Field notes.A web development & AI blog, written from real agency projects.
Notes on web development and applied AI from 25 years of building for creative agencies: Astro, GSAP, WordPress, n8n, LLM integrations: what worked, what broke, and why.
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How to Build a Desktop Kubernetes Cluster with Turing Pi 2 - part 2
Installing K3s, MetalLB load balancing, ArgoCD GitOps, and Prometheus/Grafana monitoring on a 4-node Raspberry Pi CM4 cluster on your desk.
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- #006How to Build a Desktop Kubernetes Cluster with Turing Pi 2 - part 1Hardware assembly, power supply management, BMC flashing, and Ubuntu Server provisioning for the Turing Pi 2 mini-ITX cluster board.
- #005Is it still worth developing on WordPress in 2025?An unvarnished perspective on custom block development, headless architecture with Next.js/Astro, and why creative agencies still demand WordPress backends.
- #00410 tips to start UI design with focus and clarityStarting with high-contrast wireframes, strict typographic scales, and semantic layout boundaries before opening color palettes or illustration decks.
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- #003Freelance and Full Remote: A Guide to Surviving - part 2Contracts, payment milestones, asynchronous communication rituals, and protecting uninterrupted creative deep work while serving clients worldwide.
- #002Freelance and Full Remote: A Guide to Surviving - part 1Setting up your physical workstation, tax residency, and the mental boundaries required to sustain a 20-year independent career.
- #001Hello World: Mapping the Hard Terrain of the WebA manifesto on crafting digital experiences where ambitious design and robust engineering coexist without compromise.
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Dev
Astro, GSAP, WordPress and Drupal, performance budgets and accessibility: what actually works when an agency design has to ship. Plus the occasional homelab experiment.
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AI in practice
How I put language models into sites and products: RAG on existing content, agents, n8n workflows, real costs and pitfalls, and the AI-assisted setup I use every day.
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AI for agencies
Use cases, workflows and adoption notes for agency owners and producers: what to automate, what to keep human, how to brief an AI feature.
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Reviews
Short, honest reviews of the books and tools that shape how I work: design systems, AI engineering, freelancing.
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