About the studio
One person.
Every detail.
I’m Austin Hodges. I started Soft Systems Studio in December 2025 to build websites for local businesses. I’m based in Smiths Station, Alabama, I meet clients in person around Columbus, Phenix City, Auburn and Opelika, and I work with businesses anywhere else by phone and video. It’s just me, which means I design, write, build and support every site myself. It also means you always know exactly who’s responsible.
Why I do this
A good local business deserves a website as good as the work it does.
Plenty of great businesses have a website that’s out of date, painful to use on a phone, or still “coming soon” from a few years back. That’s rarely because the owner doesn’t care. It’s because they’re busy actually running the business.
That’s the part I take off your plate. I learn how your business works and who your customers are, then I design the site, write every word and build it myself, so it sounds like you and works the way your customers expect. You won’t have to stare at a blank page trying to sum yourself up in three sentences. That’s my job.
No invented history. No fake case studies. Just the work.
How I work
You deal with me
No account managers and no handoffs. The person on your first call is the person building your site, and the one answering your emails after it launches.
I write the words
If writing about yourself sounds like a chore, good news: you don’t have to. I draft every page from what you tell me, and you approve it.
AI helps, I check
I use AI tools to work quickly, and every page is designed and reviewed by me before it ships. The software is fast; I’m the one who makes sure it’s right.
You always know where things stand
You get a written quote and a launch date before you commit, and I keep you posted from the first draft to launch day. You’ll never have to wonder whether I fell off the face of the earth.
Tell me about
your business.
A minute to start. I reply within 24 hours.