Production-grade web design for backend devs and AI engineers
You write systems that work. We design sites that show it.
You can architect a distributed backend, tune a model, or fix a deploy pipeline before coffee. And still: the personal site has been a private repo for two years, the portfolio is a README with ambitions, and the consultancy runs on a template that whispers 2019. Not because you cannot build it — you could build all of it. Because design is a different craft, and every hour spent fighting typography is an hour not spent on the work you are actually known for.
So hire the other half. DevPowers designs and builds your site — portfolio, consultancy, product page for the side project — then hands over the repository, the delivery pipeline and the agent skills, and you keep building it yourself. Fixed scope, fixed price, quoted without a call. First draft in 5 working days.
Flying solo does not mean flying alone.
You can do it yourself - or hand it to us. Both stay open, permanently.
When a change is bigger than a prompt, or the hour is better spent on your own work, hand it to us by email or chat, the same way you reached us during the build. The work is bought as change credits: you receive an estimate in credits before anything starts, and you accept or decline it. Failures caused by DevPowers are repaired free of charge and consume no credits.
Every change is estimated in credits, and you accept or decline the estimate before work starts. Credit pack prices are being set with the first clients and published once they are measured, not guessed.
You build the systems. We make you look as good as you engineer.
This track is for backend engineers, AI engineers, data scientists, DevOps and IT specialists — people entirely at home in a repository, a terminal and a pipeline. For you, the handover promise is not the selling part; it is the part you would have built yourself. What you are buying is the half that does not yield to stubbornness: visual design. Typography, hierarchy, spacing, colour, the difference between a page that works and a page that lands. A large share of technical people can build anything and still cannot make it look good — and know it.
Here is the part you cannot easily do alone. One brief goes to several AI agents working in parallel, each producing a complete design. You review several complete drafts — not mood boards, complete pages — pick a direction, mix the strongest ideas, and we build the winner. Your project starts the way this site was built.
The aesthetic is yours to name: terminal and monospace, bento, editorial, minimalist, or a reference you bring. And you do not have to take our word for what is possible — this very site ships in seven complete visual styles, produced by exactly that workflow. View the terminal dev style and judge it the way you would judge a pull request.
What that buys you: the link in your conference bio points at a site that reads like you. Prospects get a page, not a PDF. The side project finally has a landing page that exists. And you did not spend six weekends kerning headings to get there — you did not spend years mastering your stack to spend Saturdays approximating a design degree.
The stack: chosen for the job, stated in the scope
Every build starts from how the site will be used, not from a favourite framework. A portfolio or consultancy site is usually static or hybrid: semantic HTML, modern CSS, Tailwind where it helps, Astro or Next.js where the project genuinely needs components. If you publish a lot, a headless CMS enters the picture — those are the multi-editor CMS websites, a package of their own. The choice is made with you during discovery and written into the scope. If it does not need a runtime, it does not get one.
Technical SEO and structured data are part of every build, so search engines and AI assistants read the site correctly. Cookieless analytics and a working lead path are included. Pages are mobile-first and accessible, verified by automated checks in the pipeline. We do not promise scores, rankings, traffic or conversions — we build the technical base properly and hand you everything you need to verify it yourself.
Developer-native handover: repository, CI/CD gates, and agent skills
The handover is the product. At launch you receive:
- ✓Repository access and code ownership. You have access to the repository holding your site, and you own the source code — you can take it elsewhere at any time. No proprietary platform. No DevPowers licence fee. No lock-in.
- ✓A delivery pipeline that gates everything. Protected branches plus automated end-to-end tests, quality and accessibility checks, and an AI code review, enforced without anyone at DevPowers. Nothing merges until it passes — including your own changes.
- ✓Project-specific agent skills. Your AI agent — ChatGPT with Codex, Claude, Copilot, Antigravity or another compatible tool — configured with this project's rules, skills and MCP connectors. You pay that provider directly; we configure the one you choose.
- ✓The playbook and one live training session, covering this project's publishing flow: changes, deploys, rollback. Not a git tutorial — you could teach that one.
