Journal
Notes from the workshop.
Essays on building products, SEO that compounds, photography, and reading patterns — technical and otherwise.
How to Start an Ecommerce Store in Singapore: Step-by-Step Guide
Singapore is a good place to start an online business. Internet use is high, digital payments are part of daily life, and the island is small enough that local deliveries are quick. It’s also a busy market, so you need a clear plan before you launch. This guide covers the steps to start an ecommerce […]
WordPress vs Wix vs Squarespace: Best Website Builder for Singapore SMEs
Choosing the best website builder in Singapore comes down to three questions. How much control do you need? How much time can your team spend on maintenance? How fast do you plan to grow? WordPress, Wix and Squarespace can all produce a professional site. They suit different businesses, though, and switching platforms later is expensive. […]
Do Property Agents in Singapore Need Their Own Website?
Do Property Agents in Singapore Need Their Own Website? Most property agents in Singapore already list on the major property portals, post on social media and manage leads through WhatsApp. So is a personal website worth the effort? For most agents who want a lasting personal brand, it is. Portals bring traffic, but you don’t […]
Mobile App Development Cost in Singapore: A 2026 Guide
Mobile App Development Cost in Singapore: A 2026 Guide Mobile app development cost in Singapore depends on four things: how complex the app is, which platforms it runs on, who builds it, and how much support it needs after launch. A simple app with a few screens costs far less than a marketplace with payments, […]
Corporate Website Redesign Checklist for Singapore SMEs
Corporate Website Redesign Checklist for Singapore SMEs Your corporate website is often the first thing a prospect, partner, or job applicant checks before they contact you. For many Singapore SMEs, that site was built years ago. It loads slowly on mobile, it’s hard to update, and it no longer matches how the business has grown. […]
How to Choose a Web Design Agency in Singapore
How to Choose a Web Design Agency in Singapore Your website is often the first place a prospective customer meets your business. For Singapore companies, where buyers compare options quickly on their phones, a slow, confusing or outdated site can lose you leads before anyone picks up the phone. Choosing the right web design agency […]
Next.js vs WordPress: Which Is Right for Your Singapore Business?
Next.js vs WordPress: Which Is Right for Your Singapore Business? Choosing between Next.js and WordPress is one of the first decisions a Singapore business makes when building or rebuilding a website. Both can produce fast, well-ranked sites. They suit different teams, budgets and growth plans. This guide covers cost, performance, SEO, security and day-to-day upkeep […]
How Much Does a Website Cost in Singapore in 2026?
Building a website in Singapore in 2026 can range from a few hundred dollars for a simple template-based site to tens of thousands for a custom-built platform with advanced functionality. The final number depends on who builds it, what it needs to do, and how much ongoing support it requires. This guide breaks down the […]
Reading a BaZi chart without the mysticism
BaZi (八字, literally “eight characters”) gets dismissed by skeptics as fortune-telling and oversold by hype as prophecy. Both miss what the framework is actually built to do. Strip away the theatre and it’s closer to a structured personality-and-timing model than a crystal ball — one that happens to have a few thousand years of recorded […]
One codebase, three platforms: when Capacitor is the right call
“Native or hybrid?” is the wrong first question. It assumes every mobile app is competing on the same axis — buttery 120fps animation, deep OS integration, the feel of a flagship consumer app — when most business apps are competing on a completely different one: does it exist on iOS, Android and the web before […]
The Core Web Vitals that actually move rankings
Core Web Vitals get treated as a compliance checkbox — a score to chase in a Lighthouse report, disconnected from anything a visitor actually feels. That’s backwards. The three metrics Google measures (Largest Contentful Paint, Interaction to Next Paint, and Cumulative Layout Shift) are trying to quantify the same three things that make a site […]
Clarity is the product
Ask what a website is for and most people answer with the wrong noun. A website isn’t a deliverable — a page count, a colour palette, a stack of features signed off in a proposal. It’s a decision-making tool. So is a photograph. So, as it turns out, is a BaZi reading. We didn’t set […]