Accepting projects · Q2 2026
Burnswright
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// avg. response < 24h · typical ship 4–6 wks

Brand & software, shipped fast.

Burnswright is a tech-native studio in Sioux Falls building brand identity, marketing sites, custom internal tools, and in-house photography. A founder-led shop, an AI-augmented workflow, and a stack designed to ship in weeks instead of months.

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// RECENT ACTIVITY · LAST 48H4 entries
  • kicked-off Burnswrightmay.19
  • shipped Hillside Resortmay.13
  • shipped Only Fins SDmay.09
  • shipped HausClean SDmay.04
// STACK STATUS · 6/6 OPERATIONAL
claude
active
vercel
operational
figma
open
typescript
active
cloudflare
operational
in-house
active
// COMMIT ACTIVITYlast 7 days
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// SHIPPED FOR

Recent ships // last 30 days

all deployments →
  • may.19.2026
    kicked-off
    Burnswright
    brand · web · internal
    —
  • may.13.2026
    shipped
    Hillside Resort
    preview · web
    2.1s
  • may.09.2026
    shipped
    Only Fins SD
    brand · web
    2.4s
  • may.04.2026
    shipped
    HausClean SD
    brand · web
    2.0s
  • apr.29.2026
    shipped
    Wildman Outfitters
    web · booking
    1.9s
  • apr.21.2026
    shipped
    Divergent Estates
    internal · software
    3.2s
// FEATURED PROJECT · CASE_01brand · web · in flight · pending sign-off

Hillside Resort — A Lake Madison destination, brought online.

Hillside Resort site preview
in flight
/01 CHALLENGE

A waterfront resort needed brand-grade hospitality marketing — and proof a smaller studio could deliver it without an agency timeline.

/02 BUILD

A Next.js marketing site on Vercel with editorial-grade type, a booking flow tuned for deposit conversion, and a brand kit delivered alongside the live preview.

Stack // next.js · vercel · figma · claude
/03 RESULT

Live preview standing in for a six-week proposal phase. Full case study and performance numbers unlock at client sign-off.

case study · pending sign-off
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By the numbers

// updated daily
6sites
Shippedto production
2active
Projectsin progress
6tools
In ourcore stack
0%
Markupon vendor work
<24h
Averageresponse time
4–6wk
Typicalproject ship
// section_03

A modern stack, named openly.

We don't pretend the work is hand-crafted in a vacuum. These are the tools that let one person ship like a much bigger shop. They appear in the colophon of every project — transparency is part of the deliverable.

Claude Opus 4.7

AI partner

Primary AI partner across writing, code, design ops, and research. Used daily across every project.

active · last call 4m ago

Vercel · Next.js 16

Web runtime

Production runtime for every site we ship. Edge-deployed, performance-first by default.

operational · 6 deployments live

Figma 2026

Design tool

Brand identity, UI design, and asset production. Source of truth for every visual system we deliver.

open · 12 active files

TypeScript 5.7

Language

Default language for every site and software project. Type safety across the front and back end.

active · strict mode

Cloudflare edge

Infrastructure

DNS, edge, security, and CDN for every site we deploy. Sub-100ms global delivery, baked in.

operational · global

In-house lens

Photography

Sony & Fuji bodies. Midwest light. Brand, product, and lifestyle imagery produced in-house. No stock.

active · 2 shoots scheduled
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Four practices, one studio.

We work across the whole stack of a modern brand — identity, web, software, and photography. The same team ships all four in one engagement, in weeks rather than months.

/ 01 BRAND

Brand

identitynamingvoiceguidelines

Identity systems, naming, voice, and rollout. Built to scale from a single sign to a digital product. Delivered as a working system.

/ 02 WEB

Web

marketinge-commercecmsnext.js

Marketing sites and e-commerce, built on Next.js + Vercel. Fast to ship. Fast to run. Easy for the client team to live in.

/ 03 SOFTWARE

Software

internal toolsdashboardsai workflowsapi

Custom internal tools, dashboards, and AI-augmented workflows for the parts of a business that off-the-shelf software can't reach.

/ 04 PHOTO

Photo

brandproductpropertylifestyle

Brand, product, property, and lifestyle photography produced in-house, on location. No stock. Midwest light, real subjects.

A typical engagement // approx. 4 – 6 weeks

~/burnswright/project-kickoff
~/burnswright · project-kickoff
→ burnswright init <your-project>
  • ✓ kickoff call · week 0 · we talk for an hour, you tell us what you're trying to do
  • ✓ proposal · week 0 · flat fee, fixed timeline, deliverables listed in plain english
→ burnswright design
  • ✓ brand direction · week 1
  • ✓ ui design · week 2
  • ✓ review · one round of revisions, then ship
→ burnswright build && burnswright deploy
  • ✓ build · weeks 3 – 5 · we write the code, you watch the staging env update daily
  • ✓ photography · week 4 · if the project needs it, we shoot it
  • ✓ deploy · week 6 · live, monitored, documented
→ burnswright handoff
  • ✓ documentation in your repo · brand kit in your figma, photos in your drive
  • ✓ 30 days of post-launch support · included by default
→ burnswright status
● live · operational · your turn to ship
// note from the studio

We're a founder-led studio in Sioux Falls shipping brand and software work at the pace of a much bigger shop. Modern tools, an AI-augmented workflow, and a stack designed for speed.If you have something to build, we'd like to hear about it.

Nick Burns
Founder · Studio Lead
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Now booking · Q2 2026

Ready to ship something?

Tell us what you're trying to build. We'll come back with a plan, a timeline, and a number. No discovery decks. No 6-week paid scopes. Just a real proposal.

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avg. response < 24hnick@burnswright.com605.290.2583