zsty.us

For the technically curious

How we build.

The honest version: we rebuild sites from anywhere, onto a stack we have standardized, automated, and run in production across dozens of businesses. We'll tell you what it does. We won't tell you exactly what it is — that part took years, and it's the product.

What we rebuild from

If your business is visible anywhere, that's enough to start. Recent rebuilds began as:

  • WordPress / Elementor / Divi
  • Wix & Wix Studio
  • Squarespace
  • Shopify & Shopify Plus
  • WooCommerce
  • BigCommerce
  • GoDaddy Website Builder
  • Webflow
  • Weebly
  • GoHighLevel / LeadConnector
  • Netlify-era static sites
  • PDF menus & printed brochures
  • Yelp / Google Business listings
  • Instagram-only brands

What it lands on

Every build ships onto the same operated platform — described here by capability, on purpose:

  • A modern web framework

    Server-rendered, statically optimized where possible, shipped as very little JavaScript. Which one? One of the handful the largest sites on the internet run on — we standardize on one and master it rather than debating it per project.

  • Edge hosting we operate

    Deployed to a global edge network with previews for every change and instant rollback. We hold the accounts, the deploy keys, and the pager.

  • A managed database

    Real relational storage with branching for safe testing — not a plugin's tables inside someone else's CMS.

  • A commerce engine when you sell

    Headless — meaning the checkout, catalog, and payment rails are modules we control and can swap when a processor or regulation changes. Your store never goes dark because a platform changed its policy.

  • Mail rails that deliver

    Authenticated sending from your own domain (the acronyms: SPF, DKIM, DMARC — all handled), plus inbound routing to wherever you actually read mail.

  • An agent fleet

    Our build system is itself agentic: rebuilds queue up, run on our fleet, and stream progress — screenshots included — into your client portal and our ops channel. It's why an overnight rebuild is normal here.

Why we don't publish the recipe

Two reasons. First, clients pay us precisely so they never have to think about this layer — publishing a parts list invites the comparison shopping we exist to end. Second, the combination of tooling, automation, and agent infrastructure behind these rebuilds is the moat. Anyone can name frameworks; the operating system around them is what took years. Case studies show you everything the system produces — each one has an expandable technical flow — without handing over the blueprint.

How we build — zsty.us