Build what's needed now, not what might be needed later.
Every feature adds work after launch. It should earn its place before we build it.
Anvil is a 2-person web shop in Laurel, Mississippi.
Casey Zumwalt
User experience, design, engineeringLaura Zumwalt
Content, photography, project managementLaura writes and shoots; Casey designs and builds. They work on the same project, so the words, design, and code take shape together.
We work on a few things at a time
We've built hundreds of websites. These days, we take on a few projects at a time, and the people you meet stay with the work from start to launch.
Our work ranges from Shopify stores and CMS-backed institutional sites to focused websites and custom publishing tools. The people who run it, the job it does, and the cost of keeping it healthy all shape the technical plan.
You'll talk directly to us. We don't have account managers.
It also means we occasionally can't take a project. When that happens we'll tell you early and suggest somebody good.
We're from here, and we're staying
We live in Laurel, where the shop is and where we make the work.
We also run Laurelite, the free weekly email about what's happening in Laurel and Jones County. We built it because the information was scattered across a dozen calendars and Facebook pages and needed one place to live.
What we believe
Fast is a feature.
Somebody on a phone outside your shop is deciding whether to come in.
Show the work.
Every project on this site has a case study explaining the decisions, the result, and the parts we'd do differently.
Give people a number quickly.
You'll have one for your project within 1 business day.