You paid for a website.
Do you own it?
Built for business owners, founders, and operators
A website built to perform, not just exist. Custom-coded, conversion-led, and handed over in full. No platform lock-in. No reliance on whoever built it.
Why most websites fail their owners
They don't own what they paid for.
Platforms and agency contracts retain the code, so the moment you want to move, customise, or hand it to a new developer, you're negotiating from a position of dependency. Most businesses don't discover this until they try to change something.
They can't see what's broken.
AI-generated code and template builds look functional. The vulnerabilities (authentication gaps, exposed API keys, missing error handling) are invisible until they surface in production at exactly the wrong moment.
They lose contact after launch.
Developers move on. Agencies deprioritise. The site decays. By the time something breaks, the person who knows the codebase is unavailable and the new developer starts from zero.
Scored 90+ on Google's own website speed and quality tests, on every build, guaranteed
Every file, every asset, in your own account. If we parted ways tomorrow, nothing changes
Scope and price locked in writing before work begins. Nothing added on during delivery
Chris Sterkenburg, Sterk Labs“Software built correctly is invisible infrastructure. Built wrong, it becomes the thing your business works around instead of with.”
Two engagements. One standard.
Scoped and quoted before work begins, full ownership on delivery. Every engagement ends with something concrete you can act on immediately.
Website Rebuild
Your current site isn't generating the leads or inquiries it should, or you can't modify it without calling whoever built it.
We rebuild it on React/Next.js or Astro (whichever fits the scope), structured around a single conversion goal, and deliver the full codebase to your own GitHub repository.
Fast-loading, well-ranked, and built so any developer can pick it up without calling us. Yours from day one.
App Health Audit
Your app was built with AI coding tools, or by a developer who's no longer available. You don't know exactly what's running, and neither does your team.
We run automated vulnerability scanning (Snyk, SonarQube) and a targeted manual review, then deliver a plain-English Production-Readiness Report with a scored summary and prioritised fix roadmap.
Know exactly what you're running. An independent technical read before you scale, raise investment, or ship to users.
How it works
Scoping call
We work out what you have, what you need, and whether we're the right fit. If we're not, we'll say so and suggest where to look instead.
Written quote
Scope, deliverable, timeline, and price, agreed in writing before any work begins. Nothing is added on during delivery without clear communication first.
Delivery with handoff
Every engagement ends with a concrete output: a scored report, a production-ready codebase, or both. You leave with something you fully own and can act on immediately.
Scoping call
We work out what you have, what you need, and whether we're the right fit. If we're not, we'll say so and suggest where to look instead.
Written quote
Scope, deliverable, timeline, and price, agreed in writing before any work begins. Nothing is added on during delivery without clear communication first.
Delivery with handoff
Every engagement ends with a concrete output: a scored report, a production-ready codebase, or both. You leave with something you fully own and can act on immediately.
Our commitments, in writing.
Scope and price agreed in writing before work begins. No extras added on without your knowledge.
Post-launch support is optional and tiered. You are never locked in.
We look. We never touch. Your site and software keep running exactly as they were; we only read the code, never modify it.
For builds: your GitHub repo, your Vercel or AWS account, from day one.
Every report translates technical findings into business risk. No jargon without a translation.
The person you speak to is the person who does the work.
Scope and price agreed in writing before work begins. No extras added on without your knowledge.
For builds: your GitHub repo, your Vercel or AWS account, from day one.
Post-launch support is optional and tiered. You are never locked in.
Every report translates technical findings into business risk. No jargon without a translation.
We look. We never touch. Your site and software keep running exactly as they were; we only read the code, never modify it.
The person you speak to is the person who does the work.
One studio. No handoffs.
Sterk Labs is an independent technical studio. One person, no intermediaries, no handoffs between the brief and the output.
Most agencies grow by adding headcount between the client and the work. The result is diluted attention, inconsistent quality, and a disconnect between what was sold and what gets built. Sterk Labs is structured to avoid that.
See past work and case studies at csterk.dev
Ready to own your website and what it does for your business?
A 30-minute scoping call. No pitch. If we're not the right fit, we'll tell you.
Book a scoping callResponse within one business day
Straight answers
Yes. Most clients do. The question isn't whether a site exists; it's whether it's working. A rebuild replaces what isn't, on a foundation you actually own.
Website Rebuild: 6–10 weeks for a full site; 5–10 days for a single landing page. App Health Audit: 3–5 business days (quick) to 7–10 business days (full), from confirmed code access.
That's the point: to surface what wasn't visible from the outside. The audit fee is credited toward a subsequent rebuild if the findings support it and you choose to proceed within 90 days of the report delivery date. You're not out anything extra.