After handover, routine changes are yours: branch, pull request, gates, ship. DevPowers does not review or approve your routine releases, and there is no invoice for them. Rollback to the previous deployment is always available.
What is different about this track — and what is shared
This is not a new offer wearing a developer skin. It is the standard DevPowers build, aimed at a reader who will actually read the scope. Three things differ. The design brief starts from your aesthetic, not from a small-business template. The handover assumes you: repository and pull requests, not a reassurance narrative about not needing a developer. And the site's job is your credibility — a portfolio, a consultancy, a product page — rather than a company brochure.
Everything else is shared, and it is written down elsewhere so this page does not repeat it. The packages, and what is included and explicitly excluded in every build, are the standard website packages — this track most often starts from the landing page or business site shape, scoped for a personal site or consultancy and quoted without a call. The process, staged payments, guarantee, safety model and every boundary are the whole process, in writing.
The offer does not change: we finish the hard parts, then give you the powers to continue. You were going to be fine with the powers part.
The engineering behind it: Lucas Matuszewski, founder and CTO, full-stack developer since 2003. Our engineering background is on the about page. DevPowers is part of Edukey Sp. z o.o., operating since 2010.
The process: four steps, everything in writing
- 1
You write. Answer one structured set of questions in a single sitting. We reply within one business hour.
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Scope and pay. You receive a fixed scope, fixed quote and payment path. Work starts after the deposit and your content arrive.
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Review the draft. Your first working draft arrives within 5 working days. If it does not fit the agreed brief, we refund the deposit in full and the engagement ends.
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Take control. We launch, hand over the repository and pipeline, give you the playbook, and train you live.
Payment has three stages: deposit before work, payment on first-draft acceptance, and final payment on handover.
The safety model behind all of it — inspect our CI/CD pipeline, the stop-and-warn rules and the support boundary — is on the how we work page, in writing.
What we will not build, and where the line is
This track builds marketing-shaped sites: portfolios, consultancy sites, personal sites, product and landing pages, documentation-style pages. It does not build applications. Your SaaS backend, your platform's logins and accounts, your marketplace logic — outside what we build, and we will say so rather than quote it. We build the page; you keep building the product.
The support boundary after launch, stated literally: content changes are yours, unlimited and free. Ordinary code changes are yours too — your own branches and pull requests through the gated pipeline, or your agent's. Larger work, and repairs of damage you cause yourself, are bought as change credits or quoted as a project; credit packs cost less as a short subscription than bought one-off, and unused credits expire after two months. If something breaks because of our work, the repair is free and costs no credits.
- ✗Infrastructure, CI/CD configuration, DNS and secrets are managed by DevPowers and are not client-modifiable. Your domain registration always stays yours.
- ✗Major framework or dependency upgrades and architectural changes trigger a stop-and-warn: DevPowers cannot guarantee the site afterwards, and repair after an override may be chargeable.
- ✗Then you choose, and both options are open every time:
- ✗Take it yourself. You override the warning and proceed at your own risk. The warning and your override are recorded. If the site is damaged, the repair is paid in credits, estimated before it starts.
- ✗Hand it to DevPowers. We take the change over. You receive an estimate in credits first, and no work starts before you accept it.
- ✗No performance, ranking or revenue guarantees.
Developer FAQ: Repository access, hosting, the stack, and PR flow
Why would a developer or AI engineer hire a web studio?
Because the gap is not code, it is design. You could build the site yourself; what you cannot cheaply conjure is typography, hierarchy, spacing and taste, and the evenings it takes to approximate them are expensive. We supply the design half and the delivery discipline; you keep the engineering half; and the handover gives you a repository and pipeline you would have built yourself. You are not hiring someone to do your job — you are hiring the half you keep postponing.
Am I left without help after handover?
No. Doing it yourself is the default after handover - it is not a duty. Any change you would rather not make yourself, from a small edit to a new feature, you can hand to DevPowers by email or chat: the option stays open, it is simply not the default. The work is bought as change credits, and you receive an estimate in credits before any work starts; you accept or decline it. Failures caused by DevPowers are repaired free of charge and consume no credits.
