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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.
Read articleWhy 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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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 /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.
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...
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,...