Let's be real for a second.
A lot of web agencies are still building websites the same way they did 10-15 years ago. WordPress themes, bloated plugins, slow load times, and a monthly invoice for things that have been free for years. Meanwhile your business is paying the price — in slow load times, bad Google rankings, security vulnerabilities, and customers who bounce before your page even finishes loading.
I build websites differently. Not because I'm trying to be fancy — because the tools available today are genuinely better, faster, and more secure than what most agencies are still using. And I pass those benefits directly to you.
Here's exactly what I mean.
Performance
Speed Isn't a Luxury — It's Everything
Google uses page speed as a ranking factor. Slow sites rank lower, lose visitors, and lose sales. Here's how the numbers stack up.
WordPress with plugins, unoptimized images, shared hosting
Astro static HTML, Cloudflare global CDN, zero unnecessary JavaScript
The Score That Matters
Google Grades Every Website. Here's How to Read the Report Card.
Google Lighthouse
Google's own free tool that grades any website across Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices and SEO — each scored out of 100. Most professional agency sites score 50–75 on performance. Every site I build scores 100/100 on Performance, Best Practices, and SEO on Google's own test.
WAVE Accessibility Checker
WAVE is the industry standard tool that checks whether a website is usable by people with disabilities — including screen reader users, keyboard-only users, and people with visual impairments. Most agency sites have never been checked. Every page I build scores 10/10.
ADA Compliance
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, businesses can be sued for having inaccessible websites. It happens to small businesses regularly. Every site I build meets WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards out of the box — no extra charge, no add-on, just built in from day one.
The Real Cost of a Website
Stop Paying for Things That Are Free
SSL certificates, hosting, backups, CDN protection — these things have been free for years. Some agencies are still charging hundreds of dollars a year for them. Here's the truth.
| What You're Paying For | Old School Agency | Jake Fixes Tech |
|---|---|---|
| SSL Certificate The padlock icon that makes your site secure | $50–$700/yr | ✅ Free (Cloudflare) |
| Website Hosting Where your website lives on the internet | $30–$100/mo | ✅ Free (Cloudflare Pages) |
| Website Backups Saving copies in case something goes wrong | $20–$50/mo | ✅ Free (GitHub) |
| CDN & DDoS Protection Global speed boost and attack protection | $20–$200/mo | ✅ Free (Cloudflare) |
| Platform What the website is built on | WordPress (outdated, hack-prone) | ✅ Astro (modern, static, secure) |
| Security Risk How vulnerable your site is to attacks | ⚠️ High — WordPress is the #1 hacked platform | ✅ Minimal — static HTML has no attack surface |
| Page Load Time How fast your site loads for visitors | ⚠️ 5–15 seconds | ✅ Under 1 second |
| Lighthouse Performance Score Google's official website performance grade | ⚠️ 50–75 / 100 | ✅ 100 / 100 — Perfect |
| ADA / WCAG Accessibility Legal compliance for users with disabilities | ⚠️ Rarely included | ✅ Built in, every page |
| You Own the Website Full code and content ownership | ⚠️ Sometimes held hostage | ✅ Always — it's yours outright |
💡 Quick math: If an agency is charging you $700/yr for SSL + $50/mo for hosting + $30/mo for backups, that's over $1,660 per year for things that are completely free with a modern stack. Over 5 years that's $8,300+ — on top of what you paid to build the site.
The Platform Problem
WordPress Was Great in 2010. It's 2026.
WordPress powers a huge portion of the web — which is exactly why it's the number one target for hackers. It requires constant updates, plugin maintenance, and ongoing costs just to keep it running safely.
WordPress
Old School- ⚠️ #1 most hacked website platform
- ⚠️ Requires constant plugin updates
- ⚠️ Plugins conflict and break things
- ⚠️ Database driven — slow by default
- ⚠️ Needs paid hosting to run
- ⚠️ Performance requires extra paid plugins
- ⚠️ Accessibility requires extra paid plugins
- ⚠️ Heavy, bloated pages by default
Astro + Cloudflare
Modern Stack- ✅ Static HTML — nothing to hack
- ✅ No plugins, no updates to manage
- ✅ Nothing to conflict or break
- ✅ Pre-built pages — loads instantly
- ✅ Free hosting on Cloudflare Pages
- ✅ Performance is built in by design
- ✅ Accessibility built in from scratch
- ✅ Lean, fast pages under 200kb
The Bottom Line
You deserve a website that loads fast, ranks well on Google, is accessible to every visitor, and doesn't come with a monthly bill for things that are free. That's not a premium add-on — that's just what a website should be in 2026.
Every site I build scores 100/100 on Lighthouse Performance and 10/10 on WAVE accessibility. It's hosted for free on Cloudflare's global network, backed up automatically on GitHub, and secured with a free SSL certificate. You own it outright from day one. No recurring fees for things that should have been free all along.