Ship’s journal

For clients3 min read

Template, in-house engine or built from scratch: what each option offers

WordPress, IONOS, an in-house CMS or a website coded from scratch. I compare the three ways to build a website, what each one gives you and when each one makes sense.

Quality and testing2 min read

What happens between writing code and it reaching your website

No change reaches production without first going through a chain of automated checks. Here is what they are and why each one is there.

Quality and testing2 min read

From QA to full stack: what I bring from testing software to building it

Two years as the only QA on a mobile product changed the way I write code. This is what I apply to every website I build.

Development2 min read

An in-house engine so no website starts from scratch

Why I built a shared foundation for my clients' websites, what it includes out of the box and how every improvement reaches all projects.

Case studies2 min read

Ragdoll RagSweet: a cattery website the breeder runs herself

How I built the website of a Ragdoll cattery on my CMS engine, with two custom modules, and what I fixed after launch so Google would index it.

For clients2 min read

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