Freelance web developer · Villa Park, IL
I design, build, and host websites for local businesses around Chicago. From a clean five-page site to a custom booking system, you work directly with the person writing the code.
About
I'm Ralph — a web developer based in Villa Park, just outside Chicago. I build websites and web applications for small businesses: clean, fast, mobile-friendly, and made to actually bring in customers.
Most of what sets me apart happens after launch. I host and maintain everything I build, run my own Linux servers, and handle the technical side so you never have to. When something needs an update, you email one person — me.
I work remotely, keep communication simple, and quote every project at a flat price so there are no surprises.
What I build with
Recent work
A dark, atmospheric six-page site for a tattoo studio — services, pricing, a large photo gallery, and online booking — with custom typography and a visual identity built from scratch.
Visit wizardofinkvp.com →A clean, mobile-friendly site for a neighborhood vacuum sales-and-repair shop, with an AJAX contact form so customers can reach out without leaving the page.
Visit hicksvac.com →A self-service booking tool for an appointment business. Customers pick a service, day, and open time slot; the system prevents double-booking and updates availability in real time. A built-in owner dashboard shows every booking, blocks off time, and manages services — no code required.
View live demo →A team wellness dashboard that tracks player load, daily wellness check-ins, and injury history across a roster. Coaches pick a team, drill into any player, and see training-load and wellness trends charted over time — backed by a seven-table PostgreSQL schema and a typed REST API.
View live demo → Source on GitHub →A database-driven dashboard for tracking patient health data, with appointments, vitals trends, medications, lab results, and messaging — a live demonstration of dynamic, data-backed web software.
View live demo → Source on GitHub →A meal-planning app on a REST API with a normalized six-table database. Scale any recipe and every ingredient recalculates live; add several recipes and it merges them into one shopping list, converting units and grouping by aisle.
View live demo → Source on GitHub →A 12-team mock draft you can actually play, with machine-learning projections behind every pick. Models trained on fifteen seasons of real NFL data give each player a floor, median, and ceiling instead of one flat number — so you can see who has genuine upside, not just who scored well last year. Eleven AI opponents draft off live market data pulled from real drafts happening right now.
View live demo → Source on GitHub →A week-by-week touchdown and receiving-yards forecast for one NFL receiver — and an honest account of what happens when you test a model properly instead of trusting it. Cross-validation showed the model barely beats a simple average, so the write-up says exactly that, documents the features that got tested and cut, and keeps judgment calls visibly separate from what the data actually supports.
View live demo → Source on GitHub →Services & pricing
Every project is quoted at one fixed price up front. The cost depends on what the site needs to do: a basic site is like a printed brochure — it looks great and tells people about you. A custom web app is more like an employee — it takes bookings, remembers customers, and handles tasks automatically. Here's roughly where most projects land.
Most projects launch within a few weeks — the exact timeline depends on what's being built and how quickly we get content, photos, and domain access sorted.
A polished, credible online presence that's easy to find and easy to contact.
Best for a new business, solo operator, or trades pro getting online for the first time.
Recent build: Hicks Vacuum →
Get a quoteA complete site with the integrations that save you time day to day.
Best for an established business ready for a fuller site and built-in tools.
Everything in Starter, plus —
Recent build: Wizard of Ink →
Get a quoteWhen the site needs to do real work — store data, run accounts, automate tasks.
Best for a business replacing manual workflows or spreadsheets with software.
Everything in Professional, plus —
Example build: Patient Health Dashboard →
Get a quoteStart a project
Send a few details about your business and what you need. I read every message and usually reply within a day.