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Web development best practices, conversion optimization, and technical implementation guides. Build websites that convert visitors.

Web Development
9 min read

Why Your Logo Disappears in Dark-Mode Email (One-Line Fix)

Your email logo looks perfect in your editor but vanishes white-on-white in dark-mode inboxes. Here is the raster-bake fix and the one-line CSS guard.

Email Development
Dark Mode
CSS
+2 more
Web Development
6 min read

Netlify Site Stopped Updating? Auto-Publish Is Off

Netlify builds go green, deploys say ready, but the live site never changes. The cause is auto-publishing disabled by a forgotten rollback. Here's the fix.

Netlify
Deployment
CI/CD
+2 more
Technical SEO
8 min read

How Orphan PHP Files Hijacked 9 SEO Location Pages

A client's location pages weren't updating despite template changes. The culprit: orphan PHP files overriding the URL rewrite system. Here's how we found them.

Technical SEO
PHP Templates
Location Pages
+2 more
AI Development
11 min read

How to Use Claude Code Agent Teams: The Complete Guide

Claude Code Agent Teams run AI agents in parallel on complex projects. Real case study: 7 deliverables in 15 minutes across a plumbing franchise.

Claude Code
Agent Teams
AI Coding Tools
+2 more
AI Development
11 min read

Claude Code Background Tasks: AI That Works While You Sleep

Claude Code background tasks let AI agents run builds, audits, and research autonomously while you work. Here's how we use async agents.

Claude Code
Background Tasks
AI Automation
+2 more
AI Development
11 min read

Claude Code Checkpoints: Instantly Rewind Any Bad AI Edit

Claude Code checkpoints auto-save your code before every AI edit, so you can rewind instantly when a change goes wrong. Here's how to use them.

Claude Code
Checkpoints
AI Safety
+2 more
AI Development
12 min read

Claude Code Custom Subagents: Build Specialised AI Workers

Build custom subagents in Claude Code with specialised prompts and tool access. Create SEO auditors, content writers and reusable AI workers.

Claude Code
Subagents
AI Automation
+2 more
AI Development
14 min read

Claude Code's 7 Best New Features for Building Websites

We used Claude Code's new Agent Teams to audit 20+ sites in parallel. Here are the 7 features every developer and agency needs to know about in 2026.

Claude Code
Anthropic
AI Coding Tools
+2 more
AI Development
12 min read

Claude Code MCP: Connect Your AI to Every Tool

See how Claude Code uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to connect your AI to databases, GitHub, analytics, and hundreds of external tools.

Claude Code
MCP
Model Context Protocol
+2 more
AI Development
10 min read

Claude Code Plan Mode: Think Before You Build

Claude Code Plan Mode separates thinking from execution. Learn how to use Shift+Tab to plan changes before making them - with real agency workflow examples.

Claude Code
Plan Mode
AI Coding Tools
+2 more
AI Development
12 min read

Claude Code Skills: Build Your First One (2026 Guide)

Claude Code Skills turn your repeatable processes into reusable AI instructions any agent can execute. Build your first one, step by step.

Claude Code
Skills System
AI Workflow
+2 more
Marketing Automation
12 min read

Automate Facebook Posting with React and Netlify Functions

Build a scheduled Facebook posting system that captures React components as images and posts them automatically, with Netlify and no paid tools.

Facebook API
React
Netlify Functions
+3 more
Web Development
8 min read

AI Dev Session: Carousel Cards & Admin Dashboard

Building social carousel cards, admin dashboard, and fixing a sneaky TOC bug—in 3 hours.

AI Development
React
Social Media
+2 more
Web Development
6 min read

Volume 7: Branding Our Own Blog Series

The meta moment when we built custom branding for the Pink Slips NSW blog series - pink gradients, dual logos, and conditional styling in 2 hours.

Blog Design
React
Branding
+2 more
Web Development
20 min read

Building 500+ Location Pages with AI-Generated Content

Building 790 location pages with AI content, database schema, and SEO implementation.

Location Pages
AI Development
SEO
+5 more
Web Development
18 min read

Multi-Technician Calendar System: Pink Slips NSW Build

Building a multi-technician calendar with drag-and-drop scheduling for Pink Slips NSW, plus the 5 bugs we hit and how we fixed them.

