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An engineering studio

We write the code ourselves and run our own products for years. Here are the write-ups and the tools that go with them.

Write-ups

Studies and breakdowns of the problems people bring to us.

  1. 28 September 2026

    What a manual task actually costs

    How to cost repeating manual work and work out the payback on automating it, without fooling yourself: the method, four counting mistakes, and what to do when the answer is no.

Tools

They work on what you give them and write nothing to a database.

  1. Builder or custom site: cost over 3 years

    Honest comparison: renting a builder vs a one-time custom build — hosting and support included

  2. Website security check

    Protective headers, HTTPS, cookies, mixed content and version disclosure — passive

  3. Check a website through a client’s eyes

    Broken scripts and files, weight, response time, mobile layout and forms without a policy

  4. What it costs to keep this on a person

    The yearly price of a manual task and the payback on automating it