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The 5 Automations Every Small Business Should Set Up First
Five simple, no-code automations that save small business owners time — welcome emails, appointment reminders, lead follow-up, social media, and an AI assistant. No…
Jul 7, 2026
My WordPress Development Workflow, 2026
Eight years after my 2018 workflow post, almost every tool got swapped: Etch and Bricks, Automatic CSS, GridPane, and Claude Code doing real work…
Jul 3, 2026
Managed WordPress Hosting Is a Lie
I have been at this since 2010 and run sites on every kind of host there is. Here is my unpopular, deeply held opinion:…
Jun 30, 2026
I’m a ____ who helps ____ with ____ (and why that blank is so damn hard to fill)
Most owners cannot say what their business does without rambling through fifteen things. Here is how a laser-focused positioning statement — Jonathan Stark’s “I…
Jun 29, 2026
You’re under-utilizing Your Cloudflare Account (I was, too)
For years I used Cloudflare for one thing: domains. Then I actually opened the dashboard. Here’s everything I run on it now — databases,…
Jun 26, 2026
Show & tell: the little plugins powering the new digisavvy.com
No feature plugins where a hundred lines of our own code would do. A tour of the tiny single-purpose plugins we built for the…
Jun 22, 2026
We Gave Away a Detailed Scope for Free. Here’s Why That’s the New Normal.
AI collapsed the cost of detailed scoping — so we give ten-page scopes away before a contract is signed. What changed, what got worse,…
Jun 17, 2026
What Is a Learning Management System? (And Do You Actually Need One?)
What a Learning Management System actually does, hosted vs. self-hosted (LearnDash), a quick platform comparison, and how to tell if you need one.
Jun 16, 2026
Building With Etch
How we rebuilt digisavvy.com on Etch + Automatic CSS: library-free scroll animations, canvas components, and the Safari rendering lesson that cost us a week.
Jun 12, 2026
Why your WordPress site keeps breaking — and how to make it stop
Sites don’t break randomly — they break for the same five reasons, in the same order. Here’s the pattern, and the boring fix that…
Jun 7, 2026
5 signs you’ve become your business’s accidental IT manager
You started a business, not an IT department. If three of these five signs sound familiar, your tech is running you — not the…
Jun 2, 2026
Stop treating updates like a chore
Updates aren’t housekeeping — they’re the immune system of your website. The trick isn’t doing them bravely. It’s making them so routine they’re boring.
May 28, 2026
Flat-rate vs hourly: what website care should actually cost
Hourly billing makes you hesitate to report problems with your own website. That misaligned incentive — not the rate — is what website care…
May 24, 2026
The CRM you already have is probably enough
Before you buy another CRM, a straight look at why the tool was never the problem — and what wiring up the one you…
May 14, 2026
The real cost of downtime (and how to never pay it again)
Downtime’s invoice arrives in five currencies — lost sales, lost trust, lost rankings, panic rates, and your weekend. Here’s the real math, and the…
May 12, 2026
When to fire your website
Some websites deserve a fix. Some deserve a severance package. Five clear tests for telling the difference — before you spend another dollar on…
Apr 30, 2026
WordPress or Shopify for your store? A straight take
We build on both, so we have no horse in this race. The straight version of WordPress vs Shopify — who each one is…
Apr 30, 2026
What “proactive monitoring” actually means
“We monitor your site” can mean almost anything. Here’s what it should mean — the six layers, what each one catches, and the questions…
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