Calendar System
React
Database Design
+4 more
Web Development
10 min read

Creating Branded Blog Series: The Pink Slips NSW Case Study

How we built a conditional styling system for branded blog series - one layout, smart overrides, zero code duplication.

Blog Design
React
Branding
+2 more
Web Development
14 min read

Redesigning the JJM Homepage with AI in 45 Minutes

A complete homepage repositioning from generic agency to AI-first - every component updated with new messaging, service names, CTAs, and SEO metadata.

Homepage Design
AI Development
React
+3 more
Web Development
7 min read

AI Blog Upgrades: Retrofit Features Across Your Archive

How I use AI to add a feature once and apply it everywhere, turning months of blog posts into a living system. No plugins, no templates required.

AI Development
Vibe Coding
Blog Development
+2 more
Web Development
8 min read

FAQ Schema, Service CTAs & a Slick Mobile TOC

Adding FAQ schema, service CTAs, and a camera-wheel inspired mobile TOC to blog posts.

React
SEO
UX Design
+3 more
Web Development
10 min read

Google Ads Conversion Tracking: A $330K WWW Redirect Fix

How a www vs non-www mismatch killed $330K in Google Ads conversions—and the fix that saved it.

Google Ads
Conversion Tracking
Automotive Niche
+3 more
AI Development
12 min read

AI-Powered Smart Scheduling for Mobile Vehicle Inspections

AI scheduling that clusters appointments geographically, cutting daily travel time by 40%.

AI Scheduling
Google Maps API
Pink Slips NSW
+2 more
AI Development
6 min read

Pushing Limits: What Happens When You Let AI Blend Colors

I asked Claude to blend category colors together. Then I kept adding categories to see what would happen. This is about the process of playing with AI.

AI
Experimentation
Process
+2 more
Web Development
10 min read

Build an SEO ROI Calculator with Claude AI

Build an interactive SEO ROI calculator with Claude AI by asking one question: 'What would YOU build?' Here's the step-by-step approach.

AI Development
SEO Tools
Lead Generation
+4 more
Web Development
10 min read

Building a Smart Availability Picker in Real-Time with AI

Building an availability calendar for a mobile mechanic with AI—bugs, pivots, and real-time fixes.

AI Development
UX Design
Form Design
+3 more
Web Development
8 min read

Boosting Blog Engagement & Fixing Contact Forms with AI

AI-assisted development to improve blog structure, UX, and lead capture—all in one session.

AI Development
Blog Optimization
Contact Forms
+4 more
Case Studies
8 min read

Building a Buyers Agent Landing Page with AI

How I helped a Newcastle buyers agent go from 1 unqualified lead to 2 qualified leads in week one.

AI Development
Buyers Agent Marketing
Landing Page Design
+3 more
SEO Guide
22 min read

Enterprise Site Migration SEO Playbook

A step-by-step SEO playbook to protect rankings, traffic, and revenue when replatforming or redesigning an enterprise website.

Enterprise SEO
Site Migration
Technical SEO
+3 more
Web Development
18 min read

Headless CMS SEO Playbook for High-Growth Teams

Learn how to structure content models, routing, and publishing workflows in a headless CMS without sacrificing SEO performance.

Headless CMS
Technical SEO
Content Architecture
+4 more
SEO Guide
18 min read

Technical SEO Audit Checklist for High-Performing Websites

Follow this step-by-step technical SEO audit checklist to uncover critical issues, prioritise fixes, and boost search visibility across your entire site.

Technical SEO
Website Audit
Search Visibility
+1 more
Web Development
14 min read

High-Converting Landing Pages: 12 CRO Tactics That Convert

12 CRO tactics to turn service-business landing pages into qualified-lead engines: value proposition, social proof, form design and trust signals.

Landing Pages
Conversion Rate Optimisation
UX Design
+1 more
Web Development
16 min read

Website Design & Development: Best Practices That Convert

Website design and development best practices that drive conversions, lift user experience, and boost your search rankings. Build a site that performs.

Web Design
Development
UX Design
+1 more
Web Development
8 min read

Why Your React Table of Contents Goes Missing (And the Fix)

How custom React components can break auto-generated features, and why understanding DOM-based tooling is essential for modern web development.

React
TypeScript
Debugging
+2 more