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RAXXO Studios 8 min read

The 5 Vercel Cron Jobs That Keep My Studio Running

Five Vercel cron jobs replaced a 6 EUR VPS, a flaky GitHub Actions workflow, and 40 minutes of manual maintenance per week. Concrete vercel.json + handler code.

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Why I Replaced Notion With 40 Markdown Files

After five years of paying for Notion, I moved my entire studio to 40 markdown files in git. Why the move, how I ported 600...

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The CSS :has() Patterns That Changed How I Write UI

Six concrete CSS :has() patterns that replaced roughly 400 lines of JavaScript across raxxo.shop.

Development
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Shopify Section Schema Patterns Editors Actually Love

Range inputs with step 2 and sensible min/max stopped merchant emails about broken spacing on my Shopify theme. Conditional blocks plus block-level max settings keep...

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CSS Cascade Layers Finally Made My Design System Predictable

CSS Cascade Layers (@layer) let you control the order of style precedence without specificity wars or !important tags My design system has three layers in...

Development
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The 6 Git Hooks I Copy Into Every New Repo

Every new repo I start gets the same six git hooks copied in before the first commit lands Pre-commit lint and type-check runs catch noisy...

Design
RAXXO Studios 8 min

How to Use Claude Design: From Prompt to Production

Setup takes five minutes: open Claude, find Claude Design in the sidebar, optionally grant design system access Specific prompts beat buzzwords, name fonts, name colors,...

Development
RAXXO Studios 8 min

Shopify Metaobjects Killed My Headless CMS in One Saturday

Metaobjects are native Shopify content types, free on every plan, addressable from Liquid without extra API calls Moved 120 entries out of Contentful in 4...

Development
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The 8 CSS Properties That Make Dark UIs Feel Premium

Eight CSS properties that turn flat dark themes into polished, layered interfaces with depth, glass effects, and proper typography.

Claude Code
RAXXO Studios 8 min

Claude Code /powerup: Learn Features Without Leaving the Terminal

Claude Code shipped /powerup, interactive lessons built into the terminal. Each takes under 2 minutes and covers MCP, memory, skills, hooks, and more.

Claude Code
RAXXO Studios 8 min

5 Automation Workflows I Run with Claude Code Every Day

Five workflows I run daily with Claude Code that save 10+ hours per week Blog publishing pipeline: one command writes, validates, publishes, and syndicates to...

Claude Code
RAXXO Studios 12 min

What Actually Goes Into a Claude Code Setup (And Why Most People Skip It)

Most people use Claude Code with zero configuration, missing 80% of what it can do A proper setup has 5 layers: CLAUDE.md, commands, skills, hooks,...