Notes from the build.
Engineering, AI, automation, mobile and growth — what we learn on client projects, written for the people running them.
Next.js and Laravel: splitting the front and back end without splitting the team
Why we pair a Next.js front end with a Laravel API for most client platforms, and the three rules that keep the two halves in step.
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What a RAG pipeline needs before it goes to production
A demo that answers ten questions well is easy. Here is what it takes to answer ten thousand, for the right people, with sources.
Five n8n workflows every service business should run
Lead routing, review requests, invoice chasing and two more automations that pay for themselves in the first month.
Tap to Pay on iPhone: what we learned shipping a merchant app
Entitlements, onboarding, testing without real cards and the small UX details that make a phone feel like a terminal.
A technical SEO checklist for a site relaunch
Redirect maps, canonicals, structured data and the pre-launch crawl that protects the rankings you already have.
How we scope a fixed-price build
The two-week discovery that turns an idea into a scope, a price and a plan both sides can hold each other to.