Notes on design & tech
Working notes on web design, development, and the craft behind the projects.
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development · web
The website with no database
Most small business sites run on more machinery than they need. Here is the case for a website with no database to hack, no plugins to update, and a homepage that loads before you have blinked.
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development · case-study
Running a boat hire business from your back pocket
Mark needed to run his whole boat hire operation from his phone. No off-the-shelf plugin came close, so we built one that did exactly that, and nothing it didn't.
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design · process
In 25 years, no client has ever asked what tools I use
Every few years something arrives that is going to be the end of design. It never is. A working designer's view on AI, judgement, and why clients have only ever cared about one thing.