Featured projectCVO De Verdieping
Custom websites and web applications for businesses and organisations in Limburg
Designed and built by one person, from first sketch to hosting. No templates, no page builders.
Other work
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Concerts, café and hall rental under one roof
A brand new live music venue in Opitter that needed an agenda, hall rental and a clear point of contact for press and bookings from the…
From spreadsheets to one system for the whole non-profit
A band and non-profit running accounting, member management, leads and social media across a scatter of separate tools and spreadsheets,…
What I do
Design
Custom work from the first sketch. No theme that a hundred other businesses also use, but a design that starts from your brand and your visitors.
That means wireframes before pixels, an honest look at who will actually use the site, and a design system made for you: colours, type, components, the whole thing. If you already have a house style, I work within it. If you do not, that is simply part of the job.
Development
Laravel and React. The same stack I teach, and the same one running the CVO De Verdieping website, with 371 courses and a live data link.
Fast, modern, and not boxed in by what a page builder thinks your site should be. Custom functionality is the norm here, not an expensive exception. If your business does something specific, your site can too.
Accessibility
An accessible site is a site everyone can use. Increasingly it is also simply a legal requirement.
That includes anyone navigating by keyboard, using a screen reader, or just trying to read small text on a phone in full sun. I build to WCAG by default. If you already have a site that needs to get there, I can audit it, explain what is wrong in plain language, and fix it.
Hosting and maintenance
A website is not finished at launch. Updates, backups, security patches and the occasional change are all part of it.
That is not something you should have to think about. So I host and maintain what I build. You are not locked in: it is your site and your code, and if you ever want to move, I will help you do it.
You are not locked in: it is your site and your code.
How it works
First conversation
Free and no obligation. We look at what you need and whether I am the right fit for it.
Proposal
What gets built, what it costs, how long it takes. In plain language, on one page.
Design
You see it and give feedback before a single line of code is written.
Build
Regular updates, nothing behind your back, and no surprises at the end.
Launch
Hosting and maintenance
Online, monitored, maintained, and still mine to fix if something breaks.
Fifteen years of building, and still learning
I am Bert Lempens. I have been building websites for fifteen years, and I teach web development at CVO De Verdieping, where I am also responsible for the school's website.
That combination is the point. Teaching keeps me sharp, because explaining something until someone else can use it is a higher bar than just applying it yourself. The school site keeps me honest, because it runs at real scale with real users.
More about meSomething in mind?
Let us talk it through first. What you need, what it would cost, and whether I am the right fit. No obligation.
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