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Short, opinionated posts on web development, brand identity, design and marketing - written between client work, in the same voice we use with clients.

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Web Development·Apr 25, 2026·1 min read

Why we still ship WordPress in 2026

Every year someone declares WordPress dead. Every year it powers another third of the web. Here is why we keep reaching for it.

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Web Development·Apr 18, 2026·1 min read

WooCommerce vs Shopify: when each one wins

A short framework for picking between the two before the project brief even finishes.

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Web Development·Apr 11, 2026·1 min read

The case for boring stacks

New tooling is exciting. Boring tooling has bug fixes, training material, and a community that has already solved your problem.

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Web Development·Apr 4, 2026·1 min read

Headless CMS isn't always the answer

The "headless everything" trend cost more projects than it saved this year. A short reality check.

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Web Development·Mar 28, 2026·1 min read

Why your site is slow (and it's probably not the framework)

Nine out of ten "slow site" audits we run are fixed without changing a single line of framework code.

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Web Development·Mar 21, 2026·1 min read

Server Components: a year in

After twelve months of shipping React Server Components in client projects, what works and what is still rough.

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Web Development·Mar 14, 2026·1 min read

The hidden cost of every npm dependency

A new package solves a problem in five minutes and costs you a maintenance bill for the next five years.

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Web Development·Mar 7, 2026·1 min read

Self-hosting in 2026: still worth it?

Vercel and friends keep getting better. Hostinger and friends keep getting cheaper. The choice is no longer obvious.

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Web Development·Feb 28, 2026·1 min read

What "Next.js" actually means now

Next.js stopped being a framework and started being a platform. That is worth understanding before the next project kickoff.

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Web Development·Feb 21, 2026·1 min read

Webflow's CMS limit and how to design around it

The 10,000-item collection cap stops more Webflow projects than any other constraint. A short playbook for designing around it.

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Web Development·Feb 14, 2026·1 min read

Building forms that don't suck

Forms are where most websites fail to convert. The fix is rarely about the framework.

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Web Development·Feb 7, 2026·1 min read

Migration playbook: WordPress to Next.js

Six steps that have stayed roughly the same across the last fifteen migrations.

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