care for updates, uptime and small changes. No lock-in.

After launch

Care plans.

Optional, month to month, cancel any time.

No plan

Free

Hand over the keys and docs

Care

$75/mo

Hosting, SSL, backups, security updates, uptime checks, search engines re-pinged on every update

Growth

$250/mo

Care, plus a monthly SEO review and a few hours of changes

Questions

Good to know.

Do you work with businesses outside Houston?

Yes. Most projects run remotely over calls, a shared staging link and email. Houston clients can meet in person.

How do you price projects?

A fixed price agreed after a short scoping call, based on a one-page brief you approve. The quote builder gives you a realistic starting range before we ever talk.

Who owns the code and the domain?

You do. Your domain, your accounts, your code. If you leave, you take everything with you.

Can you take over a site someone else built?

Usually, yes. I start on a staging copy, fix what is broken there, and only then touch the live site.

How do you keep my site secure?

Every build ships with HTTPS and HSTS, a strict content security policy, hardened forms with spam traps and rate limits, secrets kept off the web root, and a backup before every deploy. Care plans add ongoing updates and uptime monitoring.

Will my site show up on Google?

It launches ready to. Every site gets search-focused titles, structured data and a sitemap, then is verified in Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools and announced through IndexNow. Every later update re-pings the search engines automatically. Rankings take time and depend on competition, so care plans include ongoing checks and tuning.

Do you host sites?

If you want me to. Client sites run on a VPS I manage, with SSL, backups and uptime checks. Or I deploy to your host.

Do you use AI to build?

Every day, as a tool. It speeds up the routine parts. The architecture, the decisions and the review are mine.