Hand Coded Web Development
Every site is hand coded in HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript. No Wix, no Squarespace, no Webflow. The output ships smaller and faster than any builder generated site because there is no generic framework markup wrapping your content. Schema is built into the markup, not bolted on through a plugin. The result is a site that scores 95 plus on Lighthouse and is ready for AEO from day one.
$597
1 to 6 weeks depending on scope
Small businesses that want a real custom site without the agency markup.
- Hand coded HTML and CSS
- Schema.org graph
- Core Web Vitals tuned
- Free working demo first
One phone call.
No gatekeepers.
Pick up the phone or send an email. Joseph reads every inbox, personally. The free written audit is 48 hours, no sales call. Worst case, you get a deliverable. Best case, your visibility problem is getting solved by tomorrow.
Cassville, Missouri. Nationwide service.
Hand coded means the studio owns every line.
Hand coded web development means the studio writes every line of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JSON-LD that ships in your site. There is no Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, Duda, Shopify Liquid template, or other drag and drop builder layer between your business and the production code. There is no theme purchased from ThemeForest or Envato that ships with five thousand lines of bloat for features you will never use. There is no generic React framework that boots a 600 kilobyte JavaScript bundle before your homepage renders. The output is small, fast, schema rich, and structurally similar to what a senior front end engineer at a top tier shop would ship.
Hand coded does not mean primitive. The studio uses modern HTML5, modern CSS (custom properties, container queries, grid, modern color functions), modern JavaScript (TypeScript where the project warrants it, vanilla ES2024 where it does not), and Next.js for projects that benefit from static export plus React component reusability. The decision tree is project specific. The output is consistently faster, smaller, and easier to maintain than the builder generated competition.
How a build engagement runs.
Web development engagements begin with a free written audit (for redesign work) or a structured discovery call (for greenfield work) within 48 hours of inquiry. From there we propose either a fixed scope build with a single milestone payment schedule or a phased build with two to four milestone payments. The studio ships every site with schema.org structured data, Section 508 accessibility, Core Web Vitals tuning (Lighthouse 95 plus across the four scores), and the Full Visibility Stack monthly program complimentary for the first year.
Production runs in two week sprints with a working demo on a thatwebhostingguy.com sub domain at the end of each sprint. The studio handles hosting on owned Linux infrastructure under direct administrative control. No Cloudflare, no third party CDN. SSL certificates are issued through Let's Encrypt and auto renew. Square invoicing. Net thirty on contracts over ,997. SDVOSB set aside contracting is available for federal agencies and federal prime contractors with set aside floors to meet.
Related: native and cross-platform mobile
Web work often ships alongside mobile. ThatDeveloperGuy also builds native and cross-platform mobile apps under the same SDVOSB credentials — React Native and Capacitor for iOS plus Android from one codebase, native Swift or Kotlin where platform fidelity is required, and progressive web apps for B2B and rapid-launch internal tools. Pricing starts at $1,997 for a PWA and tops out at $4,997 for a fully native build. See the mobile app development page for the full scope, FAQ, and federal contracting positioning.