Web development and maintenance blog

Topics cover WordPress, Craft CMS, Laravel, site rescues and practical AI integration. If you run a website, hire developers or look after one for someone else, there is probably something here for you.

Posts are decisions and principles, not tutorials. You will find advice on when a site rescue beats a rebuild, what to ask before signing a maintenance retainer, how to spot a CMS that will hold up for the next five years and how to fold AI features into a site without breaking what already works.

If you are short on time, start with picking a CMS, what a site rescue looks like or what maintenance actually covers.

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WordPress Maintenance and reliability Agencies

WordPress maintenance for agencies: what white-label should actually include

A practical guide for digital agencies hiring a white-label WordPress maintenance partner. SLAs, branded reporting, escalation, technical depth and the bits to get in writing.

1 May 2026

WordPress

Why accessibility overlay plugins do not make you compliant

Overlay widgets promise WCAG compliance in one line of JavaScript. The technical and ethical case for why they do not deliver it and what they often make worse.

30 April 2026

Craft CMS

Craft CMS rescue: what a takeover from another developer actually includes

Taking over a Craft CMS site from a previous developer is a specific kind of project. The first job is to know what you have inherited. This is what a proper takeover involves.

30 April 2026

WordPress

Accessibility is cheaper when you build for it than when you bolt it on

Retrofitting accessibility costs several times what it costs to build it in from the start. A developer read on where the money actually goes and which decisions save the most later.

28 April 2026

AI in practice

Why search traffic is being quietly rerouted through LLMs

Informational queries that used to land on websites are now being answered inside AI products. A read on what is changing, what the data is showing and what it means for organic traffic baselines.

26 April 2026

AI in practice

The overlap and the gap between traditional SEO and LLM SEO

Most of what was good SEO is still useful for AI search. Some of it is not. A practical map of what to keep doing, what to add and what to deprioritise.

24 April 2026