Design-led development · New York

Anyone can build a website now. Almost no one can tell you what it should be.

Part design consultant, part developer. I help you decide what to build — the structure, the story, the way it should feel — then design and build it, end to end.

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01 The premise

The tools got democratized. Taste didn't. Building became cheap — so the scarce thing was never the code. It's knowing what to make.

Most developers wait for a spec. You hand them a brief, they hand you a build. If the brief was wrong, the build is wrong — beautifully engineered, pointed in the wrong direction.

I start one step earlier. Before a single line is written, we settle what the site needs to do, who it's for, and how it should feel to use. Then I design it and build it — same hands, no handoff, no telephone game.

02

Three disciplines,
one pair of hands.

A — 01

Consultdecide what to build

The most valuable work happens before design. We pin down what the site is for, what success looks like, and what to leave out. You leave with a clear direction — even if you never hire me for the rest.

StrategyStructure & IAMessagingScope
B — 02

Designmake it feel right

Identity, layout, typography, motion. Not decoration — decisions. Every choice earns its place and answers back to what the site is trying to do. It looks considered because it is.

Visual identityUX & layoutType & motionPrototyping
C — 03

Buildship it, keep it

Production code that's fast, accessible, and yours to keep. Marketing sites, web apps, booking platforms, internal tools, AI-powered products. No mystery stack, no lock-in.

Web apps.NET / NodeAI integrationPerformance
03

How an engagement runs.

01

Conversation

We talk. Goals, audience, what isn't working. No charge to find out whether we're a fit.

02

Direction

A written point of view — what to build, why, and the shape it should take.

03

Design

The look and feel, made real. Iterated with you, not presented at you.

04

Build

Clean, fast, production code — reviewed in the open as it comes together.

05

Handoff

Launched and yours: the keys, the docs, and support if you want it.

A website isn’t a deliverable. It’s a decision, made visible.

Zahavi · Working principle
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Selected work.

01

Limousine booking platforms

Two-market chauffeur booking sites — pricing engine, live dispatch, and a redesigned reservation flow.

2024–26
02

LimoAgent · AI concierge

A multi-agent AI assistant that quotes, books, and answers live — with its own guardrails and dispatch bridge.

2025–26
03

Admin & internal tooling

Billing, driver ledgers, and operations dashboards for a real business moving real money.

2024–26
04

Product experiments

Ledger apps, data pipelines, and small tools — built to test an idea quickly and cleanly.

Ongoing
05 — Let's talk

Tell me what you're trying to build.

A short note is plenty — what you're making, who it's for, and where you're stuck. I read and reply to every message myself.