Compass Forge designs and builds websites and custom applications, then manages the hosting and infrastructure behind them — so you get a technical partner, not just a vendor.
From a single web page to a full custom application with its own database and hosting — we scope it, build it, and keep it running.
Custom-built sites and database-backed applications — registration systems, e-commerce, internal tools — designed around how you actually work.
Reliable data behind the scenes — schema design, migrations, and the backend logic that keeps records accurate as your business grows.
Servers, backups, uptime, and security handled for you — on modern cloud infrastructure, not a single point of failure you have to babysit.
Registration, transfers, and DNS/Cloudflare configuration handled correctly the first time — including the parts that are easy to get subtly wrong.
Real, working email on your own domain — set up, migrated, and kept deliverable, not lost in a spam folder.
Ongoing updates, monitoring, and a real person to call when something needs to change — not a one-and-done handoff.
Compass Forge reflects two parts of my background: decades spent building and managing technology, and more than 35 years in swordsmanship, historical reenactment, and staged combat.
A compass represents direction and sound judgment — helping you understand your real options instead of just selling you a product. A forge represents craftsmanship and building something durable — custom work, not an assembled template.
Together: understand where you need to go, then build the right system to get you there.
Read the full storyThe same approach whether it's a one-page site or a full custom platform.
Tell me what you're trying to build or fix — I'll tell you honestly what it'll take.
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