About

We build websites and AI tools for growing businesses.

You own it.

The code, the content and the domain are yours.

Measured, not claimed.

We show only the numbers we measured.

We reply the same day.

Write to us and a person answers, not a bot.

Team

Who you work with.

We work with you directly, build what fits your business and keep improving it as you grow.

Proven tools, wired into one system.

Public products at the core, your code in your name, and real sites running on them today.

Your code, in your repo.

Written for your site, owned by you. Zero lock-in.

Built by one team.

Websites, connections, AI and agents, from the first call on.

  • The code
  • The domain
  • The accounts
  • The notes
  • In your name, from day one

Yours, in your name.

We hand over everything; you never depend on us.

A client site we built: iBlack Limo

Running today.

Client sites we built, live on these tools.

Picked for you, not for us.

We start from what you run and add only what fits.

How we work

Smallstudio.Wholestack.

One team builds it, connects it and looks after it.

What we look after

Everything under your site, kept running.

Domain, hosting and numbers, all in one place.

Your domain and email.

Renewed on time and watched, so mail keeps flowing.

Hosting.

Fast, backed up and checked after every change.

What matters, measured.

Speed, search and what brings customers in.

What we do

What the studio takes on.

Five services, each shown at work as you scroll. Every one has its own page.

All services
  1. Built, hosted and cared for: fast sites you own.

    What you get

    • Designed and built in Next.js
    • You own the site and its code
    • A private preview before launch

    How it starts

    We scope it, then a written agreement sets the price and schedule.

    See website development
  2. AI features inside the tools you already use.

    What you get

    • Answers from your own content
    • Says when it does not know
    • Accounts stay in your name

    How it starts

    Pick one job that costs you time. We reply the same day with a plan.

    See AI development
  3. Agents that handle repeat work; you approve.

    What you get

    • Your approval before anything acts
    • A full log in plain words
    • Switch it off any time

    How it starts

    Tell us the task you repeat every week.

    See agentic AI
  4. A measured review of the site you have.

    What you get

    • Speed, search and accessibility, measured
    • Evidence for every finding
    • A priced fix list

    How it starts

    Send us the address of your site.

    See the website review
  5. Online, and in person in Virginia.

    What you get

    • Online, or in person in Northern Virginia
    • What you learn and build, stated up front
    • Small groups, hands on

    How it starts

    Dates are coming soon. Join the cohort list.

    See the courses

How we do it

From a sketch to something alive.

Our own mark was made in the same five steps as every project we build.

  1. Step 1, sketch: the IO mark

    We listen first.

    One call about your business and the tools you already run.

    You getA reply with a plan.

  2. Step 2, scope: the IO mark

    We set the scope.

    A written agreement sets the work and the dates.

    You getThe price and the schedule, in writing.

  3. Step 3, shape: the IO mark

    You see it first.

    The pages in plain grey, so you judge the layout before anything is built.

    You getA private preview before launch.

  4. Step 4, colour: the IO mark

    We build it.

    Your brand and your content, in code that is yours.

    You getYou own the site and its code.

  5. Step 5, alive: the IO mark

    It goes live, and stays alive.

    Checked before launch, then looked after: updates, backups, reports.

    You getOne email every Monday with your numbers.

Talk to the studio.

One small team builds it and stays on it.

Day to day

Sitesyouown.Answersatanyhour.Apersonapproves.

An assistant that answers from your own pages, so visitors get an answer at any hour.

What working with us looks like, week to week.

Sample data
The website assistant answers a visitor. Sample data.
  1. A visitor asks a bakery's website assistant whether there is a gluten free bread.
  2. The assistant reads the site's own pages and answers: the rye and caraway loaf is made without wheat flour.
  3. It shows where the answer came from: the Menu page.
Answers from your pagesAlways on

One team, start to finish.

The same people from the first call to every change after launch.

We listen first.

A short call about what you run today.

We build and connect.

Your site and tools, improved and joined up.

We look after it.

Updates and checks after launch.

Want to work with us?

Tell us what you need. We reply with a plan.