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Thinking in public

WEB DEVELOPMENT · 6 MIN

What a $30k website should actually include

The number varies wildly by market. What that number should actually be buying rarely gets discussed honestly.

WEB DEVELOPMENT · 7 MIN

How this site was built: The Thread, a performance budget, and Next.js 15

A teardown of nikunjchugh.com: the design concept, the token system, and why the animation is allowed to exist only because it costs nothing.

SEO · 9 MIN

SEO for a website relaunch: how to not lose your rankings

A redesign is one of the highest-risk moments in a site's SEO history, and it's usually treated as a design project only.

AI CONSULTANCY · 7 MIN

The ROI model I use before recommending any AI tool

Most AI tool recommendations skip the math entirely and lean on the demo. Here's the model that replaces the demo.

MEDIA BUYING · 6 MIN

Retargeting isn't a strategy, it's a symptom

An account leaning hard on retargeting for its results is usually telling you something about the top of the funnel, not the bottom.

AI AUTOMATION · 6 MIN

Where AI automation actually pays (and the three places it never does)

After auditing dozens of operations, the profitable automations cluster in the same three places, and the failed pilots cluster in three others.

WEB DEVELOPMENT · 6 MIN

The case for boring technology in client web projects

The newest framework is rarely the right choice for a client who needs to maintain the site after you're gone.

SEO · 8 MIN

The keyword research mistake that wastes a content budget

Chasing search volume without checking who's actually ranking is the single most expensive habit in content SEO.

AI AUTOMATION · 6 MIN

What "AI agent" means once you strip out the marketing

The term now covers everything from a single API call to a fully autonomous system. Here's the distinction that actually matters for a build.

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