What is a change credit?
A change credit is a unit of paid work you buy in advance and spend whenever DevPowers does work on your site. You buy a credit pack; packs cost less as a short subscription than bought one-off. Each change consumes credits by its complexity, not by the time it takes. Credits carry an expiry date and unused credits expire after two months. Credits cover new work and repairs of damage you caused yourself. Failures caused by DevPowers are repaired free of charge and consume no credits. Credit pack prices are being set with the first clients and published once they are measured.
What if I break the site myself?
A change that fails the automated gates cannot reach your live site, and rollback to the previous deployment is always available - most accidents stop before they happen. If you override a stop-and-warn and the site is damaged, DevPowers repairs it and the repair is paid in credits: you receive an estimate first and accept or decline it. Failures caused by DevPowers are repaired free of charge and consume no credits.
What if I just want DevPowers to do it?
Then we do it. Doing it yourself is the default because it is cheaper and faster for you, not because we stop working with you at handover. Send the change by email or chat, you receive an estimate in credits, and you accept or decline before anything starts. Nothing about the handover closes that door.
What stack and architecture do you deliver?
Whatever the site's usage justifies, decided with you during discovery and written into the scope. Static or hybrid semantic HTML and modern CSS by default, Tailwind where it helps, Astro or Next.js where the project needs components, a headless CMS such as PayloadCMS if you publish a lot. Technical SEO, structured data, cookieless analytics and a working lead path are included in every build. No scores, rankings, traffic or conversions are promised.
Do I get full repository access, and do I own the code?
You have access to the repository holding your site, and you own the source code — you can take it elsewhere at any time, with no proprietary platform and no licence fee. The pipeline comes with it: protected branches, automated end-to-end tests, quality and accessibility checks, and an AI code review. Every change, yours included, passes the gates before it can reach production.
Can I choose a terminal or minimalist aesthetic?
Yes. The design direction is yours to set in the brief: terminal and monospace, bento, editorial, minimalist, or a reference you bring. One brief produces several complete drafts in parallel, and you pick and mix before we build the winner. If you want to see the register before writing to us: this site itself ships in seven complete styles — view the terminal dev style and judge for yourself.
Can you build the landing page for my side project or consultancy?
Yes — a landing page, product page or consultancy site is the most common shape in this track. What stays out of scope is the product itself: application logic, logins, accounts and platform features are outside what we build. We build the page; you keep building the product.
Can I host it on my own server?
Not during the engagement. DevPowers hosts client sites on its standardised infrastructure — that is part of the product, not a per-client choice. Simple low-traffic sites include hosting for the first 12 months; CMS and shop projects carry a small monthly fee stated in the scope; terms are renegotiated after 12 months. You own the source code and can take it elsewhere at any time, and your domain registration always stays yours. If self-hosting from day one is a hard requirement, this offer is not the right one, and we will say so.
After handover, do I have to use an AI agent to change things?
No. The agent is there because it makes large changes fast, not because it is mandatory. You can branch and open pull requests yourself; the pipeline gates every change the same way, and routine releases deploy without DevPowers reviewing or approving them. Rollback to the previous deployment is always available. Infrastructure, CI/CD configuration, DNS and secrets remain managed by DevPowers and are not client-modifiable.
How fast is it, and what exactly is guaranteed?
The first draft is delivered within 5 working days, on a preview URL. The clock starts when we have received your deposit and either your content or a written content plan. If the first draft does not fit the agreed brief, the deposit is refunded in full and the engagement ends. This applies only to the first draft and is our only guarantee. No other turnaround time is guaranteed, and no rankings, traffic, conversions or revenue are promised.
Your move, engineer.
Tell us what the site needs to do — the project, the aesthetic, the deadline. We acknowledge your email instantly and a human replies within one business hour - no call, form or booking calendar. The fixed quote follows as soon as discovery is complete.
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