Need a website you can rely on?

One engineer, your whole system - designed, built and run by the same person.

12 years building software that businesses rely on.

Owen Jones

Who you'll work with

I'm Owen. I build and look after websites and software for businesses across the UK, from the Isle of Man.

I believe good technology should be easy to use and easy to explain, so you'll always know what you're getting, and why.

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Frequently asked questions

I'm not sure what I need - where do I start?

That's where most people start. Tell me what you're trying to do - get more enquiries, spend less time on admin, or just have a website you're not embarrassed by - and I'll tell you what would help, in plain English.

It might be a managed website, some bespoke software, or a few fixes to what you've already got. And if the answer is that you don't need anything, I'll say so.

If you'd like a starting point first, the free website review shows you where your current site stands - no call, no obligation.

I'm not technical - does that matter?

Not at all - you don't need to be. You'll never need to know how anything works behind the scenes.

I'll explain every decision in plain English, show you things as they're built rather than describing them, and take care of the hosting, updates and security myself. If you can tell me about your business and your customers, that's everything I need.

Can't I just build it with AI?

You can get surprisingly far - AI is good at producing a first draft of a website or a bit of code, and for a quick prototype it might be all you need.

Where it struggles is everything around it: knowing what your customers actually need, keeping things secure and up to date, getting found on Google, and being there when something breaks. That's the part that decides whether a website or system works for your business.

What does OLXR stand for?

It started as Elixir - the idea of software as something that transforms and improves whatever it touches. That needed a bit more of me in it, so it became Olixir: Owen's Elixir. Then the two i's came out to make it shorter and cleaner, and OLXR was born.

How do you say it? However you like. Most people spell it out: O-L-X-R.

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