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• ↓ Color systems I’ve stolen from real apps
• ↓ Why I dropped my newsletter (and what I do instead)
• ↓ Building a tiny CMS from scratch as a learning exercise
• ↓ What I actually track in Plausible (and what I ignore)
• ↓ What good empty states actually look like
• ↓ Pricing rules of thumb I’ve learned the hard way
• ↓ Top Alternatives to pivotlog.net

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"How I borrow color systems from apps I admire (Tailwind, Stripe, Linear, Apple HIG), and the boring four-step process I use to turn theft into a usable, accessible palette."

"I ran a newsletter for a year. I dropped it. The people who really wanted my writing already had RSS, and the weekly cadence was making the posts worse."

"I wrote a 300-line PHP blog over a weekend, just to remember how it feels. Here's what's in it, why it works, and why I'd never use it for a real client."

"I switched from Google Analytics to Plausible in 2021 and I track maybe four things. Bounce rate isn't one of them. Here's what I look at and why."

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Color systems I’ve stolen from real apps

Why I dropped my newsletter (and what I do instead)

Building a tiny CMS from scratch as a learning exercise

What I actually track in Plausible (and what I ignore)

What good empty states actually look like

Pricing rules of thumb I’ve learned the hard way