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Industry insights, product updates, and thoughts on web, apps, and growth.

Block Ads on Every Device in Your Home
Most ad blockers work at the browser level. They're fine, but they only protect that one browser, on that one device. This works on your TV, toaster and washing machine.

We Don't Have Our Data Stolen. We Hand It Over.
There's a narrative that goes: AI companies are harvesting our data. It implies something done to us passive, without consent, behind our backs.

You Don't Need AI For That
"You're in a meeting. You have an informed opinion. You've seen this pattern before. And then someone across the table not a developer, not an architect, not someone who has ever written a line of production code pulls out a response they got from a prompt and uses it to argue you down. Suddenly everyone's a system architect. Everyone's a senior engineer. Because they asked."

Convenience Is Hollowing Out Our Towns
If we keep defaulting to big online platforms, local retail will not survive but we still have time to build something better.

Why AI Is So Addictive And What It's Slowly Doing to Us as Developers
I've been a developer for over 10 years. I've written code the hard way debugging at 2am, reading documentation nobody reads, staring at a stack trace until it finally makes sense. That cycle of writing, breaking, and fixing things is how most of us built our instincts. It's frustrating, slow, and honestly it's what made us good. Then AI showed up and quietly started rewiring everything.

How Working With a Web Agency Can Actually Save Your Business Money
Most people see an agency as an expense. But when you add up the real cost of the alternatives, the numbers often tell a different story.

Tools That Actually Help Businesses Speed Up Their Website
Website speed isn't a nice-to-have. Every 100ms of load time costs conversions. Here are four tools that deliver real, measurable improvements not just prettier Lighthouse scores.

Why RAM Is So Expensive Right Now And What It Means for Your Business
AI is eating the world's memory. Here's what's driving the RAM shortage and why it might start affecting your hosting bills.