I work with startups and product teams, as well as small and medium-sized businesses, doctors, therapists, consultants and other solo business owners, in Oakland and around the world.
Fixed price, from $1,000
Ranges reflect scope. You get a fixed quote before any work starts.
$1,000–$2,800
A single strong page or small brochure site — for a launch, modernizing a dated site, or a business that needs a credible home online.
$3,500–$6,500
A growing business that needs more structure, or has outgrown the site it has — a blog, service pages, or simple content you can update yourself.
Everything in Essential Site, plus:
From $7,500
Bespoke design, non-standard interactions, integrations with other tools, or a startup’s first release (MVP) — scoped around what you actually need.
After launch
From $95/month
Keeps your site fast, secure and up to date after launch, so you don't have to think about it.
Add it to any package, or to a site you already have. Ask about Site Care
Free 15-minute call
Tell me what you need, or I'll review the site you have.
Fixed quote
The range becomes a fixed price before any work starts.
Pay in installments
A deposit to start and the rest at launch, or with a middle payment at design sign-off. No extra cost.
See one in practice: how this site was designed and built.
$175–$225/hr, or scoped by project
AI product interfaces, design systems, developer tooling, and local-first architecture. This is the deeper end of the work — the kind that usually starts with a conversation, not a package.
For teams whose LLM feature works in the demo but not for real users.
I was the founding UI engineer at an AI security company and hold a patent on real-time AI interaction security. See Etch, my browser extension for bookmarking and jumping back to moments in AI chats.
Scoping call
We talk through the problem, the team and the timeline.
Pick a starting point
A fixed-price AI interface review, a scoped project, or hourly work.
Work starts
Scoped projects are quoted up front. Hourly work is billed for time used.
Monthly retainer, from $3,500/month
For startups and small teams that need senior technical judgment without a full-time hire.
From $6,000/month
Senior technical leadership for an early-stage startup, about a day a week.
From $3,500/month
For teams with a project that’s drifting, blocked, or short a senior frontend engineer, about two days a month.
I’ve co-founded a startup, was the founding UI engineer at another, and have led engineering on new product lines from early design through launch, so I know which early technical decisions get expensive later.
Intro call
We talk through where the team is and what it needs next.
First three months
Retainers start with a three-month minimum, so there is time to make a difference.
Month to month
After that, stop any month. Time beyond the month's allotment is billed at the hourly rate.
Book a free 15-minute call and I'll point you to the right option. Or send a few details and I'll reply by email.
All prices are in US dollars.