The journal · writing

Notes from the studio desk.

Field notes on engineering, marketing, and the stuff of running a small practice. We write when there's something worth saying. No listicles, no thought-leadership, no "10 ways to X."

Engineering · featured

What it actually took to move Skateland off WordPress.

A 40-year-old rink, two generations of the family, a CMS decision that took longer than the migration itself. A plain-English writeup of why we self-hosted, what we threw away, and the hosting bill math.

apr 2026 · 7 min read
drafting

More posts land here when they're real.

We'd rather publish one honest writeup with numbers than ten opinion posts. Drafts exist — they ship when there's a project to back them up.