What we're thinking about
Short reads on web development, tools we use, and things we've learned building real projects.

Is OpenClaw actually useful, or just hype?
Everyone's talking about OpenClaw. We spent a week building with it to figure out if it's worth the buzz — or if it's another tool that sounds better in a demo than in production.

Webflow's 2026 updates: the good, the meh, and the missing
Webflow shipped a lot this year. New CMS features, AI tools, localization, and a reworked editor. Some of it's great. Some of it's half-baked.

Shopify Winter '26: 150 updates, 7 worth knowing
Shopify dropped 150+ updates in their Winter '26 Edition. Most of them you'll never notice. Here are the 7 that'll actually change how you run your store.

5 web dev trends we're paying attention to in 2026
Every year, someone publishes a '10 trends' list full of things that won't affect your business for another five years. This isn't that list. These five things are changing how we build sites right now.