About · Hi, I’m Maia

One human, two hats,
twenty-three plants.

A short biography for the curious. Mostly true.

Maia Hariton
Designer / Developer / Friend

The long version.

I’m a one-human web studio working out of a sunny corner of Los Angeles. I do the design and the code, which is rarer than it should be, most studios split that work between two people who don’t actually talk to each other.

Doing both means I can promise things other studios can’t: pixel-perfect handoffs (because there is no handoff), realistic timelines (because I’m the one writing the CSS), and finished sites that look like the mockup. Imagine.

I’ve been doing this since 2015. Eleven years, roughly 140 sites, four platforms, zero retainers I regret. Mostly small businesses, studios, and the kind of solo founders who care about their thing in the same particular way I care about mine.

Squarespace Circle since 2019Shopify PartnerSpeaks 🇫🇷 / 🇬🇧 / 🇷🇺

Slow on purpose

I take fewer clients so I can give each one real attention. No farming things out, no template surgery.

Boring pricing

Fixed quotes, written scope, no surprise invoices. The least exciting promise on this site is also the most useful.

You own everything

Files, fonts, deploy keys, the lot. I hand it over and you keep it. No platforms designed to lock you in.

Care without preciousness

I sweat the details, but I won’t hold a button hostage for two weeks because the corner radius is 6 vs 8.

Plain English

No jargon. If I have to use a technical word I’ll explain it. Loom walkthroughs come standard.

Local-ish

Mostly LA hours, but I’ve worked happily with people in Berlin, Paris, Copenhagen, Lisbon. Async-friendly.

Career, abridged

A short chronology.

2026
Two slots open
Los Angeles · taking July–August clients
2024
Shopify Partner
Officially nerding out about checkouts
2019
Squarespace Circle member
Top-tier since 2021
2017
Went solo
After 4 years agency-side
2015
First paid site
A friend’s ceramics shop. Still online.

Want to say hi?

I love a good intro email. Tell me what you’re building, where you’re stuck, and how soon.

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