Why not WordPress or Wix?
Because your competitors already have one. WordPress is excellent for a blog or a simple site; it becomes a liability as soon as you need clean multilingual content, stable performance, a complex catalogue or a business application. My sites run on Next.js + PayloadCMS: your team still edits the content, but the output is static — fast and safe. You keep autonomy without the plugin debt.
An agency quotes €3,500; you quote €7,500. Why?
At €3,500, you buy an adapted theme, an install and two meetings. At €7,500, you buy a design that exists nowhere else, a headless CMS, two languages, complete technical SEO and training. The real question is not the price: it is what happens in eighteen months, when you want to add a language, a page or a module. If you need five pages and no evolution, take the agency — I will tell you so.
How long does it take?
Four to six weeks for a marketing site, eight to twelve for e-commerce, eight to fourteen for an application. The schedule mostly depends on you: copy, photography, approvals. I provide a milestone calendar with the quote and invoice a 30% deposit.
Who owns the site, the code and the content?
You do. The code is delivered in a repository you own, with access. The domain is in your name. The content lives in your CMS. There is no lock-in: if you want to change provider, everything is documented and transferable.
What happens after delivery?
Thirty to sixty days of warranty depending on the package. Then two options: a maintenance plan at €190 excl. VAT per month (updates, backups, small changes) or an ad-hoc contract. You can also take it in-house: I train your team and document everything.
Can you work with my agency or in-house team?
Yes, often. I join an agency as technical reinforcement (design provided, development on me), audit an existing product, or pair with your developer. I work in French and English, remotely, with weekly check-ins.
How do you guarantee confidentiality?
An NDA is signed before any sensitive detail is exchanged. The most sensitive projects are not detailed publicly: I present them anonymously or on a shared screen. No client code, client data or unverified figure appears on this site.
AI, concretely: does it hallucinate? Does it replace my team?
A well-built agent answers only from approved content, with guardrails and tests. It does not replace your team: it absorbs repetitive requests and hands the rest to a human. I deliver evaluation scenarios and a conversation log so you can verify what it says.
Why a freelancer rather than an agency? What if you get sick?
Because you speak directly to the person writing the code, with no project manager in between, and no agency overhead. On risk: the code sits in a repository you own, documented, with an install README. If I became unavailable, another developer could take over. That is exactly why I refuse exotic architectures.