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Field notes from real builds. The decisions we made, the trade-offs we accepted, the patterns we keep reaching for. No SEO bait. No listicles. Just what we know.

Ecommerce

How to launch a research peptide ecommerce store in 2026: a founder’s guide.

Research peptide ecommerce is one of the most demanding ecommerce verticals to build well. Platform choice, the full stack we deploy, payment processing, COA management, and the launch playbook from a studio that's built and operated stores in the vertical.

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WordPress for dental practices in 2026. What actually moves the needle.
Web design9 min read

WordPress for dental practices in 2026. What actually moves the needle.

Most dental practice websites do the wrong things well and the right things badly. Patterns from nine years of building patient-first sites: the five jobs, the stack we deploy, and the content that actually books new patients.

April 28, 2026Read
How to choose a WordPress agency in 2026, without getting burned.
Business9 min read

How to choose a WordPress agency in 2026, without getting burned.

Most WordPress agency landing pages look identical. The difference shows up six months after launch when something breaks at 11pm on a Friday. Seven questions, six red flags, and the engagement model that actually works.

April 8, 2026Read
10 WordPress best practices we default to in 2026.
Development9 min read

10 WordPress best practices we default to in 2026.

The ten defaults we now bake into every WordPress build: performance budgets, accessibility, block-first builds, image discipline, schema, and the layers most agencies still treat as optional.

March 18, 2026Read
Why we moved from Elementor to Bricks Builder (and when we still use Elementor).
Development9 min read

Why we moved from Elementor to Bricks Builder (and when we still use Elementor).

After seven years of building in Elementor, we made the switch to Bricks Builder in 2025. Here's the honest story: what made us move, what Bricks does better, and the projects where Elementor is still the right call.

February 24, 2026Read
Migration redirect maps: the most important deliverable nobody plans for.
SEO9 min read

Migration redirect maps: the most important deliverable nobody plans for.

Every redesign has a redirect map. Most agencies treat it as a launch-week afterthought. We treat it as the deliverable that quietly decides whether the new site keeps the old site's rankings or throws them away.

February 2, 2026Read
What a WordPress care plan actually covers (and what it shouldn’t).
Maintenance10 min read

What a WordPress care plan actually covers (and what it shouldn’t).

Launch day is the easiest day in a website's life. From day two, the entropy starts. The maintenance cadence we run on every site we maintain, why updates go to staging first, and the quietly accumulating problems most sites ignore.

January 12, 2026Read
WordPress security: the seven defenses we run on every site.
Security9 min read

WordPress security: the seven defenses we run on every site.

A WordPress site is being scanned by automated bots every fifteen seconds. The vast majority of compromises we recover from were missing two or three of the basics. The seven defenses we apply to every site, and the recovery playbook when something gets through.

December 16, 2025Read
Shared, VPS, dedicated, managed: how we actually pick a WordPress host.
Hosting9 min read

Shared, VPS, dedicated, managed: how we actually pick a WordPress host.

Hosting is the single most common 'I picked the cheap option and regretted it' decision in WordPress. The four tiers in plain English, what each one actually delivers, and the decision tree we run on real client projects.

November 24, 2025Read
Why we ship every WordPress build on Kinsta.
Hosting9 min read

Why we ship every WordPress build on Kinsta.

We've been on Kinsta since 2020, and a Kinsta Agency Partner for years. The honest case for premium managed hosting, the performance numbers we see on real client migrations, where Kinsta is the right answer, and where it isn't.

October 28, 2025Read
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