[ Design X Develop ] Engineering Studio / Global

Software engineering
for web platforms,
tools, and systems.

Design X Develop is an engineering studio building practical software, maintainable web systems, and developer workflows for teams that need more than off-the-shelf solutions.

SEC 01 Focus REV 1.0
[ 01 ] web platforms
[ 02 ] marketing infrastructure
[ 03 ] internal tools
[ 04 ] workflow automation
[ 05 ] developer tooling
[ 06 ] AI-assisted engineering
[ 07 ] performance cleanup
[ 08 ] maintainable web systems
SEC 02 Capabilities REV 1.0

The work is usually a mix of engineering judgment, interface craft, platform constraints, and cleanup that makes systems easier to own.

01 Software and web engineering
02 Frontend architecture
03 Marketing sites and platforms
04 Webflow development
05 Edge infrastructure and asset delivery
06 Automation and CI workflows
07 LLM-assisted engineering workflows
08 Static site archiving
09 Developer tools and CLIs
SEC 04 Lab REV 1.0

We don't just build for clients —
we ship our own products.

DXD builds its own products and apps alongside client engineering — consumer apps, internal tools, developer tooling, and platform software. The same engineering judgment that goes into client work goes into everything we ship ourselves. What we're shipping right now:

dxd.link [ beta ]

One-page link-in-bio builder with a keyboard-first editor, typed block spec, live analytics, and 17 block types including GitHub contribution graphs, weather, calendar, and RSS. Publish at dxd.link/yourname — claim your handle before someone else does.

[ next.js ][ react ][ postgresql ]
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SEC 06 Testimonials REV 1.0
Working with Austin has been an absolute game-changer for our business. He's incredibly reliable, responsive, and communicative — always there when we need him. We couldn't imagine running our website without him.
Andrea Janko [ Head of Growth Marketing / Onramp Funds ]
Working with Austin was seamless. He is everything we were looking for in a development partner: organized, methodical, flexible, communicative, and asks great questions. He made the dev process feel approachable — I could not recommend him more highly.
Molly O'Neill [ Owner / Fred and Co Studio ]
Austin was very accommodating to our tight timelines and was able to move both our homepage and our blog to Webflow on short notice. He is very professional and very attentive to details, which was greatly appreciated by our designers.
Maksim Stepanenko [ Co-Founder & CTO / Primer ]
Austin jumped in and immediately proved he was built for the fast-paced chaos of an early-stage company. He moves fast, figures things out, and just gets things done — exactly what you need in early stage.
PJ Santoro [ CTO & Co-founder / Peachy ]
His exceptional grasp of creative concepts allows him to craft precise, detailed solutions. He excels at transforming complex ideas into elegant implementations. His collaborative mindset and deep expertise make him highly recommendable.
Amit Patel [ Founder / Amit Patel Designs & Curious Space ]
SEC 07 Now REV 1.0
building web systems, developer workflows, AI-assisted tools
stack HTMLCSSJavaScriptTypeScriptReactNext.jsAstroNode.jsPostgreSQLTailwind CSSWebflowVercelRailwayCloudflareR2PlaywrightGitHub ActionsFigmaOpenAIAnthropicGoogle AIMoonshotDeepSeekopen-source LLMs
available yes — let's talk