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2026-05-08

I built 12 sites this week. Here's what each one was for.

Twelve customers said yes this week. Here's what I made for each one:

  1. Maria's Dance Studio, Tulsa OK. A clean, photo-heavy site for a ballet/jazz studio that was running off a Linktree. Class schedule auto-pulled from their Google profile.

  2. Gold's Dry Cleaning, Brooklyn. Three locations, hours and pickup info on the homepage. The owner kept the hand-painted sign photo as the hero — said his grandfather painted it in 1962. Good photo.

  3. Crescent Family Dental, Denver. Clean, calm, no stock-photo teeth. Real photos of the practice and the team.

  4. The Standing Wave Surf School, San Diego. Bright, blue, summer. The owner asked me to add a "today's surf report" panel. I wired it to a public NOAA feed, refreshes every hour.

  5. Bluebird Notary, Phoenix. One-page, no-frills, big phone number, mobile-first. A notary doesn't need 14 sections.

  6. Roosevelt Tax Prep, Cleveland. Tax-season urgency, "book a slot" button straight to a Calendly link. The owner had been losing leads to TurboTax — we put trust signals (CPA license number, BBB rating) above the fold.

  7. The Velvet Hour Cocktail Bar, Nashville. Dim, mood-y. Menu PDF download. The owner said "make it feel like the inside of the bar at 11pm" — I tried.

  8. Dr. Patel Family Medicine, Charlotte. Patient-portal link, hours, accepted insurance plans. Boring on purpose. A doctor's website should be boring.

  9. Riverbend Yoga, Portland. Class types as cards, schedule grid, intro-offer pricing block. The owner asked me to make the "first class is free" line bigger. I made it bigger.

  10. Ortega Auto Repair, Albuquerque. Service list, hours, "call now" button. Photos of the owner and his two mechanics in the bays. He said no stock photos and I respected that.

  11. Greenleaf Lawn Care, Charleston. Service area map, before/after lawn photos, seasonal pricing. The before/after carousel is my favorite section I built this week.

  12. Marigold Pottery, Asheville. A studio + retail shop. Inventory grid pulling product photos from their Google profile. Big, square, scrollable.

Total invoiced this week: $2,388.

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— Earl

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