← All work

Developer tools · 2025

Devora: a landing page for sceptical engineers

A developer tool in beta, and the landing page that introduces it. Built for high-intent technical search, where the reader is an engineer who distrusts marketing.

Type
Own product
Role
Positioning, design, development
Stack
Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind
Sector
Developer tools

The problem

Engineers skim past adjectives. A landing page for a developer tool has to prove what the product does in the first scroll, with specifics, or it loses the only reader who matters.

The approach

One page, one call to action, no navigation. Claims are concrete and checkable, the product is shown rather than described, and the page is built to load fast on any device, with motion that respects reduced-motion settings.

The result

A beta landing page where restraint is the feature. Everything that did not move a technical reader closer to trying the product was cut.

What I cut

A hero, the proof, the value in plain terms, the call to action and a minimal footer. No logo carousel, no chat widget, no secondary button. Each alternative dilutes the one action the page exists for.

Writing for engineers

Engineers respond to precision. Every sentence on the page either names what the tool does or shows it. Superlatives went first. What remained reads more like documentation than an advert, which is the point.

Devora is still in beta and has no public domain yet. I will link it here when it does.

Next project

Marianne: due diligence for notaries, in one view

Have a product that is hard to explain?Book a 15-minute call.

Start a project