Designed with intent. Built to keep working.
I am Sten Millend, an independent web developer and designer, building websites for businesses and agencies since 2001.
I design, build and look after websites, online shops and the automation behind them. Code is written to last: semantic structure, lean assets and an architecture that survives a handover.
Code you can hand over.
Who I am
I started out hand-coding pages in Notepad, moved to Macromedia Dreamweaver when it arrived and took my first paid web job in 2001. Since then I have built 500+ projects for businesses, agencies and startups in Europe, the US, Ukraine, Moldova, Dubai, Russia (in the past), Indonesia and Australia.
You deal with me directly, from the first message to launch and after it. When a project needs another specialist, I bring in collaborators I trust and stay responsible for the result. One client has been with me since 2006.
The work spans car upholstery in Sydney, prefab homes in Tõrva, a tech consultancy, a Finnish online shop and the biggest MMA events in the Baltics, a client I have worked with on and off since 2010.
How I work.
Approach
Design and code come from the same person, so the layout is drawn with the build in mind.
Every project starts with what the site has to do and who will run it. That decides the stack: WordPress with Bricks or Etch, my FrontPress fork, or SvelteKit when the job needs an app or a shop.
Short messages, quick replies, decisions written down. Performance, accessibility and a clean handover are part of every build from day one.
Process
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Listen
A short call or a few written lines about the business, the audience and what has to change. Then a clear scope and a price before any work starts.
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Design
Structure first, then a mockup of the key pages. You see how the site looks and reads before a line of production code is written.
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Build
Staging site first, live domain last. Every page is tested on phone and desktop, checked for speed and accessibility, and editable by you in the admin.
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Care
After launch I keep the site updated, backed up and monitored, and I make the changes it needs as the business grows.
A good website just works. The work is in the details nobody sees.
Milestones
Dates you can check.
From the first paid project in 2001 to my own e-commerce platform in 2026: the launches, products and partnerships behind the work.
The record
Experience built project by project.
Since 2001 I have shipped over 500 projects for 200+ clients, and 65+ live sites are in my care today. The selected work shows recent builds, from a Sydney workshop to a Finnish online shop.
Why work with me
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Direct line, start to finish.
Design, code and hosting from one desk. You always know who is doing the work and who answers when something breaks.
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Built for the long run.
Speed, accessibility, security and clean code from day one, so the site is still easy to change years later.
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Yours to run.
Every text and image is editable in the admin, and the code is documented, so you or another developer can take it over.
And when you need a hand, I am a message away.
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Independent by choice.
No agency layers, no account managers. Decisions are quick and the person you brief is the person who builds.
I take on work where I can make a real difference, and some clients have stayed for over a decade.
Let’s build
something that lasts.
Have a project in mind? Tell me what you want to build, fix or automate. A few lines is enough to start.