We migrated a client's hosting with zero downtime: how we pulled it off in one weekend
Migrating hosting with zero downtime: we dropped the DNS TTL early and ran both servers in parallel. Nobody warns you about email.
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What we're learning building custom websites and software.
Spam in the contact form: the day a client started getting a hundred fake messages a day
How we stopped contact form spam for a client without reCAPTCHA: a honeypot, a rate limit and a link filter.
Integrating Stripe payments on a client's website: what the docs don't tell you
Integrating Stripe payments sounds like an afternoon's work, but duplicate webhooks and PCI scope can derail your launch date.
The Day an Expired SSL Certificate Took Down a Client's Site Before We Noticed
Expired SSL certificate: why automatic renewal quietly failed and we found out from the client, staring at Chrome's red warning screen.
The day a client's emails started landing in spam without us touching a single line of code
Why your business emails end up in spam out of nowhere: what we found checking SPF, DKIM and DMARC after a hosting migration.
Why You Still Can't See the Changes We Already Published on Your Site
Why you can't see the changes on your site right after we publish them: browser cache, server cache, and how we set both up in nginx.
Why we still pay for our own VPS instead of jumping on the serverless wave
A client asked why we don't just deploy on Vercel like everyone else. The real reason has more to do with a nasty billing scare than with saving money.
The day a minor dependency patch took down a client's checkout
Why we stopped auto-updating dependencies after a real production incident took down a client's checkout, and the rule we use now.