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Topher Hindman/Santa Barbara, CA

Websites and AI automation for Santa Barbara businesses.

I build fast, modern websites that make your phone ring — and automations so you never miss one. Santa Barbara local, and I answer mine.

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Practice
Websites · AI automation · Software
Recent work
cadasb.orgsantabarbarawholesale.com
Turnaround
Live in one week
Status
Booking Fall 2026

Over 10 years building software. Now building it for my neighbors.

  • AppFolio

    Santa Barbara

  • dbt Labs

    Data infrastructure

  • LiveKit

    Realtime + AI infrastructure

01Recent work in Santa Barbara

cadasb.org
Screenshot of the CADA website

CADA

Santa Barbara

Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

Santa Barbara nonprofit serving the county since 1949. A site their staff can update themselves.

Visit cadasb.org →

02The promise

Free consult. Your site live in one week.

We talk first, at no cost. If it's a fit, your site goes live within a week of us starting. No agency runaround, no six-week discovery phase.

Call (805) 724-0798

03What I do

Websites

A site that loads fast, looks right on a phone, and gets you called.

  • Designed and built from scratch — no templates
  • Loads in under a second, even on cell service
  • Looks right on the phone first, because that's where your customers are
  • Shows up when people search for you locally
  • You can update it yourself, or I keep it running

AI automation

Every missed call is a job someone else got. Automations catch the lead — and handle the busywork after.

  • New inquiry lands in your phone the second it comes in
  • Quotes, invoices, and follow-ups drafted for you
  • Your booking, email, and records talking to each other
  • Reviews and reminders that go out without you remembering
  • Built around how you already work — not the other way around

Custom software

If what you need doesn't exist yet, I can build it.

Over ten years of it, at AppFolio, dbt Labs, and LiveKit — and a full product of my own, front to back. Internal tools, integrations, dashboards, whole applications. If it's software, it's probably in range.

What an automation actually looks like

04Who you're calling

Topher Hindman, Santa Barbara web developer

I'm not an agency. I'm one engineer, and you get my number.

I've spent over 10 years as a software engineer in the tech industry — at AppFolio right here in Santa Barbara, then at dbt Labs and LiveKit, building the kind of infrastructure that other engineers build on top of.

Now I do that work for local businesses. Same engineering, smaller scale, and you get to call the person who actually wrote it.

Experience
10+ yrs
Based in
Santa Barbara

05How it goes

01

We talk

Free. Fifteen minutes on the phone. I ask what your business actually needs and tell you straight whether I can help.

02

I build

You see it early and often. No disappearing for a month and unveiling something you hate.

03

You're live

Within a week. Then I'm still here — for changes, for hosting, for whatever breaks at 9pm.

06Get in touch

Tell me what you need. I'll tell you straight if I can help.

The fastest way to reach me is the phone. I answer it.

(805) 724-0798

Santa Barbara, California

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