Custom websites for small businesses. Built and maintained in Ottawa.
Three live sites below — an industrial plating rebuild, a web app, and a painter's portfolio. All built from scratch, and all still maintained.
Selected work
03 · 2024–2026Zinc North
Industrial plating & coatingSite rebuildCloudflare WorkersZinc North · Cloudflare Workers 
PianoChords
Chord & progression explorerWeb appFirestorePianoChords · Firestore 
Sonja Paints
Painter's portfolioPortfolio + CMSSanitySonja Paints · Sanity 
- Read the Zinc North case studyBefore and after, drag to compare
Before → After · Zinc North 
How it works
5 of 5 free builds leftThe build
A whole new site: structure, copy, design, code — written for your business rather than dropped into a template. Right now the build is free for the next 5 businesses, in exchange for a testimonial once it is live.
$100 a month after launch
Hosting, content changes, small fixes. Send an email and it gets done. No minimum term — and if you stop, the hosting stops with it: I send you the code and give you a hand finding somewhere to put it.
Automations, later
Small tools that erase busywork — chasing invoices, sorting inbox mail, alerts when something needs you. Once the site is earning, and only where they pay for themselves.
Arlek Studios is a one-person web practice in Ottawa, run by Alek. You work directly with the developer building your site, from first draft through ongoing maintenance.