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Practical writing on web development: the stack, the trade-offs, and what it takes to ship fast, reliable sites.

hosting

Where to host: Vercel, a VPS, or plain static

Hosting is a recurring cost the client pays forever. A framework for matching the platform to the project instead of defaulting to the fanciest option.

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seo

How AI assistants read your website

Search is splitting in two: ranked links and AI answers. What structured data, clean HTML, and honest content do for your visibility in both.

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cms

Do you need a CMS? How I decide

Markdown files, a headless CMS, or a database. Where your content should live depends on one question: who edits it, and how often?

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ai

How I use AI in my dev workflow

Not hype, not fear. A practical look at where AI tools genuinely save time and where they still get in the way.

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accessibility

Accessibility is not optional

A practical baseline for accessible web development: the checks that catch 80% of issues before they reach a user who needs them.

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performance

Core Web Vitals in 2026: what actually moves the needle

Google's page experience signals have settled. Here's which optimisations have real impact and which are diminishing returns.

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freelance

What a custom website actually costs in 2026

An honest breakdown of what goes into pricing a custom build, and why the range from £500 to £50,000 is wider than it looks.

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architecture

Static vs dynamic: how I decide

The architecture decision that shapes every project. A simple framework for choosing between static generation, server rendering, and client-side fetching.

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shopify

Headless Shopify, without the headaches

Notes from building fast, custom storefronts on the Shopify Storefront API: cart, checkout, and content.

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typescript

TypeScript strict mode: the settings worth turning on

Most projects ship with strict: true and call it done. Here are the additional flags that catch the bugs strict mode misses.

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css

Modern CSS you should actually be using

Container queries, cascade layers, and logical properties: the CSS features that changed how I write styles in 2025 and 2026.

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nextjs

Why I build with Next.js 16 and SCSS Modules

The stack behind crea-tech.uk: server components, design tokens, and styling without a utility framework.

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react

React 19: the features I actually use

Actions, the use() hook, and form improvements: the React 19 additions that changed how I write components day to day.

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edge

Edge functions: where to use them, where not to

Edge computing sounds fast by default. It isn't. Here's how to think about where edge functions actually help.

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ai

Building an AI feature into a Next.js app

Adding a real AI-powered interaction to a Next.js site: streaming responses, API routes, and keeping it from becoming a mess.

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