Blog
Things we learned by building them. No listicles and no filler: each post comes out of a project we shipped, and says which one.
- A pinned horizontal scroll section in pure CSS, with no JavaScript How to build a section that pins and slides sideways as the page scrolls, using CSS scroll-driven animations, plus counters that count up without a line of script. Engineering, CSS. 3 minute read.
- How our homepage draws a field of snake scales with one WebGPU shader A walkthrough of the WGSL fragment shader behind our hero: scale tiling, a serpent made of math, pointer interaction, and a fallback for browsers without WebGPU. Engineering, WebGPU. 3 minute read.
- How to move off WordPress without losing a single URL or ranking A step by step account of retiring a WordPress site and its database while keeping every address, redirect, and search ranking intact. Migrations, SEO. 3 minute read.
- Legal document automation that lawyers actually use What we learned building a court filing generator for a criminal defense firm: why most document automation gets abandoned, and what makes attorneys trust the output. Legal tech, Automation. 4 minute read.
- Programmatic SEO for local service businesses: hundreds of pages from one data file How we generate a page for every service in every city a business covers, and where we stop so the site does not turn into doorway pages. SEO, Websites. 4 minute read.
- Real Postgres on your laptop with nothing to install: PGlite for local development How we run the same SQL locally and in production by using Postgres compiled to WebAssembly in development and serverless Postgres when deployed. Engineering, Databases. 3 minute read.
- What it really takes to build a two-sided marketplace Lessons from building a marketplace where attorneys hire other attorneys for court appearances: payments, trust, notifications, and the parts a payment provider will not do for you. Products, Marketplaces. 4 minute read.
- WordPress or a static site: which one a small business should actually pick We run both. Here is how we decide between WordPress and a static site for a small business, with the costs and risks nobody mentions in the sales pitch. Websites, WordPress. 3 minute read.
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