# charl.dev: less website worry, more business

Passive website security reviews and website rebuilds from R20,000 for South African small businesses. See your finished preview before you pay.

Based in Hout Bay, Cape Town. For guesthouses, lodges, wine farms, tour operators and restaurants.

## Two services

### External security reviews

A clear look at what your website reveals from the outside. Understand the risks worth fixing, with evidence and practical next steps.

- Public website and email checks
- Findings explained in plain English
- Passive only. No attacks or logins.

Read more: https://charl.dev/security-reviews

### Website rebuilds

The look, words and photographs your customers recognise, rebuilt on a simpler foundation. A finished preview before you pay anything.

- Your existing design and content
- Fast, pre-rendered pages
- From R20,000. Scope agreed upfront.

Read more: https://charl.dev/website-rebuilds

## How it works

### Review

Send me your website address. We agree what needs attention and whether a review, a rebuild or both makes sense.

### Preview

For a rebuild, I put together a finished preview using your existing look and content. You see what you are getting before you pay.

### Go live

If you want to proceed, we agree the scope and price, make the final changes and move the site over carefully.

## An architectural comparison

This is a maintenance comparison, not measured client performance.

| Area | WordPress setup | charl.dev rebuild |
| --- | --- | --- |
| WordPress installations | 1 | 0 |
| Plugins to patch | Depends on the setup | 0 |
| Page delivery | Server rendering or caching | Pre-rendered pages |
| Enquiry form | Depends on the setup | Protected and validated |
| AI assistant access | Depends on the setup | Markdown, llms.txt and structured data |

## About Charl

I'm Charl Kruger, based in Hout Bay, Cape Town. I trade as charl.dev, helping South African small businesses understand their public website risks and rebuild sites with less to maintain. You deal directly with me, from the first conversation to go-live.

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Charl Kruger, trading as charl.dev. Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.
Enquiries: https://charl.dev/contact
Privacy: https://charl.dev/privacy