Brand and identity systems
Logo systems, positioning, voice, guidelines, launch assets, and the rules that keep a brand coherent after handoff.
insights
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Useful answers, operating models, comparisons, and decision tools from the CLICK.BLUE network — with sources you can check, and a clear line between what you can do yourself and what we implement.
tagged development
Notes tagged development.
Next.js vs Webflow vs Framer: application framework, CMS canvas, or publishing systemThree jobs, three tools. A content, interaction, and operations matrix — plus three project types — so you stop treating a framework like a CMS.
Mia
How to choose a website stack in 2027 without architecture theatreAn architecture decision record scored on constraints, operating owner, and exit. The stack is not the strategy — the team that runs it is.Mia
How to add an AI agent to a product without giving it invisible authorityAn authority model, tool permissions, a cost ledger, and human escalation. If nobody can see what the agent did, it should not have done it.Mia
Custom software vs no-code automation: locate the durable stateA decision tree for state, permissions, exceptions, and audit. Automate the edges. Own the record — or pay again when the zap breaks.
Thiago
Technical debt vs product debt: what should actually be rebuilt?Cost-of-change measurements and a repair/rewrite/retire rubric. Not every ugly file is the reason the offer is unclear.Thiago
Set a web performance budget before the visual system spends itRoute-level LCP, INP, and CLS targets plus JavaScript, media, font, and third-party caps. The budget is a design constraint — not a post-launch surprise.Mia
Headless CMS vs traditional CMS: pay for separation only when you use itA channel-and-model gate and a preview/editorial test. Headless is a cost. Pay it when you have a second surface.
Mateo
Secure by design for a small digital productA minimum threat model, dependency and secret handling, and a recovery test. Security is an operating habit, not a badge.MateoLoading more notes
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What we write about.
UX, UI, and product design
Information architecture, interfaces, design systems, accessibility, interaction, responsive behavior, and product decisions.
Web, software, and AI
Modern web delivery, platforms, frameworks, performance, maintainability, automation, agents, and production AI features.
Creative production
Illustration, motion, animation, video, audio, 3D, campaign systems, and how specialists turn a brief into finished work.
Social and content operations
Channel choice, publishing cadence, repurposing, approvals, community signals, scheduling, and consistent branded output.
Search, GEO, and growth
Technical SEO, AI discovery, structured data, paid campaigns, targeting, funnels, conversion repair, and measurement.
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