Dispatches from the Forge
Insights, tutorials, and deep dives into the world of web development, from our team to yours.

Why Your $100K Marketing Budget Is Failing Because of a $5K Problem
Your outdated website is sabotaging every marketing dollar you spend. Here's the math that proves it.

Mastering AI Coding Tools: 10 Essential Techniques for Maximum Effectiveness
How to move beyond the hype and actually get productive with AI coding assistants. Learn battle-tested patterns from developers who've figured out how to make AI coding tools actually work.

Who Really Owns Your Website? A Wake-Up Call for Business Owners
Many business owners discover they're digital hostages when they try to change web providers. Learn the red flags and how to ensure true ownership of your digital assets.

How the Tea App Breach Happened — And What It Should Scare You Into Fixing
Practical lessons for founders and business owners managing user data from the Tea app breach that exposed 72,000 images and 1.1 million direct messages.

WordPress vs Modern Web Technologies: Which Website Path Is Right for You?
When it's time to launch or rebuild a website, most business owners run into the same fork in the road: Do I go with WordPress or invest in a custom-built site using modern tools like SvelteKit?