Web Development
Consultancy
Custom websites built to be owned, not rented. Los Angeles, working everywhere.
Safaii Studio builds websites for people who want to own what they paid for. That means static sites on infrastructure you control, codebases a competent developer can read without calling me, and design decisions made from first principles rather than trend cycles.
Most web development is rented. A site built on Squarespace, Webflow, or WordPress.com exists at the platform's discretion. When the pricing changes, the costs change. When the platform sunsets a feature, the site breaks. When you want to move, you start over.
The alternative is simple: own the output. 11ty generates static HTML that runs anywhere. Cloudflare Pages is a host, not a platform — the files move tomorrow if they need to. The design is built on CUBE CSS with named custom properties throughout. A developer who has never seen the project should understand the architecture within thirty minutes.
11ty static sites with CUBE CSS architecture. Design and development. Built to last, documented for maintenance.
Component libraries and pattern systems for organizations that build ongoing. Token-based, documented, transferable.
Stack decisions, architecture reviews, migration planning. For teams that need someone who has thought about this longer than they have.
Platforms, page builders, React apps for content sites, anything with a monthly platform fee baked in.
Read the Craft room first. If the way I think about building things aligns with what you need, get in touch. A brief description of the project — what it is, what you currently have, what you want — is enough to start.
I take a small number of projects at a time. Email is matt@mattsafaii.com.