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
03 · termsThe build
A whole new site: structure, copy, design, code — written for your business rather than dropped into a template. The build is free, 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.
Contact
Ottawa · ESTGot a site that needs work? Send me the link.
Tell me what the site is for and what it isn't doing. I'll look at it and write back with what I'd change — no call required.