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April 24, 2026 · Article

Good Design vs. Bad Design

Most designers will talk to you about fonts, colors, and layouts. Few will ever tell you what design actually is — and why that misunderstanding costs everyone.

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Why I switched from WordPress

A lot of website editing tools still feel stuck in the past. Same bulky sidebar. Same cluttered workflow. Same slow path to making a simple edit. Modern software usually feels much cleaner than that, and website editing should too.

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The problem with WordPress

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Don't use WordPress for your business website

If your website is critical to your business, it should not depend on a system that makes live-site problems more likely. Modern frameworks give you a much cleaner way to build, test, preview, and publish changes before customers ever see them. That is a huge difference.

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Your site as an automated sales machine

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How to get more leads through your website

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A mistake nearly every site makes

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The contact form mistake nearly everyone makes

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