About
One developer. No account managers.
No handoffs between six different people.
The Osprey is Wes Walz — a solo web developer working out of Cologne, MN, serving small businesses across the Twin Cities metro and beyond. Over a decade at the forefront of the industry — from crafting HTML emails for major corporations to building eCommerce experiences for startups. Hands-on experience that goes beyond expectations.
Why work with one person instead of an agency
The person who scopes your project is the same person who writes the code and the same person who answers your email at launch. Nothing gets lost in translation between a sales call and the developer who actually builds the thing — because there's only one of me.
That's where the AI-accelerated workflow matters most: it's what lets a one-person studio compete on speed with a team of five, without cutting the custom work that makes a site actually work for your business. You get senior-level, hands-on attention at a price a small business can afford — not a junior developer buried three layers under a project manager.
How I work
Custom over templated
Every build is coded to fit the business, not the other way around. If a template would genuinely serve you better, I'll say so.
AI-accelerated, not AI-replaced
Modern AI-assisted engineering handles the repetitive setup so more time goes to the decisions that actually matter — architecture, UX, the details a template can't fake.
Straight talk on scope and price
You get a real quote after a real scoping conversation — not a lowball that turns into change orders.
Built to be handed off
Clean code, documentation, and a walkthrough at launch — so you're never stuck if I'm not the one making the next change.
Tools of the trade
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- WordPress
- Shopify
- Astro
- Headless CMS
- PostgreSQL
- Vercel
- Performance & SEO
- Accessibility