Custom sites that are fast, secure, and yours to run.
We build websites on a modern stack that loads in about a second, is hard to hack, and that you can update yourself — no developer on retainer required.
A slow, fragile site costs you customers every day.
Speed is money: when a page takes longer than three seconds to load, a third of visitors leave, and conversions drop with every extra second. Meanwhile, the typical page-builder or heavy-theme site is slow, bloated, and a constant target for hacks and broken plugins.
We build differently — a modern static-first stack (Astro, Decap CMS, GitHub and Netlify) that's blazing fast, extremely secure, and cheap to host. Best of all, it's yours: you can edit it yourself, and you're never locked into us or anyone else.
Representative load times (Largest Contentful Paint). Faster pages rank higher and convert more — your numbers will vary by content.
Built right, from the database to the deploy.
Open any area to see what's inside a Platypus build.
01 Custom front-end development
Pixel-faithful, hand-built sites — no clunky page-builder bloat slowing you down.
- Custom builds on Astro and modern web standards
- Fully responsive, tested across devices
- Clean, semantic, SEO-friendly markup
- Smooth, tasteful interactions and animation
02 Headless CMS integration
We connect an easy editor so you can change words and images yourself — no code, no waiting on us.
- Decap CMS wired into your content
- Edit text, images and pages in a simple dashboard
- Safe publishing with version history
- Structured content models built around your site
03 E-commerce
Sell online on the same fast, secure foundation.
- Product catalogs and secure checkout
- Payment and shipping integration
- Inventory and order workflows
- Built to scale as you grow
04 Performance & Core Web Vitals
We obsess over speed because Google and your customers both reward it.
- Static-first architecture served from a CDN
- Image optimization and lazy loading
- Core Web Vitals tuned to pass
- Lighthouse-audited before launch
05 Security & maintenance
A static site has a tiny attack surface — and we keep it healthy.
- No vulnerable plugin sprawl to exploit
- HTTPS, backups and version control by default
- Optional ongoing maintenance and updates
- Uptime and reliability you can count on
06 Integrations & automation
Your site can do more than sit there — we connect it to the tools you use.
- Forms, bookings and CRM connections
- Analytics and conversion tracking
- Email and marketing-tool hookups
- Custom automations where they save you time
Why our builds stand apart.
The headline difference: every site we ship comes with its own branded user guide — you're never locked out of your own website.
Your own branded CMS user guide
Every website we develop ships with a custom, on-brand PDF guide — your logo, your colors, plain language — that walks you from your private admin link to publishing a change in minutes. You're never dependent on us for a simple edit, and never locked out of your own site.
No proprietary lock-in
Your code, domain, hosting and content are all yours, built on open tools (Astro, Decap CMS, GitHub, Netlify). You can take the site anywhere, anytime.
Modern static stack
Static-first sites load in about a second, are extremely hard to hack, and cost almost nothing to host — no fragile plugins to break or patch.
Design, build & SEO together
The team that designs it, builds it and optimizes it for search is the same team — so it's fast, findable and on-brand from day one.
From design file to a site you can run.
Build
We develop your design on a fast, modern static stack — pixel-faithful and fully responsive.
Wire the CMS
We connect an easy editor so you can change text and images yourself, no code needed.
QA & launch
We test speed, links, forms and accessibility, then ship it live.
Handoff + guide
You get the keys and your custom branded user guide, so you can run it with confidence.
Web development questions, answered.
What do you build websites with?
We build on a modern static-first stack — typically Astro for the site, Decap CMS for editing, and GitHub plus Netlify for hosting and deploys. The result is a site that loads in about a second, is very secure, and costs almost nothing to host.
Can I update the site myself?
Absolutely, that's core to how we work. We connect an easy editor and give you a custom, on-brand PDF user guide that walks you from logging in to publishing a change. Most edits take a minute or two.
Do I own the website?
Completely. Your code, content, domain and hosting are all yours, on open tools with no proprietary lock-in. You can take the site anywhere.
Can you build an online store?
Yes. We build e-commerce on the same fast, secure foundation, integrating checkout and payments suited to your products and order volume.
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Want a site that's fast and yours?
Let's talk about a custom build you can actually run yourself — branded user guide included.