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Platform comparisons, CRO research, MVP scoping and performance work, written by the people doing the work, with the things we got wrong left in.

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Why your store is slow on a phone and what actually fixes it
Performance & Speed

Why your store is slow on a phone, and what actually fixes it

Why a phone is a different runtime, why JavaScript is the expensive resource, the fix order that is mostly not engineering, and the five conditions for…

14 May 202613 min read
Elementor performance: making a page builder fast
Performance & Speed

Elementor performance: making a page builder fast

Where an Elementor site’s weight actually comes from, the rendering options most sites still have switched off, widget discipline, and a ten-setting checklist.

10 May 202613 min read
Shopify speed optimisation in the order that works
Performance & Speed

Shopify speed optimisation: what to do, in order

An ordered Shopify speed checklist: the app audit and the ghosts left by uninstalled apps, theme weight, images, fonts, the first screen, collections, cart behaviour and…

7 May 202613 min read
Core Web Vitals for commerce: what actually moves revenue
Performance & Speed

Core Web Vitals for commerce: what actually moves revenue

What LCP, INP and CLS actually measure on a store, which one moves money, why field data beats lab scores, and five fixes ranked by what…

2 May 202613 min read
Commerce UI patterns that consistently convert
Design & Brand

Commerce UI patterns that consistently convert

Thirteen commerce interface patterns grouped by funnel stage, the ones that present beautifully and cost orders, the states nobody designs, and how to add them without…

28 Apr 202613 min read
Rebranding without losing the recognition you have built
Design & Brand

Rebranding without losing the recognition you have built

How to audit the recognition you already own, the four levels of rebrand and which one you probably need, what to keep, how to roll it…

24 Apr 202613 min read
Packaging that survives both the shelf and the unboxing video
Design & Brand

Packaging that survives both the shelf and the unboxing video

How the shelf and the unboxing want opposite things, three free tests every design should pass, what actually drives unit cost, and a pre-press checklist.

19 Apr 202612 min read
SaaS MVP: build, buy, or no-code?
Apps & Product

SaaS MVP: build, buy, or no-code?

When no-code is the right call, the six ceilings to know in advance, how to keep a migration path open from day one, and the hybrid…

16 Apr 202613 min read
Mobile app or PWA for a D2C brand
Apps & Product

Mobile app or PWA for a D2C brand?

The purchase-frequency threshold that decides app versus web, what an app really costs, what a PWA gets you, the install funnel nobody models, and what to…

12 Apr 202612 min read
MVP scope discipline: what to cut and what to protect
Apps & Product

MVP scope discipline: what to cut and what to protect

The one question that decides MVP scope, four categories of feature, what to protect against false negatives, five ways to fake it before building, and how…

8 Apr 202614 min read
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