Contact
Little AA writing “Creativity is intelligence having fun,” attributed to Albert Einstein
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” Attributed to Albert Einstein.

Hi! I'm Aaron Reimann.

Building for the web since 1996. Building with AI now.

I'm a full-stack web architect and the founder of Clockwork Web Dev. I've spent nearly thirty years in PHP, Rails, WordPress, Astro, Linux servers and DNS, for clients from state agencies and nonprofits to Fortune 100 companies.

These days, most of what I build starts as a plan I write and an AI agent works through. This site is where I share what's working.

Let's connect What we build at Clockwork

What I Do · My Agency

Clockwork Web Dev

Atlanta roots, nationwide reach. I lead a ten-person team of designers, engineers, project managers, and SEO specialists building and running mission-critical websites at clockworkwd.com.

After co-founding Sideways8 in 2010 and selling it in 2019, I launched Clockwork Web Dev to be the technical partner that marketing directors, state agencies, and enterprises call in when a site has to scale, integrate with complex systems, or simply cannot go down.

Managed Fleet
250+ Sites
Agency Team
10 Specialists
WordPress Roots
Since 2008
Recognition
FCA 1st Place
See Clockwork portfolio & case studies Visit clockworkwd.com
Little AA sketching a website architecture plan on a whiteboard

What we do for clients

  • Custom Code · APIs · Rebuilds

    Enterprise WordPress & Astro Engineering

    We're the engineering team marketing departments call when off-the-shelf themes and plugins hit a wall. We build custom WordPress architectures, bespoke plugins, REST/GraphQL integrations, and sub-second Astro static/hybrid sites.

  • UX · Content Strategy · Conversion

    Web Design & Brand Systems

    From discovery workshops and content coaching to complete design systems, we craft accessible, high-converting websites for state agencies, national nonprofits, universities, and B2B brands.

  • Security · Speed · Uptime

    Managed Hosting & 250-Site Fleet Ops

    We host and maintain over 250 client sites on our high-performance infrastructure—backed by Clockwork Control's automated log triage, canary plugin rollouts, Core Web Vitals tuning, and rapid hack recovery.

  • Search · Schema · AI Visibility

    Technical SEO, AIO & Growth Strategy

    Search isn't just ten blue links anymore. We pair deep technical SEO, structured schema, and site-speed engineering with AI search optimization (AIO) and digital campaigns that turn traffic into qualified leads.

Trusted by teams at
  • Georgia Department of Education
  • The Task Force for Global Health
  • Cobb Galleria & Convention Centre
  • Roam Workspaces
  • AIDS Walk New York
  • Team Novo Nordisk
  • Long Island Children's Museum
  • LakePoint Sports
  • Hancock Askew & Co.
  • Bluegrass Today
  • Delta Zeta

How I build now

I wrote PHP and Ruby on Rails for almost twenty years, then mostly stopped typing code. The judgment didn't go anywhere. This is the loop I run.

  1. Little AA with a tablet and a bright idea

    Write the plan

    Every feature starts as a markdown checklist that says what done looks like, in plain language.

  2. Little AA typing at his desk

    Let the agent loop

    Claude Code works through the list in the terminal, one item at a time, while I review.

  3. Little AA typing on a laptop with a green check

    Gate every step

    Each item has to pass the build and the tests before the next one starts. That's where experience earns its keep.

Little AA working at his desk with a coffee

Things I've built with AI

Real tools in production, plus a few side projects that started as “I wonder if…”.

  • Clockwork Control

    An on-prem dashboard that watches 250 client WordPress sites. Local AI triages the logs, fail2ban blocks attacks automatically, and plugin updates roll out to canary sites first.

    Laravel, local AI, fail2ban

  • Clockwork Offloader

    Moves WordPress media libraries to Amazon S3 so backups stay small and fast disks stay free.

    WordPress, Amazon S3

  • Blocky Strategery

    A bite-sized 4X strategy game for phones, for when I love Civilization but don't have ten hours for a campaign.

    React Native, Expo, Skia

  • VerifyMyVibe

    Code reviews and security audits for AI-built apps, so founders know if what they generated is actually ready for production.

    AI code audits, security

  • Dynamic Seder

    A Passover Haggadah generator that lets families choose tradition, language and length.

    Next.js, React 19

Recent writing

See all posts

Recent videos

See all videos

Got a hard technical problem?

Infrastructure, a WordPress fleet, an AI workflow that keeps going sideways. Tell me about it.

Let's connect
Little AA walking with a briefcase