On the Grid Web Design LLC
Professional Web Design & Software Development Since 2000
Our Services at a Glance: WordPress Development · Custom Web Apps · Mobile Applications · eCommerce · Database Management · Software Development · Video Editing · Linux Migration Support
Chris Hood — Software Engineer & Web Developer
Chris Hood is a full-stack software engineer and web developer with over 25 years of professional experience. He builds websites, web applications and mobile apps using modern, efficient technologies — with a strong emphasis on clean code, performance and long-term maintainability.
Chris has worked across a wide range of languages and technologies, including PHP, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SQL, Python, Java, C, C++, Dart, XML, Perl, and more. His database experience spans MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and FileMaker. On the CMS side, he has built custom themes and plugins for WordPress and Magento, and has also worked with Joomla, Drupal and MODx. For custom development, he has deep experience with the CodeIgniter and Agavi MVC frameworks and can adapt to any other framework as needed.
He is also an experienced video editor, producing and publishing content across multiple platforms — with a specialty in action and adventure footage.
Have an existing site or app that’s broken or underperforming? Chris can fix it. Need something built from scratch? He can do that too.
What Makes Us Different
A lot of development shops chase the newest frameworks and trendiest libraries. We don’t.
We choose tools that are proven, efficient and purpose-built for the job — not bloated packages that pull in dozens of nested dependencies to do something already built into the core language. We have cleaned up countless codebases and websites that were slow, broken or unnecessarily complex because of over-engineered solutions. Our philosophy is simple: the best code is lean, reliable, and easy to maintain.
This approach has a real, visible impact. Overly complex websites frequently break — especially for users with basic privacy or security settings on their browsers. Our sites are built to work for everyone, without unnecessary dependencies or fragile third-party layers.
We also deliberately minimize our reliance on Big Tech platforms and services. That means better privacy for your business, fewer external points of failure and no being at the mercy of platform changes that break websites.
Testimonials
“I worked with Chris at On The Grid Web Design for about a decade on a custom ecommerce website. Chris could do anything we needed from frontend design changes, to backend integrations, server support, and more. If we could dream of it, Chris could bring it to life! I’ve worked with several development firms and it always seemed like we got the most out of our paid hours from Chris Hood. He could output twice the work in less hours than other teams I have managed as project lead.” – Marcus Springer (Camofire) via LinkedIn
“Chris, dose the Job! Over the years I’ve had many different designers and it is easy to that Chris creates solid functioning sites. Very few issues have come up, and to be honest those issues are most likely me creating the problem due to my in experience. I would recommend him to anyone. Thanks Chris” – Bob Daly (Gondola Ski Tahoe) via LinkedIn
“Chris is an outstanding developer who has provided invaluable technical expertise on our projects together. His dedication to the quality of his work, and his attention to the end user experience, have been key to major improvements in both the Archives database and associated website.” – Andrew Rabkin (Sundance) via LinkedIn
“I had the pleasure of working with Chris at Dollar Signs and Graphics in South Lake Tahoe. He is a very knowledgeable, efficient, and hardworking web developer. Chris was always easy to communicate with about projects and always had a great attitude. He made the daunting task of developing my front end websites a very easy and manageable task. He never gave up and was always able to figure out even the trickiest coding problems. I thoroughly recommend him!” – Megan Harrigan via LinkedIn
“We hired Chris to do some WordPress development work for our suite of websites. He has provided us with excellent HTML/CSS and programming work on those sites. We then asked him to do some bug fixes on our Magento eCommerce site, and he completed that work for us after a quick crash course in Magento. Finally, he has also contributed to some of our mobile initiatives. He has always completed his assignments in a reasonable amount of time and is professional and easy to work with.” – Alex Gross via LinkedIn
“Chris is local in Park City and has great WordPress experience as well as other related programming needs.” – David Greenholtz via LinkedIn
” Chris is a solid programmer and web developer. He stays ahead of the curve with his design skills and abilities and can work with extremely complex code. His ability to write his own php code and develop websites using database integration make him a tremendous asset to my company and to his clients. I really enjoy working with him knowing that he listens and takes direction very well and can take a project from concept to completion with minimal direction and assistance required. He knows what to do and his level of expertise and initiative grant him the ability to solve any problems he encounters on his own.” – Yan Campbell via LinkedIn