Matthew Scott
—Developer

Complexity
untangled.

The Charioteer

The full story -- from unemployment to LLC to practice -- told through scroll-driven Three.js glass formations. 33 panels. Three formation crossfades.

66 sites 9 formations 10 explorations 82 models

Work

Hideaway

Neon arcade bar

Crestborne

Private office

Psyche

Jungian exploration

PsycheConceptual

Genesis DiamondsJewelry

Hideaway SaloonEntertainment

PlaythingsRetail

CrestborneProfessional

NachbarRestaurant

MedittoicaWellness

North Lime CoffeeCoffee

Scout AestheticsMedical

Opioid Supply ChainData Viz

Fritz SalonSalon

AurigaConceptual

Mallard CrossingReal Estate

RejuvenationMed Spa

Tasteful TravelsTravel

FormaConceptual

ClementineCateringCase Study

HeadlinersMusic Venue

ThresholdConceptual

Pillar FinancialFinance

Shawarma ShackRestaurant

L'EmbrasserGalleryCase Study

UmbraConceptual

Skeleton CrewEntertainment

MeridianData VizCase Study

Ideas

The One-Person Stack

What it actually takes to ship 69 production websites without a team, a framework debate, or a standup meeting.

About

Full-stack developer and founder of Project Lavos LLC, based in Louisville, Kentucky. I build complete digital products -- React frontends, Python backends, AI integrations, deployment pipelines. 69 production websites deployed. One person, entire stack, start to ship.

Colophon

Design and code by Matthew Scott
Typeset in Inter by Rasmus Andersson
Monospace in JetBrains Mono

© 2026 Project Lavos LLC

The Challenge

A venue's website has to feel like walking through the door. The atmosphere is the product. Most bar websites are menus on a template -- functional, forgettable. The brief was to make a digital space that carried the same energy as the physical one.

The Approach

Every design decision served atmosphere over information. Neon color systems that pulse and flicker. CRT scanline overlays that put you inside a screen. A grid-based layout that feels like an arcade cabinet's attract mode. The aesthetic isn't decoration -- it's a design system where every element reinforces the identity.

The Outcome

A fully functional booking and event platform wrapped in a visual identity you can't forget. The site doesn't describe the experience -- it is the experience.

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The Challenge

Designing for an audience that experiences the best of everything. A standard website signals that you're standard. The interface itself had to communicate exclusivity and precision before a single word was read.

The Approach

A 3D gravitational lens formation renders in real-time on the hero -- orbital rings, particle systems, and bloom effects that feel like observing something rare. The palette is sage and slate, muted and confident. Every interaction is deliberate. Nothing moves unless it means something.

The Outcome

A digital presence that matches the caliber of the service. The WebGL canvas isn't a gimmick -- it's the first thing a prospective client sees, and it sets the standard for everything that follows.

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The Challenge

How do you give a system of ideas a home? Four separate explorations -- liminality, shadow, archetype, synthesis -- each needed its own space but gained meaning as a unified whole. This wasn't a product. It was a framework.

The Approach

Each portal is its own world with its own color identity and visual language, but all four share a common design DNA. A quaternary structure connects them -- four points on a circle, each visible from the hub. The design treats depth psychology the way it deserves: seriously, without being clinical.

The Outcome

Five interconnected sites that function as a single conceptual experience. Each stands alone. Together, they form something larger than any single piece could carry.

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The Challenge

A catering business with zero digital presence and no way for customers to find them online. Word of mouth was working, but the ceiling was visible. They needed to exist where their customers were already looking.

The Approach

Not just a website -- a complete digital transformation. Domain, site, analytics, advertising, social media strategy, and search presence built as one integrated system. Every piece connected to the next. The site was the hub, but the ecosystem around it is what drove results.

The Outcome

First organic lead arrived before any ad spend. A business that was invisible online now has a measurable, growing pipeline. The website isn't the achievement -- the business outcome is.

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The Challenge

Building a site for someone who will never open a terminal. A gallery owner in France needed complete autonomy over every image on the site -- paintings catalog, gallery photos, shop items, about page -- without calling a developer for every change.

The Approach

A bilingual site with every image managed through a visual CMS. Bilingual fields for each painting. A system designed around the owner's workflow, not the developer's convenience. The handoff wasn't a nice-to-have -- it was the entire point.

The Outcome

The first client site fully handed off to a non-technical user. The gallery owner manages all content independently. The site works for her, not the other way around.

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The Challenge

Public economic data exists, but it's locked inside PDFs, spreadsheets, and government portals that no one navigates for fun. County-level data about employment, industry, and economic health should be accessible to anyone, not just analysts with SQL access.

The Approach

An interactive choropleth dashboard built on real data pipelines. Every county clickable. Every metric sourced, verified, and continuously updated. The visualization layer sits on top of an ingestion system that treats data integrity as non-negotiable.

The Outcome

Complex public data made legible. A tool that anyone can use to understand the economic landscape of their region -- no training required, no analyst needed.

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Accepting new clients

Let's build something
that ships.

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