December 18, 2025joomla, wordpress, migration, cms
Joomla to WordPress Migration: When It Is Worth It
A candid take on Joomla-to-WordPress moves — content mapping, SEO redirects, extension gaps, and when staying on Joomla is smarter.
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Notes from the studio
Engineering, product, and how we ship — written alongside the services we take on. If a post maps to work you need, start a project.
December 9, 2025wordpress, security, maintenance, hardening
WordPress Security Hardening for Client Sites We Maintain
A maintainable hardening baseline: updates, least privilege, login abuse, backups, and what we monitor after launch.
December 1, 2025react, performance, dashboard, frontend
React Dashboard Performance: What We Profile Before Rewriting
A field checklist for slow React dashboards — data fetching, render cost, and charts — before anyone suggests a full rewrite.
November 30, 2025ios, app store, mobile, submission
iOS App Store Submission: Avoiding the Rejection Loops We See Often
Common App Store rejection themes for business apps — login demos, privacy nutrition labels, and payments — and how we prep submissions.
November 21, 2025laravel, admin, permissions, filament
Building Admin Panels in Laravel Without Painting Yourself Into a Corner
How we structure Laravel admin apps so permissions, audits, and awkward business rules stay maintainable after launch.
November 16, 2025wordpress, ai, membership, practical ai
Adding an AI Assistant to a WordPress Member Site Without Making It Weird
A grounded approach to member-site AI assistants on WordPress — scoped knowledge, moderation, and UX that does not replace human support.
November 8, 2025python, automation, ops, scripts
Python Automation Scripts We Build Around Client Workflows
Where Python scripts earn their keep: imports, reconciliations, report generation, and the guardrails we add so they are safe to rerun.
November 2, 2025wordpress, performance, core web vitals, caching
How We Speed Up Slow WordPress Sites Without Gutting Design
Core Web Vitals fixes that keep the design intact: image strategy, caching layers, and the plugin bloat we usually remove first.
October 29, 2025laravel, api, authentication, sanctum, passport
Laravel API Authentication: Sanctum vs Passport for Real Products
When we pick Sanctum or Passport for client APIs — SPA cookies, mobile tokens, and the failure modes that show up in production.
October 22, 2025android, mobile, release, play store
Android App Release Checklist for Small Product Teams
A release checklist we use for Android client apps — signing, versioning, Play Console traps, and post-release monitoring.