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Design and development decisions for the 8th version of this website. New design, using Next.js App Router and pretty much all in on Tailwind.

How I moved 140 posts from a database CMS to a static site in Next.js. No redesign just website rebuild and some hindsight into the decision making.

A look at type that features prominent cuts or tapering into the type and a variety of recommendations you can use in your designs.

In a responsive world, managing font sizes can be tricky. So how can an atomic approach help?

Our websites can offer us an important advantage when it comes to choosing colour for illustration—constraint.

Lazy loading doesn’t have to be difficult, here’s how to add smooth loading images to your website.

This year I took it at a slower pace with the articles. It was a year I felt I didn’t focus so much on this website, so I was quite surprised to see the website continue to grow.

There are three types of stroke alignment, so when and where is each useful?

A common part of a website is the ability to search. Depending on how important search is to your website can define much of how it looks and how it’s prioritised in the design.

Add a little extra polish to any of your designs with these tips.

It happens, sometimes you can be stuck starting a new design, here’s some tips that aim to help overcome the challenge.

In Illustrator it appears more difficult than it needs to be to export a colour palette to hex values, here’s a quick way.